WindRide, CloudTrapeze and MindHunt???

[Chazar]

I wrote that I do not want to discuss strategies since its an ongoing MP-Game, and discussing strategies is thus cheating. All I want is to know the technical details about sneaking and spell-casting to save myself the simple but time consuming task of testing...

Nevertheless:

Gandalf Parker said:
If there are 4 possible provinces he might attack next...

If it would only ever be just four provinces! Vampires tend to fly, which gives them incredible reach, and even if I would guess right it would avail nothing, for the forces must wait a turn before they can start patrolling to catch the vampire lads which sneak on every other turn. This is like playing that old ScotlandYard-Boardgame: Sometimes they pop up somewhere, you now that they took the plane meanwhile for travelling but declined all free WindRides... ...Vampires are a nightmare, and the best defence I can think of right now is...(sorry, my enemy is listening )

But another technical question: Is a pretender god still alive if he only has his dominion and some hidden stealth units including himself (or herself in the case of that bloody vampire *****)? Or will she vanish just because of having not a single province for just a single turn?

[Graeme Dice]

Chazar said:
I wrote that I do not want to discuss strategies since its an ongoing MP-Game, and discussing strategies is thus cheating.

How is it cheating to discuss strategies for an ongoing game?

[Chazar]

Graeme Dice said:
How is it cheating to discuss strategies for an ongoing game?

A chess player is not allowed to discuss his strategy in ongoing games as well (well, I dont know about PBEM), but Dom2 is also a strategy game, isnt it? Of course, I do follow this board closely to learn, but I dont want to ask others for help in a pretty specific gaming situation, since it wouldnt be my game anymore. Its devising my own hideous schemes that is most of the fun. All super-evil villains are always so proud of their schemes, which is why they tell them to every hero at every opportunity. It would ruin the whole plot if the super-evil villain would just have stolen his plans how to take over the world from a mere internet forum board...
(do not take me too serious)

But on the other hand it really bugs me that I have made an idiot of myself by stating here that I've repeatedly tried to wind ride enemy ethereal commanders! Luckily I avoided trying that ethereal vampire queen that even had some knowledge in earth magic. It could have been worse though: Are there any size 6 ethereal units with 4 levels earth magic?

Good to know about the sizes now - this gives me some hope to try that spell in another game again...

Question about Mechanics again: Does WindRide/CloudTrapeze work on target sea provinces? I would expect that one could CloudTrapeze into a sea province, but not from an underwater lab and vice versa for WindRide, i.e. commanders underneath the waves are also save from wind ride, arent they?

[Cainehill]

Chazar said:
Are there any size 6 ethereal units with 4 levels earth magic?

Yep. Cyclops pretender with Robe of Shadows. ( Hey, I have one in one of my games - when you have a base 29 protection most other armors seem less useful. )

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Cainehill said:

Yep. Cyclops pretender with Robe of Shadows.

Aren't Cykes size 5?

[archaeolept]

heh yup - but you could just sub in his elder brother, a tartarian cyclops w/ a robe of shadows.

[Nagot Gick Fel]

archaeolept said:
heh yup - but you could just sub in his elder brother, a tartarian cyclops w/ a robe of shadows.

I'd rather give my vote to a Void Lurker with added Earth magic. Innate etherealness, size 6, and aquatic - if you're really paranoid about Wind Ride, this one is for you!