Suggestions for the following Pretender, please?

[Endoperez]

While lots of attacks is good, one "action" can only target one square in the battlefield grid. One square can hold maximum of 3 humans, 2 cavalry or 1 titan (total of 6 size-units), so 12 attacks would be extraneous in almost all cases. Quickness gives another action which lets you target another square.

Nataraja should have as many weapons and/or shields with special effects as possible. As an example, one of the 1-handed Brands, which give him area-of-effect attack, a shield to protect him from arrows (Charcoal shield, Vine Shield or Lucky Coin all give nice abilities as well), perhaps something with life-drain or that gives resistances, etc.

[Ravagemk2]

Presently testing a Nataraja with Caelum.

Present equipment is:

Weapon 1: Death Arena Trident
Weapon 2: Frost Brand (used to be Ice Sword)
Weapon 3: Frost Brand (used to be a Blacksteel Towershield)

Headgear: Spirit Helm
Armor: Chainmail of Displacement
Footgear: Winged Boots
Misc. slot: the pendant that gives airshield vs arrows.

Making that thing fly has done wonders, as it's effectively at the opponent's throat as soon as it gets a turn.

The pendant is not so much against the opposing arrows(I've got the guy set to target archers), but more the 100+ Caelum Archers he's got tagging along

I'd probably have given him a charcoal shield, but there is one...tiny...problem.

I've already forged a ring of waterbreathing for when this guy has to take anything underwater.

Or would shambler armor be better in this case?
If so, I can still keep the ring, as I've got a few site hunting mages who'd need to check said locations too.

You'd think that at 10% chance of a fire skill when you recruit an Eagle King, you'd have gotten it after recruiting 20+ of the guys x.x

My research on the other hand, is going like a bullet train

[Zenzei]

Actually the probability for eagle king with fire random is 0.1*0.25=0.025=2.5%. So bying twentysomething of these and not having one isn't weird at all.

[Sombre]

I think that nataraja might suffer from the perils of fatigue.

[Omnirizon]

you mentioned thri-kreen

you're a D&D geek.

those four armed bastards were nothing but the most egregious min-max material, they should be outlawed.

[Edi]

One use for a Nataraja pretender is taking high dominion, no magic, making the bugger imprisoned and then getting absolutely obscene scales. This is useful for some nations that do not have good sacred units (e.g. MA & LA Arco). Don't know how viable that is in MP, though, as I play SP only.

[Ravagemk2]

Fatigue is indeed a slight issue, but I never see more then 50 to 60 listed there.

200 or so Archers will make sure the fights last rather short

Never gotten to play a Thri Kreen, but they do have a few mitigating points to those 4 arms:

You'll be paying 3 to 5 class levels depending on the version, depending on your class choice that's not always a good idea.

Also, these bugs only have a relatively short lifespan. 29 years at most before they drop dead. And I'm certain there is at least one spell around that raises a target's age permanently.

A Thri Kreen Ghoul on the other hand....

But that's a bit of topic, not unlike your own post Omnirizon.

Edi, unless Middle and Late Age Arco(whatever nation that is) has access to a Nataraja, I doubt your suggestion would work. As I mentioned in the first post, I've only seen this guy on EARLY Age T'ien Chi, Caelum and Kailasa.

I must admit, it's a tactic one can certainly try with a guy like this.