Gem use question.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Cainehill:
Sure they didn't cast one of the two spells that would effectively raise their casting level first? (Power of the Spheres or Light of the Northern Star)

I'm sure of it. One case was with an astrologer who cast solar brilliance, then some other buff spells. In other words, he used a huge number of gems to bring his fatigue down to lower levels. The other case was two separate occasions with astral 4 and 5 starspawn. In all three occasions, the mages had ritual of returning cast on them, and they were all wearing starshine skullcaps. All of these were performed under Version 2.08, if that could be part of the reason for the differences.

Or possibly there's a bug with level 1 mages, if they should be able to use 1 gem in addition to what was required by the spell, since they can't.

I can confirm the Lamashta example. A keeper of the tombs ran towards the enemies (level 9 independents) and cast fire flies in two separate tests. A sauromancer sent on the next turn cast the spell as expected.