Slave cost for Soul Contract

[PhilD]

I have a solo game where I have Forge of the Ancients on, as well as tons of Dwarven Hammers.

Yet when I try to have a mage make a Soul Contract, the Blood Slave cost isn't reduced from its normal 65. Blood cost is reduced for forging other blood-related items (like, Dousing Rod costs only 1), but the Soul Contracts still cost 65 slaves.

Is this normal??

[Arralen]

AFAIK, this is intended:

You write the contract in blood, not chisel it into stone with a hammer

( ... plus balancing reasons ...)

[Endoperez]

It might be that the forging needs the full amount of gems/slaves when you choose what to forge, (e.g. you can't forge a Dousing Rod if you have 4 slaves), but only subtracts the correct amount of slaves (if you had 65 slaves, you'd have some left over). This quirk existed in DomII, and might not have been fixed.

[PhilD]

Endoperez said:
It might be that the forging needs the full amount of gems/slaves when you choose what to forge, (e.g. you can't forge a Dousing Rod if you have 4 slaves), but only subtracts the correct amount of slaves (if you had 65 slaves, you'd have some left over). This quirk existed in DomII, and might not have been fixed.

Well, I had hundreds of slaves when I tried forging; I only noticed that the amount of remaining slaves decreased by exactly 65 in spite of the forge bonus.

If it is supposed to have an unreduceable cost, fine - but the description, and the manual, should say so. AFAIK, they don't.

[mivayan]

/agree with arralen.

I think this item is unique in that the cost cant be reduced. Balance-wise, this way a blood nation doesn't "need" an earth pretender for this awsome blood strategy.