Communion Slaves

[Thufir]

Ironhawk said:
I havent done all that much Communing but I'm pretty sure that slaves act according to thier spell scripts given the normal constraints (spell range, target validity, fatigue, gems). If this were not the case the Pythium Theurg smite factory trick would not work.

Would someone care to illuminate a newbie on the details of the "Pythium Theurg smite factory trick"?

I gather we are talking about Theurgs being communion masters in order to pick up 2 levels for the smite spell, but unless we are considering the theurgs being both masters and slaves, I'm not sure how that applies to the current discussion.

And while I've never tested it, my understanding (based on reading more than one post) is that it is likely a bug and works as Maltrease states, where communion slaves will cast if the master has not already.