Calling God Back

archaeolept · #1 August 26th, 2004, 01:49 AM

while theurg acolytes only cost 90, and have a reasearch of 6 under 3 magic, real thueurgs are only 150 for a research of 9, which is something like 90% as efficient (higher, of course, if magic is less than 3). Given how much more combat power a theurg wields, I end up almost exclusively buying them, and only having a very few acolytes for menial tasks.

The Panther · #2 August 26th, 2004, 02:10 AM

In the case of Serpent Cult Pythium, ALL national mages are also priests. SC Pythium is probably the single best killer of AE or SG Ermor in the game.

archaeolept · #3 August 26th, 2004, 02:17 AM

?? how you figure?

base pythium is surely the best killer of undead.

Sheap · #4 August 26th, 2004, 02:24 AM

Regular theurgs, being holy-3, also happen to excel at calling god. So in either case it is likely that the pretender will be resurrected sooner rather than later, which is the actual point...

Morkilus · #5 August 26th, 2004, 03:13 AM

Since Priests dispel undead, how many would you suggest against 1060 undead units hanging out in a fortress? (I already have a large number of archers, but doubt their morale can handle even a single attack round...I can't bust the fortress down yet... any ideas on that, either?) This is all against the AI. Ermor doesn't factor into the large game anymore, I just want to destroy that stupid army spawn point....sorry if I'm off subject

Sheap · #6 August 26th, 2004, 03:32 AM

Depends on the type of undead, and how long the priests have. Banish doesn't hurt living troops at all, so if you have a large horde of living troops to stall the undead, and you are fighting Ashen Empire where banishment does some good, you can probably get by with 8-10 or so.

If you are fighting Soul Gate, and don't have too many troops on your own side, things don't look so good. You'll probably be better off with some other approach.

magnate · #7 August 26th, 2004, 06:58 AM

Like preaching him out. If he's only got that one province left, why haven't you built temples in every adjacent province and put 20 priests on "preach" in the fortress province itself?

Of course, if it's AE and you have 20 priests, you'll just go in and banish him (that's once you've taken down the walls with gate cleavers et al.). If it's SG then this is certainly the way to go. Nobody's dominion can survive being totally surrounded with temples and preached to death ....

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