Mod: Order of Hermes for MA and LA

[Tecnócrata]

Updated file. Summon Gaphlines and Yaglines did not have specific flysprs and sounds, and made the Marauder a poor normal leader, but good magical leader (and even more with all his paths).

Also, included a new ritual that searches for Nature and Death at the cost of 8 astral pearls.

[Squirrelloid]

Originally Posted by Tecnócrata

Also, included a new ritual that searches for Nature and Death at the cost of 8 astral pearls.

That sounds horribly inefficient. Why would you ever use that over the N and D search spells?

Remember the real exchange rate is 1s = 2 other gems. So you're talking about a spell that's twice as expensive as Tiamat's while only searching half as many paths.

[Tecnócrata]

Indeed... 2 Astral cost would be fair, then. Changing.

Meanwhile, adding also a whole battlefield version of Arcane Bolt, that makes 8+ AN against all magic beings (including your own). 3 Astral as cost would be fair?

[Squirrelloid]

Originally Posted by Tecnócrata

Indeed... 2 Astral cost would be fair, then. Changing.

I'm with TheJeff, 2s is too low. 3-4 sounds reasonable.

I don't know if you plan on CBM or not, but D and N are less valuable in the most recent CBM so i might argue for the 3s cost. (Now that Tarts can't be GoRed...). I wouldn't find 4s offensive though. Might be thematic to make it impossible to cast on UW provinces.

Meanwhile, adding also a whole battlefield version of Arcane Bolt, that makes 8+ AN against all magic beings (including your own). 3 Astral as cost would be fair?

That sounds horribly broken.

Consider:

Bloodletting. B4, 4 slaves, 1 AN damage to all non-lifeless. Probably the most comparable to what you want to achieve, and its harder to cast and has a smaller effect.

Unravelling. S6, 1 pearl, magic beings resist or die (needs to pass magic resistance), but also attacks all mages with the possibility of inflicting feeblemind (!!!), which is a pretty serious disadvantage since you obviously have at least the one mage. Less comparable but pretty hard to cast since S6 mages don't grow on trees.

[rdonj]

I don't really think N is less valuable. D, yes. But N still gets you SCs and a myriad of items you need.

[Tecnócrata]

So 4 Astral for the searching ritual. Sold!

The other seems rather unbalanced, indeed. In fact, Unraveling fits pretty much what I wanted from the spell. Removed finally, and updating rar.

[Deathjester]

This looks really nice. Well done!

I will try it out in SP.