Very short question on Communion Master and the slave matrix

[quantum_mechani]

Originally posted by tinkthank:
Damn. Outside of Pangaia it is hard to find a stealthy mage.

Other than those mentioned, SG Ermor has stealthy dusk elders.

[olaf73]

How exactly does the Pythium Theurg Communicant work?

Thanks
olaf

[HJ]

Originally posted by olaf73:
How exactly does the Pythium Theurg Communicant work?

Thanks
olaf

Just like any other communion slave (the numbers required are the same etc.). Think of him as having a slave matrix - he automatically becomes communion slave at the beginning of the battle.

[olaf73]

Originally posted by HJ:

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Originally posted by olaf73:
How exactly does the Pythium Theurg Communicant work?

Thanks
olaf

Just like any other communion slave (the numbers required are the same etc.). Think of him as having a slave matrix - he automatically becomes communion slave at the beginning of the battle.

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So I just need to have a guy cast the communion master spell, or whatever its called?

What kind of benefits does the communion leader draw from one slave? Does it scale linearly with more slaves?

olaf

The benefits of Communion/Sabbath for Masters are:

2 Slaves +1 to all Magic Paths, Including Holy/Unholy
4 Slaves +2 to all Magic Paths, Including Holy/Unholy
8 Slaves +3 to all Magic Paths, Including Holy/Unholy
16 Slaves +4 to all Magic Paths, Including Holy/Unholy

And so on and so on. Then of course fatigue is distributed among the slaves by the masters of the sabbath/communion.

You can only have a Crystal item work on someone who has at least 1 path in magic.

There is no benefit of having odd numbers of slaves except for Fatigue distribution.

[onomastikon]

Originally posted by Zen:
The benefits of Communion/Sabbath for Masters are:

2 Slaves +1 to all Magic Paths, Including Holy/Unholy
4 Slaves +2 to all Magic Paths, Including Holy/Unholy
8 Slaves +3 to all Magic Paths, Including Holy/Unholy
16 Slaves +4 to all Magic Paths, Including Holy/Unholy

And so on and so on. Then of course fatigue is distributed among the slaves by the masters of the sabbath/communion.

You can only have a Crystal item work on someone who has at least 1 path in magic.

There is no benefit of having odd numbers of slaves except for Fatigue distribution.

I didnt know it also booosted Holy. Great.

Question: How can I tell if it is working? Normally when you get power-boosting items on a mage, the little numbers with the icons next to them increase -- I have NOT seen this on the various configs with Masters and Slaves. How do I know when my mages get more power? Or the Priests?

[mivayan]

The game does not indicate in any way at all how much power your mage get from the communion. The only way to tell is that he might cast spells he could not cast before.

Remember that you can script spells that are greyed out because you dont have enough skill. For example you can script communion master,smite,smite,smite,smite on a pythium arch-theurg (who only has holy4), and if you bring at least two communicants he will cast the smite.