That's 200 aura for the 4 lightning storm, 90 aura for the second storm,
hundreds of aura more for the teleport, more to put up barriers around the
map.... over 400 aura expended this past week. In addition, over the
previous 4 turns they farcast and aura blasted multiple targets around the
map.
Obviously, the Lords of the Crown are generating hundreds of aura per turn to
maintain this level of activity. If they are achieving this feat within the
confines of the published rules, they have a right to crow because they are
clearly outplaying the rest of us. However, we find this unlikely: the only
ways to rapidly generate aura are via 806 and 921 skill uses. Having
visioned and scouted Codric's mages every turn for months, there are two
possibilities:
a) the Lords of the Crown have many hidden mages with higher max aura than we
have discovered, none of which are ever revealed to us by attacking us or
aura blasting their buddies to build up aura. For this supposition to be
true, the Lords of the Crown would have to be the largest alliance in the
game, and developed mages longer and faster than PLATO or the Musketeers.
b) The Lords of the Crown have found a way for a single mage to again do
multiple uses of 806 in a turn, allowing each of their mages to create 80
aura a turn. Since this is how they managed to build aura before, it is most
likely how they are doing it now. If the noble report in the Times rumor
section was correct, they have found a way to produce a 611 skill > 28, which
then does not disappear after one use.
We have asked the moderator to investigate this issue.
If the Lords of the Crown continue to outproduce the rest of us in aura, they
indeed have a significant edge, and may be able to fight us to a stalemate.
If the Musketeers ever achieve parity in per mage aura production, you will
soon see Codric's armies destroyed and his nobles crucified.
Lord Maltar
Rimmon Musketeers