Shinuyama – the ants go marching two by two…

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Originally Posted by Belac

On the 'using castle turns to recruit Shuten-Doji' question, there should be ample time to recruit them instead of Bakemono Sorcerers: When you haven't yet built a lab in the fort, and when you don't have enough money (because you have lots of forts and are recruiting Bakemono Sorcerers from several).

So somewhere in your empire, at some point, there should always be a place where you can recruit non-mage commanders.

I don't usually build forts without labs or from which I can't build a mage commander every turn, unless there's a specific non-mage commander that its worth building a fort or forts specifically for. (I can think of some examples - a fort pumping out spies is never a bad thing, nor is Jotunheim building a temple-fort for Jotun Jarl thugs.)

I honestly have no specific opinion on shuten-doji, although I'd be inclined against building a fort specifically for them.