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[OG_Gleep]

Wouldn't Master Enslave get the petrifiers before they could get off the Petrify?

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

OG_Gleep said:
Wouldn't Master Enslave get the petrifiers before they could get off the Petrify?

Technically, yes... if you're the attacker (since the defenders go first). So put a bunch of whatever mage-squad you plan on using in the boundary provinces and make this überastral whatzit attack. Admittedly it can get expensive for upkeep (especially since with Teleport/Astral Travels he can move to anywhere on the map) so there is no boundary... eep. Had anyone even mentioned the teleport problem? (Wrecking your labs (except the ones in castles) will at least slow that down though... unappetizing as that sounds)
Just trying to help, but I seem instead to have pointed out the flaw in my own reasoning...

[Vicious Love]

A few Spring Hawks could buy you a turn or two of time.

Edit: Supplemented by a few swarms of dragonflies, if there's no storm.