[SPOILERS] A threesome becomes a twosome

[DaveV]

OK, checked in game and did some floating eye recon. First priority is Spirit mana, without it one lucky spectre attack means game over. Their catapults can't reach Saltus, so I think I should be safe keeping my magic users there. Dispel Magic to get rid of Regeneration is a great idea; I wish I'd thought of it. As things stand, most of their units will be full strength next turn.

[plako]

Played a little further and killed 2 spectres with fireballs. Gonna continue a bit later. I suggest not jeopardizing adepts unless you're totally sure they're safe. We should raze the city and kill as many units as possible in the process.

I'll play abit further in coule of hours.

[DaveV]

Oops, I wanted those spectres for adept XP. Are you able to set up a spirit node this turn? That will decide whether I stay in Saltus or retreat my adepts.

[plako]

spirit node improved already. I can switch 2 more nodes this turn if it seems worthwhile.

[plako]

I'm mostly done used 2 of your adepts to improve mana node near Botanic Gardens. I've not moved my Chariots and not summoned Priests of winter or casted a spell with them so they're sitll available to do some damage.

You'll have also 2 Law nodes and 2 Air nodes. Maelstorm could be good to have. Few rounds of it before 1 snowfall is almost as effective as 2 snowfalls.

[DaveV]

After further thought, I probably won't need Spirit mana at all if I won't be attacking spectres and all my units are in cities . It's probably a good time to get Courage anyway, though. I've been thinking about Maelstrom, too. So many things on my shopping list: Law II for Hosts, Body II for Regeneration, Meta II for Dispel Magic, Life II for Destroy Undead.

I'll be able to play in about 3.5 hours. Thanks for the node work.

[plako]

After Napa has been razed I suggest leaving only little defenders on Saltus and trying to raze some bigger cities through Botanic Gardens i.e. build road towards Vampire core from there. There is e.g. a city of Zinfindel there. It is also good idea to try to pillage the roads leading towards Saltus.

[DaveV]

Why not go through Napa to hit the core? There are some pretty big dominos behind that city. My plan was to leave a single unit in Napa this turn instead of razing it, then push the magic user stack into Napa next turn.

[plako]

Very risky, but if your eyes tell it is safe then why not. We should also try to see what is NW from Botanic Gardens.

[plako]

Going to bed soonish. Feel free to finish my turns and utilise the not moved units as you like. Please finish Lurchuip turn 1st so you get gold to share with other teams.