Master Enslave

Ironhawk · #1 April 18th, 2007, 02:49 PM

If you are going to bring a second astral mage (which would be dangerous) you should script him as a Communion Slave and your pretender as a Communion Master. Halving all the fatigue you get will make your spells sure to go off correctly. You will likely kill the slave but thats what they are for, no?

Bring two slaves and you get a +1 magic bonus, and you can probably cast Vortext of Returning to save your investment in mages. Of course, the more mages you bring, the more points of failure your enemy has to attack...

Wish · #2 April 18th, 2007, 03:41 PM

i might suggest using a crone instead of a fountain, same 4 misc slots, but also a helmet and a couple of hands. allows for rune smasher, crystal shield, starshine skullcap, and whatever combination of miscs you enjoy.

a bit fragile outside of her dominion, so maybe a few wishes for power before sending her out.

DrPraetorious · #3 April 18th, 2007, 11:01 PM

Here's how you do it.

Take 32 Grand Thaumaturgs - equip them with starshine skullcaps if need be. Make sure they come earlier in the batting order than your God.

Have each of them cast communion slave.

Now have the God cast Master Enslave TWICE, and then Ritual of Returning.

Personally, I like to also send in an S5 leader with a number of followers - and instead of hopping home with a RoR, I wipe out the enemy army and then WIN THE BATTLE. Now that's fun.

Cor · #4 April 19th, 2007, 12:39 PM

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Make sure they come earlier in the batting order than your God.

How does one manipulate the turn order in battle? This is a trick I have never learned.

DrPraetorious · #5 April 19th, 2007, 02:54 PM

You can't. Everyone goes in the order they are listed. So, if the unit is listed before your God in the army setup screen, it will go first.

Baalz · #6 April 19th, 2007, 03:21 PM

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You can't. Everyone goes in the order they are listed. So, if the unit is listed before your God in the army setup screen, it will go first.

Ah, this is good information I did not know. So you can know ahead of time what order stuff is going to go off, you just can't modify it (other than by changing who goes to the fight).

Wish · #7 April 20th, 2007, 10:45 PM

i tried it out with pythium - a dormant divine king (or whatever, the guy being carried) with 10 astral 3 death and good scales.

the army ended up being 16 communicants, weilding mostly drain life banners, at least one with banner of the northern star and one with a storm staff. an army of emerald warriors to draw attention. also some empty commanders to pick up the troops.

the pretender had 5 astral boosting items (the wizard rings and sorcery rings are also penetration items) and a crystal matrix.

one cast of master enslave resulted in 1 fatigue for the pretender and 3 or so for the communicants.

needless to say the fights were short, chaotic, and devastating. mind you this doesn't work for master enslave strike team, but as a roaming army, it was insane.

Velusion · #8 April 21st, 2007, 01:45 AM

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You can't. Everyone goes in the order they are listed. So, if the unit is listed before your God in the army setup screen, it will go first.

Ah, this is good information I did not know. So you can know ahead of time what order stuff is going to go off, you just can't modify it (other than by changing who goes to the fight).

This is news to me too. I assumed they all casted everything in a random order.