Astral Corruption questions

[Micah]

Good post vfb.

It should be noted that the horror scaling is only a trend. I've had a doom horror show up after making a jade knife, and non-doom horrors pop up after blowing a few hundred gems on a global, so there's a large random element to it. I think I may have also had one show up due to using an item (IIRC it was the black mirror) but I was using the Crown of the Ivy King the same game and don't think I had one show up.

Also you'll sometimes get a double attack on the same turn, so a single returning might not save you (not sure if horror battles count as being at the cap or not, might be able to get around that by giving them some extra pearls to hold on to, but I haven't tested it)

[Sir_Dr_D]

Do dwarven hammers and the like lessen the risk?

[Cor2]

Another question

Does empowerment attract horrors?

[Jazzepi]

The best way to deal with astral corruption is to script "returning" on your mages.

Jazzepi

[Cor2]

Yeah, But does empowerment attract horrors? Not everyone can cast returning.

[Velusion]

From what I've seen... empowering does not attract horrors.