A newbie asks...

[thejeff]

Congratulations. You've just run into an SC. (Or at least the AI's attempt at one.)

Ethereal means normal weapons have a 75% chance of having no effect. Depending on what his god is, what buffs he's cast and what he's wearing he's probably got enough protection to stop most of the rest of the hits.

Some nations have troops, usually elite troops with magic weapons. If you click on the weapon name it will tell you. Caelum's ice weaponry is one example. Most nations don't. In most cases, magic weapon means a forged weapon. Have your mages forge a weapon or two, hand them to a tough commander, maybe a summoned one, and have him go whale on the god for awhile.

The other alternative is magic. Most combat spells do magical damage and will work just fine on an ethereal target.


Edit: Ninjas are good too. They don't have magic weapons, but they'll sneak up and explain them while you're typing.

[JonBrave]

I know I'm a newb, so please excuse.

I am playing MA Man (no magic weapons), my mages are nature & air, which seems to give them good protection but no damage spells, AFAICS. (Even then, wouldn't chances be they aimed their damage spells at his other units anyway? Or even hit my own in the densely packed area?) He only has his capital province left (small map, one AI opponent, normal). Even at 75% miss/25% hit my melee troops would have been enough, but because of the congestion at the castle gate (with ethereal guy blocking it) I can only get in about 3 hits per turn, with all the other troops blocked behind (tried hold & attack, still it ends up like this). I just wanna finish this game!

[Loren]

Originally Posted by JonBrave

I know I'm a newb, so please excuse.

I am playing MA Man (no magic weapons), my mages are nature & air, which seems to give them good protection but no damage spells, AFAICS. (Even then, wouldn't chances be they aimed their damage spells at his other units anyway? Or even hit my own in the densely packed area?) He only has his capital province left (small map, one AI opponent, normal). Even at 75% miss/25% hit my melee troops would have been enough, but because of the congestion at the castle gate (with ethereal guy blocking it) I can only get in about 3 hits per turn, with all the other troops blocked behind (tried hold & attack, still it ends up like this). I just wanna finish this game!

In this case I wouldn't try to fight the guy. Simply continue the siege and build temples. Crush his candles and he's dead without a fight.