So, normally I play a Priestess but I felt like switching things up so I created a Straywood Beastmaster book and finally got to get a few games in with it over the weekend. The first time I played the book, I tried to play it like I had been playing a Priestess and that was an epic disaster but I had a friend actually play the book against me and he utilized it very well it gave me some ideas. So anyways, here's the book. Let me know what you think. I'll post my typical first few rounds under the book but what I really have liked about this book in contrast to how I play a Priestess is that there's more flexibility.
[spellbook]
[spellbookheader]
[spellbookname]Straywood Bloody Straywood[/spellbookname]
[mage]Beastmaster[/mage]
[/spellbookheader]
[spells]
[spellclass]Attack[/spellclass]
[mwcard=FWA04]1 x Hurl Boulder[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKA01]1 x Surging Wave[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Conjuration[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1j04]1 x Battle Forge[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1j10]1 x Lair[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1j13]2 x Mana Flower[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1J01]1 x Rajan's Fury[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1j22]2 x Tanglevine[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1w04]2 x Wall of Thorns[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1j02]1 x Animal Kinship[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Creature[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1c07]1 x Cervere, The Forest Shadow[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c29]1 x Redclaw, Alpha Male[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c13]1 x Fellella, Pixie Familiar[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c14]1 x Feral Bobcat[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKC03]1 x Galador, Protector of Straywood[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c04]2 x Bitterwood Fox[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNC16]1 x Spitting Raptor[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c34]1 x Steelclaw Grizzly[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c37]2 x Thunderift Falcon[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c38]1 x Timber Wolf[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKC02]2 x Dire Wolf[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Enchantment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1e01]2 x Bear Strength[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e36]2 x Rhino Hide[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e32]1 x Regrowth[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e29]2 x Nullify[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e28]2 x Mongoose Agility[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e20]1 x Harmonize[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWE03]2 x Falcon Precision[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e13]1 x Eagle Wings[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e05]2 x Cheetah Speed[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e03]1 x Bull Endurance[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Equipment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1q30]1 x Staff of Beasts[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKQ06]1 x Eagleclaw Boots[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q07]1 x Elemental Cloak[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q09]1 x Enchanter's Ring[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q11]1 x Gauntlets of Strength[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q19]1 x Mage Wand[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q22]1 x Moonglow Amulet[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q23]1 x Regrowth Belt[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKQ01]1 x Sunfire Amulet[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q25]1 x Ring of Beasts[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q02]1 x Bearskin[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Incantation[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1i02]1 x Battle Fury[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i25]1 x Shift Enchantment[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i23]2 x Rouse the Beast[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i17]2 x Minor Heal[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i07]1 x Dissolve[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i06]2 x Dispel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i03]2 x Call of the Wild[/mwcard]
[/spells]
[cost]Total cost: 118 pts[/cost]
[/spellbook]
My start is normally pretty slow
Turn 1 w/Mana (19) - Mana Flower & Battle Forge
Turn 2 w/Mana (16) - Harmonize Forge & a second Mana Flower
Turn 3 w/Mana (18) - Deploy a Moonglow Amulet, and then I can figure out if I can continue to play slow with a Lair or speed things up and start getting out creatures (either a Falcon or Fox).
What I'll do after that is basically get out a Direwolf soon and make it my pet and start buffing that while at the same time using the Battle Forge to buff myself with a Staff, Gauntlet, and if I can find the time/place, an Animal Kinship.
Thoughts?
