Please Help With Sanjo

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I need a little help with Sanjo.  I decided to give this sovereign a try, I decided to choose the path of the mage.  However, once I found my first life/death shard, it would only become a life shard.  Did I not do something right?  If Sanjo uses death magic, and cannot take control of Death Shards, this seems to be a significant limitation, particularly if you choose the path of the mage.

Any advice would be appreciated.

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Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Thanks Primal

 

I am not really a modder.  Maybe I will try to create a custom sovereign and race with similar characteristics.

 

I am really surprised this was not considered when they made the character.  That is such a major limitation, you almost cannot play Sanjo.

 

Although, if Frogboy wants to make an easier fix, you could give Sanjo the corrupt shard spell.

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Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Oh well, back to the game.

I enjoy the challenge anyway.  I just thought I was doing something wrong.  I already have the settings on dense monsters, sparse magic, and sparse resources.  This will just be one more thing I guess.  Tough go for path of the mage.

 

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

I think the idea with Sanjo is that you can use death magic as a kingdom. Other heroes can benefit from the life shards, while Sanjo must do go without extra death power.

But some of Death's best spells don't even use or need death power to become awesome. Curse and oppression are both Death1 spells you'll use all game. Wither and shadowbolt is plenty useful with 0 deaths shards.

And Death 5, Sacrifice, requires no death shards and is so good it's almost a guaranteed win.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Thanks for the input.

Things are not going well, so far.  I am pretty much backed into a corner by Verga.  It was fun though.  Pretty rough start with the settings.  Going to have to try this one again.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting KingHobbit, reply 6

Thanks for the input.

Things are not going well, so far.  I am pretty much backed into a corner by Verga.  It was fun though.  Pretty rough start with the settings.  Going to have to try this one again.

Units loaded up with Magic staves and rings/glyphstones can cause Verga a lot of problems...just bring a way to keep the mages safe while you disassemble his units.

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

I didn't get that far.  The limited resources made it so I had no crystals.  Too many needs and not enough resources to do pretty much anything.  I got archers to late, and when Urxen joined the battle on Verga's side that was pretty much the end of Sanjo.  It started bad, and got worse.  I am trying again though.