Tips for A newbie Playing as R'lyeh

[Agrajag]

Another useful tip is using your void gate summonings to guard the summoning priest. The risk of losing a few summons in a horror attack doesn't compare to the loss of a highly skilled summoner.
Usually I assign the first summons to Guard Commander the priest, and then just replace them with stronger summons as they come, this has saved many a priest for me.

[Oversway]

You need priest skills to summon.

I believe you just need astral magic. But the R'lyeh national priests (who also have astral) have a less chance of getting feebleminded, as others have mentioned.

Usually I assign the first summons to Guard Commander the priest, and then just replace them with stronger summons as they come, this has saved many a priest for me.

This is a good idea.




Except for meterorite guards and traitor kings, R'lyeh is a mostly gold intensive nation. Definitely put order to 3. I'd suggest going for sloth scales. You can also get cold scales because temp. doesn't affect water provinces production.

You also don't really have much of a blessing strategy. (It can be *fun* to have a high bless like w9n9 - your priests lifedrain attack and of course the summons can be powerful, but priests arn't really tough enough and summoning doesn't give you enough troops to make it the best strategy.) So I would suggest going for an SC to help expansion.

[Peacekeeper]

Another way to protect your summoning commander is to research the level 2(i think) enchantment spell (returning is in the name somewhere). Have him cast it the first round of combat(since hes getting attacked, that means this gets cast first) and whenever he gets hit he will return safely to your home city...which happens to be where he is anyway. At the cost of 1 astral pearl per combat, you will never lose your commander to being attacked by void summons.

[Endoperez]

Until he becomes feeble-minded and loses his magic, that is.

[Agrajag]

And doesn't he get damaged even if he is "returned" to his home province?
A single blow could kill him.

[shovah]

yes, i generally have a few immobile void summons defending my summoner (what else can they do?). The best idea imo is an SC (astral/ astral+water wyrm is good, air is good too) pretender with not too much magic and good scales (if you get good income you can steamroll anyone with massed ilithids

[Ygorl]

Does Ritual of Returning actually work?
When I played R'lyeh, I tried scripting the spell that doesn't wait for you to get hit but immediately takes you home (Returning?), and the dang Starspawn never cast it.

[Vicious Love]

shovah said:
yes, i generally have a few immobile void summons defending my summoner (what else can they do?). The best idea imo is an SC (astral/ astral+water wyrm is good, air is good too) pretender with not too much magic and good scales (if you get good income you can steamroll anyone with massed ilithids

Wouldn't he get feebleminded after two or three tries, at most?

[Sandman]

R'lyeh tips:

Star Children can assassinate, but they're pretty hopeless at it. Worse than basic assassins, even. In other words, don't bother.

Unarmoured Illithids have a slightly more powerful mind blast than Illithid soldiers.