MA Tien Chi in 3.10

[KissBlade]

Whatever you do, DON'T cast Internal Alchemy. If the blatant overpricing of the spell doesn't deter you, let the fact that it AGES your caster rather than reduce their age do so. =)

[FedSlayer]

So much to learn that a lot of this is over my head. On magic duel each of the involved duelers adds 1d6 (not open ended) to his/her level of Astral Magic. So an S1 would have a 10/36 chance to defeat an S3?

On a roll of 6 the S1 would kill an S3 rolling a 1 thru 4
On a roll of 5 the S1 would kill an S3 rolling a 1 thru 3
On a roll of 4 the S1 would kill an S3 rolling a 1 thru 2
On a roll of 3 the S1 would kill an S3 rolling a 1
On rolls of 1 or 2 the S1 can't kill the S3

Due to ties killing both mages there is a 30/36 chance of the S1 being killed, or a 6/36 of the S1 surviving if you want to think of it that way.

Correct?

Given enough expendable lower level astral mages you can take out an astral mage 1-2 levels higher, but it will be expensive.

[FedSlayer]

And now, what to do about a rampaging herd of elephants. Besides staying out of their way what's the best thing to do to counter them? I'm thinking the Panic spell might be a good start, but maybe not. What to do, what to do!!!

Plus there is that peskey F9 dragon pretender.

[Shovah32]

Panic is good. So are high defence units. Gifts from heaven and other high damage evocations are nice too, as is anything MR based(soul slay ect).