The pythian prescription

[SsSam]

Yes. I do agree the communion section could be fleshed out.

My goal was to race new players straight to a large slice of the province pie, equip them with an SC chasis that could keep that slice of land safe and then point them in the direction of fun things to try.

At that point, hopefully they see how quickly you can grow into a huge empire( which is something I'm still not sure how to do without an SC pretender or something like they Hydra's in my playbook) and they'll feel comfortable enough to start playing around with the different magic paths.

From that point of view, Pythia's magic diversity is an asset for new players, because they've got a playground of things to try. It certainly isn't the most efficient path, but then that's a different goal.