Guide: Guide to communions

[Gregstrom]

Can't say for sure, but it's probably ordered by unit id#.

[edit] I don't know how to see a units' id#, AFAIK the number is fixed once the unit is bought, and I don't believe there's a way to find out what id# a unit will have at the point you buy it.

[thejeff]

And they're recycled as units die. Which explains how new units get sorted above older ones.

Numbers for units that can be brought back from the dead must stay, but that's only a small fraction: Pretenders and the Hall, right?

[DonCorazon]

In addition to Slaves casting a variety of spells, I was referring to the actual casting of Communion Slave and Communion Master. So my question was, in the first round, should all the Communion Slaves cast Communion Slave before any Communion Masters cast Communion Master?

[Gregstrom]

It depends on whether you want the Slaves to cast in the same rounds as the Masters do or not.

Slaves that act before Masters get to cast. Slaves acting after Masters lose their action if the Master casts a spell, meaning you don't cast as many spells but the slaves don't get so badly fatigued.

[Baalz]

DonCorazon said:
In addition to Slaves casting a variety of spells, I was referring to the actual casting of Communion Slave and Communion Master. So my question was, in the first round, should all the Communion Slaves cast Communion Slave before any Communion Masters cast Communion Master?

First round doesn't matter, you're not in the communion until after the spell is cast. Of course, the order is the same for every round of combat, so any slaves who go first on round one will also be casting spells in the following rounds, which you may or may not want.

[thejeff]

And, just to be clear, all slaves are added to the communion, whenever they cast Communion Slave. (Same with Masters)

The only thing casting order matters for is whether slaves can cast independently or not.

[yandav]

A little question just for fun: what happens if someone cast both communion master and sabbath master?

[Gregstrom]

They kill a blood slave to no good purpose?

[capnq]

thejeff said: The only thing casting order matters for is whether slaves can cast independently or not.

I just noticed that according to the stickied Bug Thread: The Shortlist, slaves being able to do this is a bug?

[theenemy]

Nice guide Baalz. To much reading for me but it was still great. I always had it tough using communion since I didn't understand how to use it.