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[Novi]

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Has anyone ever used that sickle as a weapon (The Sickle Whose Crop Is Pain, methinks)? Or that two-handed scythe (forgot its name)?

[HoneyBadger]

What exactly does the Ankh do? I've forged it before, but I couldn't figure out what it was for, exactly.

[sum1lost]

The sickle is a bad weapon, but great to get death gems.

The two handed scythe is lethal, but since it lowers defense,your guy can get beat badly. Still, you can take out several squares a turn with that thing (immense damage+aoe), and combined with the level of fear it gets you, you generally rout enemies before they get a chance to hurt you. If you use it, make sure the guy is well protected. (devatas or one of the other 3-4 handed guys can wield it safely, by combining it with the barrier or golden shield for protection.)

The ankh seems to be without merit, except that when your men die, they become soulless.

[jutetrea]

The ankh gives an auto battlefield spell. If a unit under your command dies, it rises again as a soulless. Nice for extending that big army deathmarch. They're weak, but its extra troops.

When they die a second time they're gone methinks.

I've not used the sickle, but read a post where a guy used a wraith lord (i think) casting shadow blast. The deaths from shadow blasts still caused gems to appear apparently..or it was SB, SB attack and he refilled that way. Dunno.

edit: battlefield spell - life after death, only affects living.

[HoneyBadger]

Thanks for the information, jutetrea

[Olive]

jutetrea said:
I've not used the sickle, but read a post where a guy used a wraith lord (i think) casting shadow blast. The deaths from shadow blasts still caused gems to appear apparently..or it was SB, SB attack and he refilled that way. Dunno.

I thought gems harvesting worked only for units killed with the sickle ? At least it doesn't work while trampling.

[Taqwus]

I'm a bit fond of the 'Firbolg Sniper with Vision's Foe and Eye of Aiming' combination, as a twisted joke, but that requires a rather diverse set of magics (nature for Awaken Sleeper, earth/death for Vision's foe, air for Eye if memory serves... and water, if you want boots of quickness for faster reloading) -- this was far easier to pull off before D3's restricted randoms.

[MaxWilson]

RE: the sickle

Yes, so the Wraith Lord in question was apparently scripted to <Soul Vortex, attack, Shadow Blast, attack, Shadow Blast, attack rearmost> or something similar, with the logic being that with boots of flight, an <attack> would move right into the thick of the enemy for a point-blank Shadow Blast, and that ending on "attack" meant the Wraith Lord would collect enough gems to repeat the sequence next turn.

I'm a little leary, myself, of letting anyone cast gem-hungry spells before going into melee, since they have such high fatigue costs (the Wraith Lord is going to be taking 40+ fatigue from each casting even with maximum death gems), but I guess it must have worked out okay.

-Max

[jutetrea]

I haven't got to a point in an SP game to test it out yet, but if anyone else does i'd like to hear the verdict. Sounds good in theory....