KillerClowns
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Untested, but I intend to try this some time, if only because it'd be fun. Tell me if I'm insane or not.
As I recall, the Elohim can perform Illian rituals in captured Elohim cities. I was just thinking of a mad scheme that's a bit specific, and not universally applicable, but could work. As the Elohim, you conquer the Illian empire. You pick the best production city they have and designate it the ritual city, as an Illian player would. You stock it full of every bonus you can muster, the Celestial Compass, et cetera, as an Illian would. (But with bonus points if you own a Sidar palace, and possibly extra Great Engineers and Prophets through Philosophical.) You start working on the Draw, but don't finish it until you have Omniscience, again as an Illian would. Then, when you finish the Draw, you use one of the following methods:
1. Sacrifice Corindale or use the Seven Pines. Peace and love all the way. Enough said. Even the Illians can use this trick, albeit typically only the Seven Pines version. Being Elohim just makes it easier.
2. This is why it's the Elohim/Illian gambit. No Seven Pines, and fond of your extra Archmage? Hit Sanctuary. Your armies are injured, and you're at war with everyone... but you get 30 turns of being left in peace to complete Auric's Ascension. 1,200 hammers is a hefty load, but you've got at a head start. Meaning you can have Auric up and running before the wall falls if you manage a very difficult, but IIRC not technically impossible, 40 hammers a turn. Even if not, 30 turns is a nice head start to ready your army for defense when the dam breaks and only have to survive a few turns before getting Auric. And there's always Corindale if things look a bit too rough...
But wait, it may just get better! (Probably not, but maybe.) Xienwolf's manual says the Godslayer is given to the non-Illian with the highest score. Is that a minor mistake in the manual, or have Elohim lawyers found a loophole in the Compact itself?
As I recall, the Elohim can perform Illian rituals in captured Elohim cities. I was just thinking of a mad scheme that's a bit specific, and not universally applicable, but could work. As the Elohim, you conquer the Illian empire. You pick the best production city they have and designate it the ritual city, as an Illian player would. You stock it full of every bonus you can muster, the Celestial Compass, et cetera, as an Illian would. (But with bonus points if you own a Sidar palace, and possibly extra Great Engineers and Prophets through Philosophical.) You start working on the Draw, but don't finish it until you have Omniscience, again as an Illian would. Then, when you finish the Draw, you use one of the following methods:
1. Sacrifice Corindale or use the Seven Pines. Peace and love all the way. Enough said. Even the Illians can use this trick, albeit typically only the Seven Pines version. Being Elohim just makes it easier.
2. This is why it's the Elohim/Illian gambit. No Seven Pines, and fond of your extra Archmage? Hit Sanctuary. Your armies are injured, and you're at war with everyone... but you get 30 turns of being left in peace to complete Auric's Ascension. 1,200 hammers is a hefty load, but you've got at a head start. Meaning you can have Auric up and running before the wall falls if you manage a very difficult, but IIRC not technically impossible, 40 hammers a turn. Even if not, 30 turns is a nice head start to ready your army for defense when the dam breaks and only have to survive a few turns before getting Auric. And there's always Corindale if things look a bit too rough...
But wait, it may just get better! (Probably not, but maybe.) Xienwolf's manual says the Godslayer is given to the non-Illian with the highest score. Is that a minor mistake in the manual, or have Elohim lawyers found a loophole in the Compact itself?