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Mage Wars => Spellbook Design and Construction => Topic started by: Arkdeniz on October 24, 2017, 04:55:48 PM
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[spellbook]
[spellbookheader]
[spellbookname]Vampiric Necromancer[/spellbookname]
[mage]A Necromancer Spellbook[/mage]
[mage]built by http://www.spellbookbuilder.com[/mage]
[/spellbookheader]
[spells]
[spellclass]Equipment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=DNQ01]2 x Cloak of Shadows[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKQ06]1 x Eagleclaw Boots[/mwcard]
[mwcard=awl7]1 x Leather Belt[/mwcard]
[mwcard=awl8]1 x Leather Vest[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q19]1 x Mage Wand[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKQ01]1 x Sunfire Amulet[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Conjuration[/spellclass]
[mwcard=lg25]1 x Altar of Infernia[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1J11]1 x Idol of Pestilence[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1J12]1 x Mana Crystal[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1J18]1 x Poison Gas Cloud[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNW02]2 x Wall of Bones[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Creature[/spellclass]
[mwcard=DNC05]3 x Ichthellid[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1C23]1 x Malacoda[/mwcard]
[mwcard=afm14]1 x Tjusut, the Risen King[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNC22]1 x Zombie Brute[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Enchantment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MW1E09]1 x Agony[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWA01E02]1 x Arcane Ward[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E04]1 x Chains of Agony[/mwcard]
[mwcard=lg6]1 x Circle of Light[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWAWLE07]1 x Curse Item[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWAWLE02]1 x Curse of Decay[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E08]1 x Death Link[/mwcard]
[mwcard=lg9]1 x Demonic Bloodlust[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E19]1 x Ghoul Rot[/mwcard]
[mwcard=afm31]1 x Lesser Invisibility[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWE08]1 x Mind Shield[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E29]2 x Nullify[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWBG1E02]1 x Plagued[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNE02]1 x Rise Again[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWAWLE01]2 x Theft of Life[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Incantation[/spellclass]
[mwcard=DNI01]1 x Animate Dead[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWA01I01]2 x Crumble[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I06]2 x Dispel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I08]2 x Drain Life[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I09]1 x Drain Power[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKI01]3 x Drain Soul[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I12]1 x Force Push[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I24]2 x Seeking Dispel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=afm22]2 x Siphon Energy[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Attack[/spellclass]
[/spells]
[cost]Total cost: 120 pts[/cost]
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I've mentioned this build a few times on the forums. Time to put it up on show.
Turn 1: Sunfire Amulet and Idol of Pestilence.
This makes an immediate +2 Life difference between me and the opponent. It means they have to come to me.
Turn 2: slip on a Cloak of Shadows
Turn 3 onwards: depending on the board situation, start blasting away at the enemy Mage with Drain Souls/Drain Lifes/Drain Power/Siphon Lifes OR start cursing his front-line creatures and keeping distance OR putting out a couple of creatures to mix it up with the enemy. A Plagued Malacoda works a treat as an in-zone henchman for the mage.
The basic point of this build is to get stronger as the enemy weakens. I do take hits (often a lot of them), but this just opens up the vampiric options.
The Sunfire Amulet and the Circle of Light are out of school, yes, but they serve exactly the function I want, and are worth the cost.
The Cloak makes the enemy get within range of the Drain spells, so a distance bombardment is less of an option.
Identified weak match ups are with the Priestess (obviously) and to a lesser extent the Priest and Paladin. But that is not exactly news for a Necromancer.
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I love the drain necro idea. Played it myself a few times.
I hate to burst your bubble, but Plagued is a Poison subtype and Malacoda is Poison Immune. So you'll have to find a different target for Plagued.
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I hate to burst your bubble, but Plagued is a Poison subtype and Malacoda is Poison Immune. So you'll have to find a different target for Plagued.
Hmm. I thought it was still a legal cast (Malacoda is a corporeal creature), just that it would have no effect on the target (equivalent to throwing a fireball at a Fire Elemental - certainly legal but pointless).
EDIT (after reading the codex a bit closer): Ah, I see. How annoying. Oh well. I'll have to change the spell out.