Priori - New MA Game (Draw)

[Amhazair]

thejeff said:
Well, that went badly.

I agree.

I stupidly managed not to notice there was a forest dome up over that province, and the nice surprise I had prepared to teleport in got blocked by it. I nearly fainted when I read the 'spell got cancelled by dome' message. As a result part of my scripting was un-optimized, since I was counting on the unspecified surprise party.

Luckily I happened to have just enough force on the field to carry the day, but I was worried there at times. Perhaps if your pretender had survived for a longer time, drawing fire and killing stuff things could have been different. (Did you swap his equipment around? I seem to remember him having a higher MR in previous battles. )

And loosing 32 communion slaves hurts a lot. I would call that battle more of a draw than a win for me, actually. But you're probably right that I can replace my army easier than you can.

Re: second most powerful nation: I'm curious about how strong Ulm is, actually. According to my sources they've been at peace the entire game, their graphs are decent enough, and I've seen a couple of nasties walking around in their lands. No idea if they managed to build up their magical diversity though, or how strong they will turn out to be once they go to war. As they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

[thejeff]

Great, so I was supposed to be even more overwhelmed. Was it your Oracle? Or some other Master Enslaver?

He didn't last long enough to cast Resist Magic, which I can't script early because the AI will override it with Astral Shield. You got lucky and feebleminded him, then he couldn't shrug off the Soul slays.

You lost 32 Thaumaturges and a bunch of replaceable undead. I lost my god, a kitted out Banelord (closest thing to an SC I've been able to muster), most of my troops and battle mages (such as they are). This isn't a draw, it's a disaster.

I'm curious about Ulm, too. He's been uncommunicative since early on. It would be interesting to see how much he's been able to build up and diversify. Unless he's got a serious master plan, he should probably intervene pretty soon. I think things will be shaking out fairly shortly.

[thejeff]

As I hinted at earlier, I'm going to be away this weekend. Depending on when this turn hosts, I may or may not need an extension, but I'm going to ask for an extra 24 hours just to be safe.