Leadership Formulas

incognito · #1 October 4th, 2004, 02:09 PM

Anyone know formulas for regular and magical leadership? I put a crown of command on a demon lord in an SP game to see if he could support more infernal knights, and I got squatewski (ie still only 45). Strikes me that I may really be limited in my ability to summon huge demon hordes due to command issues. Once you get past the unique summons, what are good leaders for summoned creatures? How do the formulas work?

One Last random question: where is size of a creature located? This same demon lord (Belphegor) looks big in the picture, but I cannot tell if he can trample...

Kel · #2 October 4th, 2004, 02:29 PM

Normal "Leadership" applies to normal units only.

Size is under HP in the info window for the unit.

And as for good leaders, you should take a look at the unit list or Zen's SCQR. Fallen angels are pretty decent, though, at 90/65/55 normal/undead/magical leadership...if you are looking purely at blood.

- Kel

archaeolept · #3 October 4th, 2004, 02:42 PM

devils require, due to some bizarre holdover from dominions I, undead leadership. hence, while anyone w/ some blood magic can lead 5 devils per pt of blood, death magic is where its at - each point of death will allow you to lead 25 devils IIRC. Magical leadership is for summonables w/ that little "magic" icon.

Chazar · #4 October 4th, 2004, 03:01 PM

I usually hand all blood summons over to death mages...

incognito · #5 October 4th, 2004, 03:06 PM

Does 55 score for undead leadership translate to 55 undead units?

Huzurdaddi · #6 October 4th, 2004, 03:14 PM

Bane lords are the cheapest undead leaders in terms of leadership/gem so far as I remember. That's 125 undead leadership for 10 gems. A real bargin!

Boots of flying and you are set.

Arryn · #7 October 4th, 2004, 03:29 PM

Quote:

incognito said:
Does 55 score for undead leadership translate to 55 undead units?

Yes.

capnq · #8 June 4th, 2006, 03:39 PM

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Does magical leadership also let a commander lead undead?

I'm playing Ermor for the first time (in a single-player game), and I've noticed that some of my Thaumaturges (s1d1u2) will let me assign more undead to them than their paths should allow. The only explanation I could think of is that their magical leadership from astral is covering the excess.

Agrajag · #9 June 4th, 2006, 04:22 PM

Doesn't Unholy also boost undead leadership?
And if it doesn't apply to *all* thaumaturags despite having exactly the same paths, then I hardly think its a path related issue.

Wish · #10 June 4th, 2006, 04:41 PM

interestingly, being cursed also allows you, i think, one more undead, or maybe it was 5.