Undead retreated?

Nagot Gick Fel · #1 March 26th, 2004, 03:19 AM

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Originally posted by Argitoth:
HELP ME!!!

Well, since you invested so heavily in Conjuration and so little in everything else, and since your gem income is limited to death, your best option is:

(1) Research Conjuration 9.

(2) You need 5 level-4 death mages, if needed research a bit Construction and forge Skull Staves to meet that requirement.

(3) Now that you have your level-4 death mages, use them cast 5 Ghost Riders each turn on your own capital, and have your remaining mages and the Lizard Kings patrol there.

(4) If your mages and priests survive this exercise for, say, 10 successive months, they should be considered fit and able to deal with everything Ermor will throw at them.

PvK · #2 March 26th, 2004, 03:47 AM

And/or use less powerful mages casting Pale Riders? And/or use priests. A Wraith Lord and/or Eater of the Dead might serve well, if you can keep enough other units around and still amass gems. Looks grim, though.

Is Ermor led by the AI or a human?

PvK

Argitoth · #3 March 26th, 2004, 03:56 AM

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Originally posted by Nagot Gick Fel:

(1) Research Conjuration 9.

I doubt I have enough time!

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Originally posted by Nagot Gick Fel:

(2) You need 5 level-4 death mages, if needed research a bit Construction and forge Skull Staves to meet that requirement.

I don't have time to research to lvl 4 construction, but I have allies that can give me skull stalves for death gems.

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Originally posted by Nagot Gick Fel:

(3) Now that you have your level-4 death mages, use them cast 5 Ghost Riders each turn on your own capital, and have your remaining mages and the Lizard Kings patrol there.

Patrollers will get attacked by Ghost Riders. I don't think I can research to lvl 9 conj on time.

Ermor is a human player. I was thinking of using solar rays?? I could research to lvl 2 evoc in one turn. But I don't think I have enough astral Users for it to be effective.

[ March 26, 2004, 01:57: Message edited by: Argitoth ]

Norfleet · #4 March 26th, 2004, 04:07 AM

Argitoth, I don't think Nagot was being serious.

Argitoth · #5 March 26th, 2004, 05:16 AM

. . . (useless post)

[ March 26, 2004, 03:19: Message edited by: Argitoth ]

Peter Ebbesen · #6 March 26th, 2004, 08:33 AM

Just use your famous "disintegration strategy", which works against everybody.

...Sorry for that one, I could not resist it...

It would be tempting to say that you get exactly what you deserve for focusing so narrowly on conjuration 9, but I am more interested in how you managed to assassinate four Ermor Wraith Commanders in one round - that is an impressive feat and, considering it was done in your dominion, a fairly heavy blow to your opponents death gem economy as they are gone forever. Well done - now how did you do it?

Norfleet · #7 March 26th, 2004, 08:42 AM

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Originally posted by Peter Ebbesen:
Just use your famous "disintegration strategy", which works against everybody.

He doesn't know Disintegrate! His Conjuration focus has left him devoid of Disintegrate, an Alteration 8 spell.

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Originally posted by Peter Ebbesen:
It would be tempting to say that you get exactly what you deserve for focusing so narrowly on conjuration 9, but I am more interested in how you managed to assassinate four Ermor Wraith Commanders in one round - that is an impressive feat and, considering it was done in your dominion, a fairly heavy blow to your opponents death gem economy as they are gone forever. Well done - now how did you do it?

C'tissian Empoisoners are quite adept at assassinating undead leaders, having death magic ability: Argitoth had Thaum-1, which easily enables him to cast Dust to Dust repeatedly. That'll make it fairly easy to blow through all but the most heavily protected and strongest undead leaders.