Miniblood nations - rates

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Originally Posted by Executor

1. Blood hunters would get rather vulnerable in open provinces, the fact remains you pull more gold from forts due to administration so open provinces are generally a better option to blood hunt, and I for one would target those provinces first for assassinations, remote spells and attacks. So you'd need forts or something in blood hunting provinces to protect your investment. We all know that it sometimes takes only one turn of war to halt or cripple a blood economy.

Van has crappy forts so I wouldn't be too concerned with gold loss. Open provinces or forts can be protected by domes of solid air. You can also further ensure their safe keeping by giving them crystal hearts.

Originally Posted by Executor

Also, rather than forging items, I'd much prefer empowering to B2 myself, after all it's only a 5 slave difference without the hammers.

I'd rather have items as the items can be transferred whereas an empowerment cannot.

Originally Posted by Executor

I of course see no way around this since I think Vanheim is screwed regarding blood hunting personally.

maybe