Best Bless

[Endoperez]

shovah said:
SUDENHUUTO!!!! that name brings back bad memories

ps: should have called this thread favourite bless shouldnt i

Yes. Often, 'best' amounts to 'the one that works most often with the strategy I use most often'. With other games, there might actually be a 'best' strategy, and often that wouldn't even need any more discussion about its merits. Asking for 'best' is rarely worth the answer. Favourites are much more interesting.

Suden huuto, 'the cry of a wolf', an eerie voice that makes the hapless prey shudder in an ancient memory, a flashing image of a thousand frozen corpses that the cold winter consumed, and a cold breath felt before the icy fangs close around your throat. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif[/img]

I quess you never knew the Finnish translation. I enjoyed that game. I'll have to try out the Niefel Skinshifters in MP once Dom!!! is out. The DevDiary never mentioned what they turn to, but I quess it must be bears. Wolves are rather small, after all. Or maybe they turn into Moose!


How effective are the Broken Ermor sacred maidens? They are undead, and limited in numbers, but they have high def and start ethereral. I think they could do very well in the early game. They have spears IIRC, but the normal ones, not Phantasmal. Maybe mediocre (4-6) Blood and Fire and/or Water 4. Blood Fountain is worth a Growth scale, usually... But it would feel strange to take Growth as Broken Empire Ermor!

[shovah]

f9 d- i kind of like on them, they are effective for their free-ness but you cant base your plan on them alone. if you can fit f9 into and ermor strategy they work very well though imo, the fear just helps break the enemys .how about f9 d4-6 and b4-6 for their bless, they have flaming weapons, slight fear, are quite strong, are ethereal, have high defence and are immortal. not to mention that imo they would work rather well with some vampires that this pretender could summon later on (not to mention that this pretender and ermors mages can forge almost anything an sc/thug would need)

[archaeolept]

they're pretty useless base game - since by the time you can amass a force of them no one cares anymore

in the CB mod they're immortal, which makes them useful at least. And in a blitz game they can be horrific.

[shovah]

because you dont have to wait a few weeks just to get some . i forget, are they stealthy?

[Oversway]

Has anyone tried a e9 blessing for abysia? It seems like it could be good for them. The lava warriors get really nice prot and the reinvig helps the high enc for the lava warriors as well as your mages. Pythium might have a similar benefit for e9? Although with both of those nations perhaps you are better off with good scales?

A n9 blessing for pan and jotun are common. f9 for Van and Man:LoT.

[archaeolept]

the problem w/ base aby blessings, is that it takes so long to accumulate a force its not really worth the bless - of course, e9 also helps your fire priests though

[Twan]

My favorite is earth 10 with Arcocephale.

As all my mages have astral it's easy to make lots of Shroud of the Battle Saint, then all my casters have a base reinvigoration of 5 and 9 protection / 0 encumbrance for only 5 astral pearls.