Magic Duel and communion

sunray_be · #1 February 13th, 2007, 01:52 PM

AFAIK (based on dom2 tests) :

1) No, items or communion have no effect
2) No, it seems random
3) I think they reverse back to the base level (never tested this situation however, high lvl spells are scripted for the first 5 turns)
4) hehe, the slaves are free again, keep the protections and follow the script. Try this with a golem (comm. slave + 4xhold + attack closest) when Fire shield, Soul vortex etc are available from a retreating communion master

Baalz · #2 February 13th, 2007, 02:53 PM

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sunray_be said:
4) hehe, the slaves are free again, keep the protections and follow the script. Try this with a golem (comm. slave + 4xhold + attack closest) when Fire shield, Soul vortex etc are available from a retreating communion master

Seems like this could be a good strategy to pull with crystal slave matrixes, no? With a couple of good support mages, that'd be the only equipment you'd need for a thug.

thejeff · #3 February 13th, 2007, 03:01 PM

It's a little tricky setting it up and you risk your support mages to attack in that first round or two, but it does work nicely.

Corwin · #4 February 13th, 2007, 07:09 PM

Yes, that's exactly the strategy I was planning to use after some experiments. Interesting side note - until your masters retreat, slaves do not do anything ignoring their script.

Thank you guys.

One more question - when casting global spells/dispells, do +magic items on the caster matter (as equal of +5 gems per additional level of magic user above the spell's level), or do only "native" magic level counts, as with Magic Duel?

thejeff · #5 February 13th, 2007, 08:42 PM

Not quite true that slaves won't do anything until the masters retreat.
Slaves won't do anything on any turn in which any master casts. So if you have a SC master, he can contribute to the buffing of the slaves and then attack.

I abused this in Dom2 with a VQ and Counts. Along with a couple fortune tellers and later spectres to cover other path buffs. Very nice that Sabbath and Communion work together.

Corwin · #6 February 14th, 2007, 05:36 AM

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thejeff said:
Not quite true that slaves won't do anything until the masters retreat.
Slaves won't do anything on any turn in which any master casts. So if you have a SC master, he can contribute to the buffing of the slaves and then attack.

I abused this in Dom2 with a VQ and Counts. Along with a couple fortune tellers and later spectres to cover other path buffs. Very nice that Sabbath and Communion work together.

Hmm, interesting. That's good to know, thanks.