Some questions on LA Ermor

[ese-aSH]

ok I'll do it again then (tks I dont have dominion here, and I dont know all the item cost/effects yet )

a dusk elder is 6 base research isnt it ?

it cost 20 gems for dusk elder + 7 gems with hammer for skull mentor == 27 gems
magic3 (-120 pts) 8, with reseach skull 17 -> 1.58 gems / rp
magic1 (-40 pts) 7, with reseach skull 16 -> 1.68 gems / rp
magic0 (0 pts) 6, with reseach skull 15 -> 1.8 gems / rp
drain2 (+80 pts) 5, with reseach skull 14 -> 1.92 gems / rp
drain3 (+120 pts) 4, with reseach skull 13 -> 2.07 gems / rp


a spectator is 3 base research isnt it ?

it cost 12 gems for a spectator + 7 gems with hammer for skull mentor == 19 gems
magic3 (-120 pts) 5, with reseach skull 14 -> 1.35 gems / rp
magic1 (-40 pts) 4, with reseach skull 13 -> 1.46 gems / rp
magic0 (0 pts) 3, with reseach skull 12 -> 1.58 gems / rp
drain2 (+80 pts) 2, with reseach skull 11 -> 1.72 gems / rp
drain3 (+120 pts) 1, with reseach skull 10 -> 1.9 gems / rp



hmmm I think i'm gonna do an excel sheet for those calculations... do you know if quill and mentor skull effects do stack ?

[Endoperez]

Originally Posted by ese-aSH

hmmm I think i'm gonna do an excel sheet for those calculations... do you know if quill and mentor skull effects do stack ?

Yes, they do stack. Lightless Lanterns (Constr 6, F1) would also stack if you had mages with three misc slots.

Because your pretender isn't out searching, you don't have the gems to forge Dwarven Hammers and every Skull Mentor costs full 10 gems. This might change if you took Forge Lord pretender, but I don't know if La Ermor can take him.

I agree with JimMorrison, it is a really difficult choice.

[alansmithee]

IIRC, magic scales don't actually lower MR. So you wouldn't be getting any negatives there.

And I don't like relying too much on skull mentors with LA Ermor because death gems are essentially your whole economy. To get any commanders worth anything you either need to get lucky finding sites.