Quote from: Sylex on February 11, 2014, 04:48:47 PM

I usually add 2 decoy's in every book in place of a seeking dispel because I use them to blank nullify spells more often than not, and its cheaper unless you're a Wizard of course, BUT I was unaware that you still get the 2 mana back from doing this. Awesome bit of info that I'm SURE my friends will argue over until I show them.

Er no. Cancel is NOT destroyed sadly. See my first post in this thread on it.
They are still good though for exactly what the reasons you've given, Sylex.

I see, got ahead of myself there. Thanks DB

I refuse to comment on the color of the sky as I work nights, and don't go outside very often. Could be polk-a-dots for all I know.

If the sky was green, how would we know when to stop mowing the lawn?

Ya...........get THAT stirring around in the noodle.

OK, I'm no mathematician but here's my top 5 in order of what has been the most useful and cost effective to ME personally

1. Devouring Jelly
2. Silverclaw Grizzly
3. Iron Golem
4. Knights of Westlock
5. Blue Gremlin

It was a toss up between the Gremlin and the Falcon but for one more mana, a single Gremlin usually does more work for me than a single Falcon. To me the Falcons greatness only shines in numbers or if they DON'T have an answer to flyers.

This is the updated list. I changed the strategy a bit, and now rely on the Battle Forge to give me the extra action I need to equip myself while using my Quick Cast for conjurations/enchants, and Incantations, and my full Action to Galvitar everything to death (dice willing). This also allowed me to load up on more equipment, at the cost of less enchants. With Forcefield always being the target of Dispel more often than not anyway, you've only got your defenses and creatures to lean on. This build is pretty do or die in my eyes. There's no room for the elusive trait here. Stand and deliver!.....................or just Teleport

Attacks: None
Conjurations : Hand of Bim-Shalla x1
                       Temple of the Dawnbreaker x1
                       Mana Syphon x1
                       Suppression Orb x1
                       Mordok's Obelisk x1
                       Battle Forge x1
                       Enchanter's Wardstone x1

Creatures : Guardian Angel x1
                   Knights of Westlock x1

Enchantments : Forcefield x2
                          Divine Protection x1
                          Nullify x3
                          Harmonize x1
                          Bear Strength x1
                          Rhino Hide x1
                          Cheetah Speed x1

Equipment : Galvitar, Force Blade x1
                    Dancing Scimitar x2
                    Dragonscale Hauberk x2
                    Gauntlets of Strength x1
                    Regrowth Belt x1
                    Moonglow Amulet x1
                    Eagleclaw Boots x1
                    Mage Wand x2
                    Force Ring x1
                    Defense Ring x1

Incantations : Force Push x2
                       Teleport x2
                       Dispel x2
                       Dissolve x2
                       Repulse x2
                       Sleep x1
                       Knockdown x1
                       Power Strike x1

I agree. I would gladly subscribe to a decent podcast for Mage Wars. Best of luck getting that up, and running. Charmyna has done a very nice job, and I especially appreciated his OCTGN tutorial as it is probably the best and most thorough one I have seen. Helped me tremendously when I first started playing on OCTGN. Don't feel like other players are waiting on me to figure out what I'm doing, and that's a nice comfort to have.

Most attack/incantation spells that do damage offer a return of ~1 damage per mana.  By teleporting an otherwise safe creature, or a creature otherwise unable to attack, damage is gained at the rate of the creature's attack ability.  When this happens, it is often to a golem, hydra, or bear, which all hit for 6-9 dice of damage on a slow attack.  @1 space that can be a 2-3:1 ratio, and @2 spaces can be 1-1.5:1, still very good.  This can get even more ridiculous when a single target is moved to a space with multiple creatures that couldn't get to it.  Now we multiply our ratio by the number of creatures.  A golem or plant "pit" waiting can easily dish out 30+ damage in a single turn.

See kids....you really WILL need to use math one day

Note that nullify will not counter dispel. It only counters spells that target your mage whereas dispel targets enchantments on your mage.

Yes, I am aware of this. I originally had 5 in order to play one or two on the opponent, but have since lowered it to 3 for personal safety of equipment. I decided to add the forge, and go more aggressive as well so I can't afford to cut any more I would say.

Trying to mix in holy creatures with a FM is like trying to trying to squeeze two opposing magnets together. It is probably not an optimal way to run a FM, but it seems fun none the less. I will post my new list soon.

So in my "What if they did this?" side of my brain, a recent post got me wondering.... What would Teleport be called if it were to be printed in another school of magic? I don't necessarily think this should happen, but for the entertainment purposes of that part of my brain, I am leaving this question open to the forums.

I have already stated that I would name the Dark magic spell Shadowstep in previous posts, but I was wondering if anyone else has ever thought about this, or if anybody would dare to, what would you call them in regards to the theme of some of the other schools?

I was picturing the nature spell as maybe a vine that the mage could use to swing Spider Man style to said location, but I can't think of a name for the spell.

Since I also think that Teleport should have been a Mind spell to begin with, I guess I would call the Mind version Temporal Displacement or something like that, which actually sounds more Arcane to me ironically.

I can't really think of anything for Holy.....Leap of Faith maybe, but the implementation seems a little hokey. I'm sure if I thought about it, I could do better.

What do you think my fellow Mages?