How do you use the Prince of Death for very early game expansion?

[Kel]

Originally posted by tinkthank:
I have read many Posts singing the praises of a PoD as an SC and as an early-game expander. I would like to know how.

I am not a veteran by any means but I use the PoD a fair amount. He isn't that 'tough', hp wise, in low dominion but his natural +10 fear aura (which is actually 13, due to the 3 death he starts with) is extremely effective against indies.

He also has a high defensive skill at 15 and, for a pretender, a decent starting protection of 12.

If you find him too fragile for your liking, you may want to give him combat spell paths that will help. There are other threads on how to build an SC but the short answer is that you can find a lot of early, useful spells packed into alt-2/3.

- Kel