Bandar Log

[Micah]

Bandar log has a 110% one-in-four earth random on their cap-only mages, so no, not really. And once again you can buff an elephant's prot/make it ethereal just as easily and probably get more use out of it.

I'm guessing that the riders would be better against large units that couldn't be trampled, but that's a pretty small niche for them, and certainly doesn't justify dumping points into a bless IMO. The MR boost is the only main difference, but an 11 is still way too low for a 100 gold unit if you're fighting anything that's tossing a lot of MR spells at you.

[MaxWilson]

Oh, my bad. I had Kailasa <-> Bandar Log in my head and was thinking of Yavanas.

-Max

[Shovah32]

Although your mages CAN summon the mages of both the EA and LA versions of the nation(yavanas/nagas ect) aswell as the astral summons and all of these summons are, of course, sacred and the majority of the summonable commanders are very thuggable.

[TwoBits]

Yeah, the tiger-riders do seem fragile for 100gp. You'd have to be very careful about which situations you use them in.

But it seems they have a few advantages over elephants: Half the upkeep, less a drain on supplies, a high defense (starts at 16), and although not outstanding, their protection is better than a pachyderm's.

Oh, and if the rider dies, you still have the tiger. Sure, it's not a Machakan spider by a long shot, but it's better than nothing.

On another note, anyone have any good ideas for thugging out the 4-armed summons?

[Tequilich]

Anyone know if one was to use dual wraith swords would both drains stack?

[Shovah32]

They should but there are far better ways to equip a four armed thug.