8th Ed. Beasts or heavens

[SilverFaith]

What about casting values?

With Wyssans, I guess a min of 3 dice is needed for a skink, and that is potentially a big % of the power pool (even if at 12, its still 25%), reducing the slanns effectiveness by reducing the chances of him successfully casting the more powerful spells of any lore.

Don't get me wrong, beasts is great and I have used it, but in my (very limited experience across the two) my preference is for heavens as you get the cheap buff/hex leaving the slann free to use more dice - It also has the benefit of keeping your oppo unsure as to what to dispel. Does he try to dispel Iceshard, or keep more dice to go against a more powerful/useful spell from the slann.

Throwing 3 dice means you'll fail that cast 50 percent of the time. You'll be realistically throwing 4 min, 5 if you really want it to go off.

3 dice with a level 1 skink priest at a casting value of 10 is about 74% chance of success. Throw in another dice, at it lands at about 95% chance - but the miscast chance also goes from 7 to 13.

If you bumb his level up to 2, you suddenly have a 83% chance to cast. Adding another dice would be pretty pointless, unless you really need that wyssans, or have nothing else to spend your power dice on.

 

[NexS1]

Don't you all mean:
Beasts, Heavens OR Undeath?



huehuehuehuehue

 

[Putzfrau]

3 dice with a level 1 skink priest at a casting value of 10 is about 74% chance of success. Throw in another dice, at it lands at about 95% chance - but the miscast chance also goes from 7 to 13.

If you bumb his level up to 2, you suddenly have a 83% chance to cast. Adding another dice would be pretty pointless, unless you really need that wyssans, or have nothing else to spend your power dice on.

Then make sure to cast wyssan's last.

I'm not taking a 17% chance that my magic phase is going to be over.

 

[Mr Phat]

Don't you all mean:
Beasts, Heavens OR Undeath?huehuehuehuehue

I cant wait for the day my skink priest hand of dusts something way out of his league.