does this work against SCs?

[JacksonCage]

Has anyone had success using the spell "Stellar Cascades" against SCs, to tire them out so that they become sitting ducks?

Does anyone know if the spell has a MR check, or only works on certain kinds of creatures? Any info you can share would be helpful.

[Ironhawk]

The only time I've heard of stellar cascades being used is vs. regular troops. And in that case its usually a handful of wizards who eventually immobilize whole stacks of troops. If you have astral mages going up against an SC (or other powerful low-number / single unit targets) you are better off casting paralyze or soul slay.

[Chazar]

...or opposition?! What is the difference to soul slay, BTW?

Given that opposition merely affects magic creature, is it more difficult to resist than soul slay?

[Cohen]

That is affects only magical creatures, restricting the target to them only ^^

So your mage won't waste a soul slay on the enemy xbowmen meanwhile the enemy magic summons lay waste on your ranks.

[Verjigorm]

Yes, I've seen this happen actually. My Gyjga, Pretender, and a Skratti were attacked by an enemy Manticore--the AI automatically selected a pummeled the manticore with Stellar Cascades. It died shortly thereafter, so not only does it work, the ai will cast it automatically in certain situations.

It does not have a magic resistance check, but it is only armor PIERCING, not armor negating, so high Protection SC's will require more castings. BTW the pretender I was using was an Astral/Water Son of Nifel so he was also using Quickness http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif I don't remember if they Gygja also cast the spell, but it's certainly possible.. 3 Cascades/round would be very nasty. It also has a nice area of effect so you don't have to have great precision to hit and can be used by a good number of wizards from different nations because of its low level (2 Astral).