10 Magic Strength Pretenders....

[Thufir]

archaeolept said:
i'm only going w/ the numbers zen mentioned. perhaps Magic Duel as currently implemented isn't working quite right. the numbers given by Saber Cherry were for non open-ended die rolls, for instance...

I haven't done the math (yet), but being open ended does not dramatically change the odds. It's certainly possible that this is not implemented the way the post indicates, but it seems unlikely that this is bugged (perhaps the implementation has been changed, or misinformation was propagated along the way). It's easy to test though, and I'll do that later today.

Frankly, I would suggest keeping your 500 pt Ghost King w/ 3 astral somewhere a long way from anyone else.

From a game design point of view, I think it's eminently reasonable that a 3s Ghost King is vulnerable because of having chosen astral. The thing I've been questioning is whether a 6s+ pretender is unduely vulnerable to astral hit squads.