Cripple Fight! - And the Lame shall inherit the earth!

[Valerius]

Originally Posted by Meglobob

Your raiding has been excellent, Valerius. Its driven me nuts and totally kept me on the defensive.

Thanks. If it wasn't for raiding you would have marched straight to my capitol, since I was in no shape to fight again immediately after battling Van. Though I had to be real careful of my thugs initially since most did not have gear to get them to FR 100.

Originally Posted by Meglobob

Volcanic eruptions a difficult spell, overpriced in vanilla (so no one casts it) and probably a bit too cheap in CBM. Difficult thing balance.

Yeah, I agree that 15 gems is too much. They should maybe cost a little more than 5 gems. OTOH, I agree with your assessment of Machaka earlier in the thread and it can use all the help it can get.

Originally Posted by Meglobob

Thanks. Astral magic is probably my only chance vs you. If it makes you feel any better, I remember at least two of my previous gods with MR 26 and MR 28 going down to early soul slays.

Curse those lizard shaman. You know, that brings up an interesting point: with the exception of those lizard shaman, you, me and Van fought these wars with only our national mages and whatever our pretenders can bring to the table. That's kind of different - usually one of us would have found some useful indie mages.

Originally Posted by Meglobob

Oh, thanks for all the magic items btw, shame I have few thugs/scs of my own to put them on.

Ugh. This is the thing I hate most about sending out thugs. But like you say, at least I don't have to worry about the equipment being used against me the next turn, like I did with Van.

Originally Posted by Zeldor

You didn't dome your caps, Valerius?

Well, I had a dome up - just not stacked ones. That stopped the first two attacks, anyway. Machaka hit me with a total of 12 last turn. Nothing this turn, though. Thanks for the break, Meglobob!