LA Tien Chi: Barbarian Kings Strategy Guide 2.0

[Aleph]

Originally Posted by Maerlande

For expansion, an ancestor smith leading 5 blessed ancestor vessels can take any independent province without losses. You can make one of those every turn with only Dom 5
That's 6 expansion parties by turn 6.

Edit: Oops, I'm dumb.

[Belac]

I am currently playing Tien Ch'i in a rich settings game. I went with E9S4 on my God (Lord of Plenty), for similar reasoning. E9 for mages and Ancestor Vessels, S4 to make it easier to get up the S ladder, Lord of Plenty's magic gem providing is useful (although in retrospect, I might have stuck more paths on him if I'd known how the gem providing worked), and he can fight in a pinch with a few items and E/S spells.

So far I have no complaints.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally Posted by Belac

E9 for mages and Ancestor Vessels, S4 to make it easier to get up the S ladder, Lord of Plenty's magic gem providing is useful (although in retrospect, I might have stuck more paths on him if I'd known how the gem providing worked), and he can fight in a pinch with a few items and E/S spells.

The lord of plenty provides two astral and two earth gems every turn in CBM 1.6. His magic paths don't affect this in any way.