Let's talk about Pythium

[PDF]

Pythium mages can't cast Twiceborn...It may be a good strat for Bakemono though !
I can't see any other effective measure than GoH. Maybe we should adapt to a less powerful Pythium due to the fact that the big mages are less effective on the battlefield and die quickly.

About heal from Arco priestesses (and Faerie Queens) ; are you sure they don't remove afflictions from old age ? It's a pity if true ...

[Shovah32]

If you give boots of youth to a commander suffering from old age will he keep getting afflictions?(he will remain old but wont age so im not sure) If he dosnt get afflictions then that should work.

[Nerfix]

PDF said:About heal from Arco priestesses (and Faerie Queens) ; are you sure they don't remove afflictions from old age ? It's a pity if true ...

They mostl ike don't as I remember an entry on the dev log that said Arco priestessed no longer heal old age afflictions...

[Endoperez]

19th mar
* Loading of precreated gods is now implemented.
* Arco priestess cannot heal old people.


Thanks for making me check that page. Check 'Surprise!' thread for more info!

[Belcarl]

Thanks for the answers.

I've been toying around some more with Pythium. With a Nature Empower + a thistle mace (+1N) you can keep 1 or 2 GTs alive for summoning and forging duty for 25-30 more years before they hit old age. Thats 60N gems invested per GT.

I haven't tried the twiceborn, but it might actually be a good idea for a GT battlemage. 50 Death gems for level 1, then lend a Skull staff from the vault for the Twiceborn spell. So 60 death gems, plus a one time cost of 10 gems for the skull staff that can be put on a Summoning death mage next turn.

Does a mage keep any items if it dies and then is ressurected with twiceborn?

The Late game combat strategy seems to lean upon relying on the Angels instead of your mages. The Harbringer is 3A and the angel of the host gives you a 4F3H Angel. Together with a crystal matrix and some Communion slaves Pythium can still bring good late game evocation spells to the field.

To get there one will need to invest in some different magic paths with the pretender to get Banes, Wights, Drakes or scorpion beasts to bring some killing power to the Legions of Principes that is going to the slaughter. Pythium used to be a bit slow to get rolling, now I have a feelign that they will not be powerful before they can start summoning angels.

[Horst F. JENS]

Old Age: Lychantropos Amulet (N2, 10 Nature Gems) is a risky way to deal with Old Age. The item is cursed and permanenly occupys one misc slot. It has a random chance eacht turn to transform the mage into a random beast. It also give regeneration and gone berserk. Not good for battlemages, but good for forgers / researchers / site-searchers.
I managed to transform one lore-master into one skinshifter. The skinshifter still has the cursed amulet, but his old age value raised from 50 to 100 (playing pangea, early age, one grow scale). He has not lost his magic skills during the transformation.

[NTJedi]

Horst F. JENS said:
Old Age: Lychantropos Amulet (N2, 10 Nature Gems) is a risky way to deal with Old Age.

I think there's a new item however which turns you into a troll... which is a sweet upgrade for most mages and commanders. I haven't checked all the details or used it yet.

[Kristoffer O]

You can also use transformation to get a new age and body.

[Cainehill]

NTJedi said:

I think there's a new item however which turns you into a troll... which is a sweet upgrade for most mages and commanders. I haven't checked all the details or used it yet.

So - you don't know if it turns them into a troll, no magic abilities, no command abilities, no special abilities?

Lol - Troll!

(Given that other transformations tend to remove special abilities, and lycanthrophy, iirc, removes magehood)