Unstable Stygian Paths

[Verjigorm]

I had the same problem. Many of the units I sent ended up back home, some ended up in the target provice, some died, and the transporter (my pretender) also died. I haven't used the spell since.

[NTJedi]

With the number of responses it appears this spell is almost never used so the bug in the spell may not be rare after all.
After watching my pretender arrive at 1 hitpoint despite his 300+ previous hitpoints... I doubt I'll ever use the spell again too. Not to mention it said I lost 9.3 million units... that's a record.

[Kristoffer O]

There was a bug in the stygian paths prior to 2.10 that made it useless. I'm not sure if it has been much tested lately.

9.3 mil seems like a bug, but dying regardless of hit points is not strange. Everyone using the paths has a slight chance of being caught by the lord of the underworld. Hit points does not protect you from being kept in the underworld.

[odd_enuf]

immortality does protect you, I useually only use the pather with a lich or a vampire lord, bringing vamps to the front lines

[Yossar]

In 2.14, I used it three times in one turn with two demiliches and my pretender. I believe everyone was alone. One demilich died (I think he was moving into enemy territory) and each casting said something like 50,000+ units died.

It's a spell I'd only use if desperate.