Effective Communion?

[Tom_Scudder]

I think casting Bone Grinding using wimpy communion slaves is contraindicated. (Golems and Gygjas, maybe).

[PDF]

Tom_Scudder said:
I think casting Bone Grinding using wimpy communion slaves is contraindicated. (Golems and Gygjas, maybe).

For that you can use undead mages with slave matrixes

[Oversway]

Remember that another effect of the high spell levesl from communion is you can get a higher penetration bonus on your spells - so spells that can be resisted by MR (soul slay, paralyze, etc.) can be more effective. Also, since you have a bigger fatigue pool, you can cast the spell multiple times.

[Vicious Love]

PDF said:

For that you can use undead mages with slave matrixes

Bone Grinding affects undead, only ethereal troops are resistant. Unless Fog Warriors confers a similar effect, Bone Grinding is one of the few spells that simply should not be cast with communicants. Unless said communicants are uber-tough hybrid communicant/thugs, which get the added perk of being easily buffed through the communion.

[Cainehill]

Which is why you cast Body Ethereal first, making your communicants ethereal - since we're talking the ethereal communicant spell, that's trivial.

[thejeff]

Communion Master, Body Ethereal, Bone Grinding?

If it doesn't affect ethereal troops...

And of course, moments before I push enter on this, Cainehill does the same

[Graeme Dice]

thejeff said:
Communion Master, Body Ethereal, Bone Grinding?

Body ethereal is a targeted effect, and doesn't affect communion slaves unless it is directly cast on them in my experience.

[Oversway]

Yeah body etheral won't do it. Maybe iron will or magic resistance and hope the odds work for you?

Probably communion and bone grinding is a less feasible pairing than most of the other examples given.

[Cainehill]

Okay - station an S1 mage with each communicant to cast body ethereal twice. Or use S1 mages who cast BE, then the communicant slave spell.