Wich mage should I choose?

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Fallen Angel
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Wich mage should I choose?

#1 Post by Fallen Angel »

Hello fellow Asur!

In my army I'm currently using two mages and one archmage. They are kitted out as follows:

Archmage lvl4
-Foliraths Robe
-Silver Wand
-2 Power stones

Mage lvl2
-Anullian crystal

Mage lvl2
-Ring of Fury

I'm thinking o changing one of the mages to this set up:

Mage Lvl2
-Seerstaff
-scroll/stone

Wich one do you think I could do without?

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Wich mage should I choose?

#2 Post by SpikeyElf »

The guy with the crystal, the ring is much more important IMHO. To compensate swap 1 of the stones on the archmage for a scroll and take a scroll with the staff and you will be more than fine.
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Re: Wich mage should I choose?

#3 Post by Fallen Angel »

The problem is that I can't switch just one of the stones on the archmage since that will take him above his arcane item limit.. But yes, I'm also thinking of the crystal guy, however that little crystal is such a pain for my opponents.. Tough choice.
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Re: Wich mage should I choose?

#4 Post by SpellArcher »

Fallen Angel wrote:The problem is that I can't switch just one of the stones on the archmage since that will take him above his arcane item limit..
My understanding is that you can mix scrolls and stones freely.

I'd drop both, they are too expensive for what they do IMHO.
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#5 Post by geoguswrek »

I'd drop the robe, it isn't that good, and a couple of powerstones are actually pretty useful.
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#6 Post by Musashi »

The rule is:

X PS/DS + 1 Arcane item

where X is any natural number, and the selection of the Arcane item includes either PS or DS.
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#7 Post by geoguswrek »

Mushashi: don't the natural numbers exclude 0? (yes i am just quibbling for the sake of it)
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#8 Post by Musashi »

It still falls within the range, you don't need to take along either a Power Stone or a Dispel Scroll; however, it might be a good idea to do so.
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Re: Wich mage should I choose?

#9 Post by geoguswrek »

I just had a feeling that the natural numbers is specifically the positive natural numbers, denoted by boldface N in mathematics. (ie not including zero)
in which case you are requiring the powerstone/DS and allowing no option to take just a arcane item.
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