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Spells

2007-11-17T18:37:33Z

Doosh baggins: /* Phantasm {{Blue}} */

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Spells are the bread and butter of The Reincarnation. They are used for a variety of purposes: summoning units, casting offensive and defensive enchantments both in battle and out of battle, allocation of resources, and more. The spells in the spell book are seen as one a basic [[resources|resource]] for each mage, because the amount of spells that you have, determines your basic spell level. Once acquired, you'll never lose the spell and never lower basic spell level, as long as you keep your mage alive.

Each color can learn their own [[:Category:Simple Spells|Simple]], [[:Category:Average Spells|Average]], [[:Category:Complex Spells|Complex]], [[:Category:Ultimate Spells|Ultimate]] and [[:Category:Ancient Spells|Ancient]] spells. They can learn their own adjacent color's [[:Category:Simple Spells|Simple]], [[:Category:Average Spells|Average]], and [[:Category:Complex Spells|Complex]] spells, and finally can learn their opposite color's Simple and Average spells. Phantasm is the exception: they can learn every color's Simple, Average, and Complex spells, so their [[spell level]] is the highest of all the colors. [[:Category:Ancient Spells|Ancient]] spell scrolls are hard to learn for adjacent and opposite colors - but spell level helps.

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<td>[[Image:spectrum.jpg]]</td>
<td>Each color has two adjacent and opposite colors, which you can imagine as adjacent and opposite points of the pentegram diagram below, or as the diagrams to the side, looped.</td>
<td>[[Image:spectrum.jpg]]</td>
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[[GodFavour|Gods]] and [[Skills]] and the [[Black Market]] can add some extra spell level. Every color's Simple, Average, Complex spells are available on the [[Black Market]] under [[Exotic Mageware]]. This is one of two places [[:Category:Ancient Spells|Ancient]] spells can be learned; the other method is from using specific Unique [[items]] that have a fixed percentage chance of allowing your mage to learn an [[:Category:Ancient Spells|Ancient]] spell. Bidding on the spells on the [[Black Market]] is a guaranteed way to learn the spell if you have the highest bid, while the [[Unique Items]] carry a risk of destroying your entire [[mana]] reserve.

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<tr><td colspan=4><b>Mana cost for spell casting</b></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Spell Type</td><td>On-Colour</td><td>Adjacent Colour</td><td>Opposite Colour</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Simple</td><td>100%</td><td>125%</td><td>200%</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Average</td><td>100%</td><td>150%</td><td>350%</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Complex</td><td>100%</td><td>200%</td><td>600%</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Ultimate</td><td>100%</td><td colspan=2>not possible</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Ancient</td><td>100%</td><td>112.5%</td><td>200%</td></tr>
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Casting adjacent and off-color spells is more [[mana]] costly than on-color, especially for off-color complex spells. Casting the spell of off-color spells further carries a risk of failure, depending on the complexity of the spell. If the casting fails, turns and mana and are consumed without benefit. Opposite color casting carries a greater risk of failure than adjacent color casting. The risk of failure increases with the complexity of the spell. It decreases with [[Spell Level]]. Failure rate can be further reduced by the [[:Category:Phantasm Spells|Phantasm]] enchantment {{blue}} [[Concentration]]. [[Concentration]] also reduces research time for spells (for all colors) and increases off-color summoning yields (for Phantasm mages).

'''Encyclopedia Magika: Volume II: The Book of Spells'''
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== Eradication {{red}}==
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|'''[[Battle Chant]]''' ||Increases AP and decreases HP of own units in battle.
Takes home [[geld]] if attack is successful ({{red}} mages only).
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|'''[[Blaze]]''' || Inflicts minor damage, twice as effective as [[Force Bolt]].
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|'''[[Call Dwarven Deathseeker]]''' || Summons [[Dwarven Deathseeker]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Call Lightning]]'''|| Kills [[Population]]: between 5%-8%.
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|'''[[Call Lizardmen]]'''|| Summons [[Lizard Man|Lizardmen]] into your army.
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|'''[[Chain Lightning]]'''||Does strong [[LIGHTNING|Lightning]] damage to one enemy group and does weak [[LIGHTNING|Lightning]] damage to remaining enemies. Seems to do more damage to smaller units.
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|'''[[Destroy Artifacts]]'''|| Destroys 1-5 random [[items|artifacts]] of targeted mage.
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|'''[[Disintegrate]]'''|| Kills units in 1 random stack. Red's version of [[Gaze of Death]].
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|'''[[Earthquake]]'''|| It empties all [[mana]] of caster, and then from the target subtracts half that amount of [[mana]].
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|'''[[Fireball]]'''|| Inflicts major [[FIRE|fire]] damage to random group. Efficient if used against units with [[Weakness to]] [[FIRE|fire]].
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|'''[[Flame Arrow]]'''|| Adds [[FIRE|Fire]] [[Attack Types|attack type]] to all [[MISSILE|Missile]] attacks.
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|'''[[Flame Blade]]'''|| Adds [[FIRE]] [[Attack Types|attack type]] to any [[MELEE]] stack.
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|'''[[Flame Shield]]'''|| Gives your units 100% [[FIRE]] Resistance, and gives them the ability [[Bursting|Bursting]] [[FIRE|Fire]].
Bursting is triggered by each enemy [[MELEE|melee]] and [[HOLY|holy]] primary attack.
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|'''[[Force Bolt]]'''|| Inflicts minor [[LIGHTNING|lightning]] damage to a random enemy stack.
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|'''[[Giant Strength]]'''|| +20% AP to all stacks.
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|'''[[Gravity Pull]]'''|| Pulls those enemy [[FLYING|flying]] units that fail to resist the spell to the ground.
Grounded stacks are dealt an amount of [[MELEE|Melee]] damage because of the impact, and are paired to ground stacks.
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|'''[[Inferno]]'''|| Inflicts major amounts of [[FIRE|fire]] damage to all enemy stacks.
Smaller units suffer far more damage than big ones.
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|'''[[Lightning Strike]]'''|| Moderate [[LIGHTNING|lightning]] damage to 1 random enemy stack.
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|'''[[Meteor Storm]]'''|| Destroys [[buildings]] and [[population]] each turn taken by the targeted mage.
Takes its upkeep [[mana]] from the casting mage, during every turn the targeted mage moves under the [[enchantments|enchantment]].
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|'''[[Stun]]'''|| Typically 30% reduction of both [[resistance]]s and [[efficiency]] of enemy units that fail to resist [[Stun]].
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|'''[[Summon Chimera]]'''|| Summons [[Chimera]] into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Efreeti]]'''|| Summons [[Efreeti]] into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Fire Elemental]]'''|| Summons [[Fire Elemental]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Hellhound]]'''|| Summons [[Hell Hound]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Hydra]]'''|| Summons [[Hydra]] into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Red Dragon]]'''|| Summons [[Red Dragon]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Salamander]]'''|| Summons [[Salamander]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Wyvern]]'''|| Summons [[Wyvern]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Volcano Eruption]]'''|| Kills target's [[units]] and [[population]] and destroys [[buildings]], including [[forts]].
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== Verdant {{Green}}==

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|'''[[Animal Summoning]]''' || Summons [[Gorilla]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Call Creeping Vines]]''' || Summons [[Creeping Vines]] into your army.
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|'''[[Call Griffon]]''' || Summons [[Griffon]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Call Hurricane]]''' || All [[FLYING|flying]] units will be grounded and suffer -1 [[initiative]].
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|'''[[Call Mandrake]]''' || Summons [[Mandrake]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Call Treants]]''' || Summons [[Treant]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Call Phoenix]]''' || Summons [[Phoenix]]es into your army.
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|'''[[Cancellation]]''' || Removes all [[enchantments]] from the targetted mage, also cures global [[epidemics]].
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|'''[[Enlarge Animal]]''' || Increases HP, AP and counter attack for all [[:Category:Animals|Animals]] you own.
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|'''[[Eye of the Eagle]]''' || [[:Category:Elves|Elves]] get +10% accuracy.
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|'''[[Nature's Cure]]''' || Restores [[health points|HP]].
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|'''[[Nature's Favor]]''' || Summons [[Treant]]s, [[Dryad]]s and [[Nymph]]s every turn, gives bonus to population.
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|'''[[Nature's Lore]]''' || Increase [[Groentje_Players_Manual_Ch4#Exploring_and_Wilderness|explore]] and gives a bonus to [[:Category:Elves|Elves]].
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|'''[[Plant Growth]]''' || Increases the [[Health Points|HP]], [[Counter Attack|counter]] and [[Attack Power|AP]] of all treefolk units: [[Treant]], [[Mandrake]], and [[Creeping Vines]].
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|'''[[Regeneration]]''' || Resurrects 10% of all your slain units in battle.
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|'''[[Rust Armor]]''' || Lowers [[MELEE|melee]] resistance of all enemy units by 30%.
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|'''[[Serenity]]''' || Dispells a number of [[enchantments]] on a target. Can be used offensively but also to save a friend.
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|'''[[Stunning Beauty]]''' || [[:Category:Elves|Elves]] and [[:Category:Humans|Humans]] in your army gain [[Beauty]] ability.
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|'''[[Summon Dryad]]''' || Summons [[Dryad]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Earth Elemental]]''' || Summons [[Earth Elemental]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Locust Swarm]]''' || Decreases food production of [[farms]] of the target mage.
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|'''[[Summon Nymph]]''' || Summons [[Nymph]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Werebear]]''' || Summons [[Werebear]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Sunray]]''' || Increases protection from {{black}} Nether and {{blue}} Phantasm magic.
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|'''[[Weather Summoning]]''' || Increase food production of [[farms]].
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|'''[[Web of the Spider Woman]]''' || Reduces the [[initiative]] of one random enemy stack by 1.
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|'''[[Wooden Soul]]''' || Increaes [[health points|HP]] for one random stack in your army.
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== Ascendant {{White}}==

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|'''[[Armor of Light]]''' || Increases hit points of one stack by 10%.
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|'''[[Bless]]''' || Rises primary attack [[accuracy]] of one stack by 7%. Secondary attack by 6%. Counter by 3%.
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|'''[[Blinding Flash]]''' || Reduces [[accuracy]] of enemy units
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|'''[[Descent of Holy Being]]''' || Summons [[Dominion|Dominions]] into your army
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|'''[[Dispel Magic]]''' || Improves the chances of dispelling [[enchantments]]
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|'''[[Divine Inspiration ]]''' || ''On Apprentice server only'', patch to compensate [[The Holy Light]] absence.
Increase your accuracy in battle. It has a hidden mana upkeep, and only works for white mages.
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|'''[[Gate]]''' || Summons [[Archangel|Archangels]], [[Angel|Angels]], [[Unicorn|Unicorns]] or [[Knight|Knights]] into your army
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|'''[[Healing]]''' || Ressurects units at the end of the battle, except when whole stacks are [[stack wipe|wiped]].
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|'''[[Heavenly Protection]]''' || Gives a chance to reflect an enemy battle spell.
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|'''[[Holy Word]]''' || Destroys some of the enemy's [[Undeads|undead]].
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|'''[[Locate Artifact]]''' || Finds [[items]] for later use by the caster.
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|'''[[Love and Peace]]''' || Increase HP and decrease AP of own units in battles. [[Preacher]]s join your army every turn.
Reduces the [[Geld]] upkeep of your units.
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|'''[[Miracle]]''' || Revives the complete army, except stacks that were totally [[stack wipe|wiped]].
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|'''[[Platinum Hand of Healing]]''' || Ressurects 15% of slain units.
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|'''[[Protection from Evil]]''' || Grants your kingdom resistance against {{black}} [[:category:Nether Spells|spells]], both in battles as well as directly cast.
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|'''[[Protection from Missile]]''' || Protects a random stack from any [[MISSILE|missile]] attacks.
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|'''[[Resist Elements]]''' || Adds resistance to [[FIRE|fire]], [[COLD|cold]] and [[LIGHTNING|lightning]].
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|'''[[Resurrection]]''' || Resurrects units slain during battle.
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|'''[[Summon Angel]]''' || Summons [[Angel|Angels]] into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Archangel]]''' || Summons [[Archangel|Archangels]] into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Astral Magician]]''' || Summons [[Astral Magician|Astral Magicians]] into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Pegasus]]''' || Summons [[Pegasus]] into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Soul Speaker]]''' || Summons [[Soul Speaker|Soul Speakers]] into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Spirit Warrior]]''' || Summons [[Spirit Warrior|Spirit Warriors]] into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Titan]]''' || Summons [[Titan|Titans]] into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Unicorn]]''' || Summons [[Unicorn|Unicorns]] into your army.
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|'''[[Sword of Light]]''' || Battle spell that adds [[HOLY|holy]] attack and increased AP to units of [[MELEE]] [[Attack Types|Attack Type]]
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|'''[[The Holy Light]]''' || Enchantment that adds [[HOLY|holy]] attack to units of [[MELEE]] [[Attack Types|Attack Type]]
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== Phantasm {{Blue}}==
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|'''[[Call Sirenes]]''' || Summons [[Sirene]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Concentration]]''' || Decreases the chance of failure in casting off-color spells.
Increases research speed. For {{blue}} mages also increases off-color summoning yields.
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|'''[[Confuse]]''' || Decreases target's chance for successful spell casting and successful dispelling.
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|'''[[Conjure Elemental]]'''|| Summons [[Water Elemental]]s, [[Ice Elemental]]s or [[Air Elemental]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Feet of Hermes]]'''|| Adds the [[Swift]] ability to one of your stacks.
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|'''[[Flight]]'''|| Adds [[FLYING|Flying]] ability to one of your stacks.
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|'''[[Fog Cloud]]'''|| Decreases [[accuracy]] for attacker and defender in a battle.
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|'''[[Fool's Gold]]'''|| Removes a random amount of geld from a target, transferring part of it to caster.
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|'''[[Hallucination]]'''|| Gives a chance your enemy cannot find your kingdom when attacking, and reduces enemy efficiency by 10%.
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|'''[[Invisibility]]'''|| Sets 1 random stack [[Initiative]] to 6 and doubles [[Fatigue]] to the enemy stack that hits it
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|'''[[Laziness]]'''|| Decreases the base [[geld]] income of the target.
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|'''[[Lovesick]]'''|| Cast by {{blue}} adds [[Charm]] and [[Beauty]] abilities to your units. Adds [[Beauty]] only when cast off-color.
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|'''[[Mental Thrash]]'''|| Deals fixed amount of [[PSYCHIC|psychic]] attack type damage to one enemy stack.
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|'''[[Mind Bar]]'''|| Increases spell resistance for all five magic specialties ({{Red}}{{Green}}{{White}}{{Black}}{{Blue}}).
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|'''[[Mirage Monster]]'''|| Summons 6666 [[Shadow Monster]]s into your army for 1 battle.
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|'''[[Paralyze]]'''|| Lowers [[initiative]], AP and counter-attack.
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|'''[[Phantasm Magic]]'''|| Deals minor amount of [[PSYCHIC|psychic]] damage to the enemy army.
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|'''[[Phase Step]]'''|| (add description later). Replaced [[Double Time]].
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|'''[[Scrying Mirror]]'''|| Randomly reveals information of targetted mage.
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|'''[[Sleep]]'''|| Reduces all the [[resistance]]s of one single enemy stack
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|'''[[Slow]]'''|| Decreases Enemy unit's [[initiative]] by 1.
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|'''[[Steal Artifact]]'''|| Steals 1 random [[items|artifact]] from target.
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|'''[[Summon Djinni]]'''|| Summons [[Djinni]]es into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Leviathan]]'''|| Summons [[Leviathan]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Medusa]]'''|| Summons [[Medusa]] into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Mind Ripper]]'''|| Summons [[Mind Ripper]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Psychic Wisp]]'''|| Summons [[Psychic Wisp]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Sprite]]'''|| Summons [[Sprite]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Summon Sylph]]'''|| Summons [[Sylph]]s into your army.
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|'''[[Temporal Stasis Field]]'''|| Doubles the [[turns|turn costs]] for moves by the targeted mage.
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|'''[[The Wall of Silence]]'''|| Renders spell casting very hard, both for the target and for mages encountering that target.
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|'''[[Wish]]'''|| May gain you nothing, can make you gain or lose [[turns]] and can make you lose [[mana]],
but may also gain you [[Geld]], [[population]], lesser [[items]], [[Efreeti Bottle]], [[Skills|Skill-point]].
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== Nether {{Black}}==

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|'''[[Animate Ghouls]]''' || Summons [[Ghoul]]s to your army.
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|'''[[Animate Skeletons]]''' || Summons [[Skeleton]]s to your army.
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|'''[[Animate Zombie]]''' || Summons [[Zombie]]s to your army.
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|'''[[Battle Lust]]'''|| +80% AP increase to all stacks, -40% HP penalty.
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|'''[[Black Death]]'''|| Kills [[units]] and [[population]] every turn. This [[epidemics|epidemic]] spreads through battles.
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|'''[[Black Sabbath]]'''|| Randomizes but increases [[mana|node output]]. Summons [[Zombie|Zombies]] and [[Skeleton|Skeletons]] every turn.
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|'''[[Blacken Soul]]'''|| Kills units and paralyzes 1 random stack.
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|'''[[Blood Curse]]'''|| Prevents healing of enemy units.
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|'''[[Blood Ritual]]'''|| Summons [[Ghoul]]s every turns.
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|'''[[Conjure Dark Elemental]]'''|| Summons [[Dark Elemental]]s to your army.
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|'''[[Contract of the Soul]]'''|| [[Devil]]s come to help in battles for 25 hours, particulary on defense and in counters.
[[Population]] allows upkeeping this [[enchantments|enchantment]] a limited number of turns only.
Regaining [[Population]] after [[Contract of the Soul]] is hindered by the [[Devil Prince]] hero.
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|'''[[Corruption]]'''|| Summons [[:category:Fallen Units|Fallen Units]].
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|'''[[Curse]]'''|| Lowers [[accuracy]] of 1 stack.
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|'''[[Death and Decay]]'''|| Destroys targets [[land]] and [[population]]/
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|'''[[Dreams of Seduction]]'''|| Summons [[Succubus|Succubi]] into your army.
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|'''[[Fear]]'''|| Lowers AP and counter of 1 stack.
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|'''[[Foul Water]]'''|| Increase AP to all [[MELEE]] units and gives them [[POISON]] attack type.
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|'''[[Gaze of Death]]'''|| Kills units in 1 random stack.
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|'''[[Kiss of the Vampire]]'''|| All units gain the ability [[Steal Life]].
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|'''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'''|| Sacrifices [[population]] and summons random [[Undeads|undead units]]
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|'''[[Shroud of Darkness]]'''|| Add [[resistance]] against {{white}} Ascendant Magic.
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|'''[[Summon Demon Knight]]'''|| Summons [[Demon Knight]]s to your army.
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|'''[[Summon Horned Demon]]'''|| Summons [[Horned Demon]]s to your army.
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|'''[[Summon Lich]]'''|| Summons [[Lich]]es to your army.
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|'''[[Summon Shadow]]'''|| Summons [[Shadow]]s to your army.
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|'''[[Summon Unholy Reaver]]'''|| Summons [[Unholy Reaver]]s to your army.
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|'''[[Summon Vampire]]'''|| Summons [[Vampire]]s to your army.
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|'''[[Summon Wraith]]'''|| Summons [[Wraith]] to your army.
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|'''[[Touch of Necromancy]]'''|| Raises 30% of slain units from opponents army as [[Undeads]] to join your army.
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== Plain {{Plain}}==

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|'''[[Armageddon]]''' || Enchantment associated to the climaxal destruction battle at the end of the game round.
It is to be casted and upkept by 7 mages over 6 days, to start the one day final battle at the 7th day.

If this doesn't happen within 3 months of game round, server triggered [[Armageddon]] comes at an announced time.
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|'''[[Time Twister]]''' || Minor punishment by admins: substracts a [[turns|full amount of turns]].
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|'''[[Fury of God]]''' || Very damaging enchantment occasionally casted by [[GodFavour|Hatred Gods]] (for 1 turn, almost deadly).
Admins can cast it also, as capital punishment (permanent, definately deadly).
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|'''[[Frozen Hell]]''' || Capital punishment by admins: Freezes a mage for a week, then kills. Earlier suicide is allowed.
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== Heroes' spells ==
*{{red}} [[Arcfire]] by [[Fire Elementalist]]
*{{red}} [[Firestorm]] by [[Fire Elementalist]]
*{{green}} [[Wall of Thorn]] by [[Shaman]]
*{{black}} [[Chill Touch]] by [[Soul Reaper]] and [[Necromancer]]
*{{blue}} [[Icicle]] by [[Valkyrie]]

== Retired spells ==
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|'''{{blue}} [[Double Time]]'''|| Increases [[accuracy]] and [[initiative]] to one of your stacks.
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Hallucination

2007-11-17T18:34:11Z

Doosh baggins: /* As of August 2007 */

<center>[[Encyclopedia]] | [[Units]] | <font size=3>'''[[Spells]]'''</font> </center>

Rank: Ultimate<br>
Type: Enchantment/self<br>
Cost: 10 turns, 200,000 MP<br>
Upkeep: 1,000 MP<br>

==Effects==
When a mage attacks you, chance the attacker cannot find your country.
* The attacker get's the message: "You could not find the location of MageName(#****)'s country so you couldnt attack him"
* The attacker uses his turns and pays upkeeps for 2 turns, but not his war expenses.
* The defender does NOT get a counter for a hallucination-blocked attack.

* Chance for blocking using Hallucination depends on [[spell level]]s from caster and attacker.
** The greater the difference, the greater is the chance of missing.

'''In practice:'''
* half of the mages gives up, the other half just tries again.
* you cast this spell at the end of a [[turns|run]]
* This is a nice thing to have when you attacked a black mage and you expect to be devil-countered

==As of August 2007==
* Hallucination reduces efficiency by 10% (presumably at base spell level)
http://www.the-reincarnation.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17719

http://www.the-reincarnation.com/viewtopic.php?p=260974

==Note==
Advisable in war, or to discourage and protect you from devil counters, or if you really want to prevent as many randoms as possible.

Most players will ignore hallucination-blocked attacks, and random again. See [[ROE]]. This makes attack blocking a relatively minor boost. The efficiency reduction is the more helpful effect.

[[Category:Spells]] [[Category:Phantasm Spells]] [[Category:Enchantments]] [[Category:Ultimate Spells]]

Hallucination

2007-11-17T18:31:01Z

Doosh baggins: /* Note */

<center>[[Encyclopedia]] | [[Units]] | <font size=3>'''[[Spells]]'''</font> </center>

Rank: Ultimate<br>
Type: Enchantment/self<br>
Cost: 10 turns, 200,000 MP<br>
Upkeep: 1,000 MP<br>

==Effects==
When a mage attacks you, chance the attacker cannot find your country.
* The attacker get's the message: "You could not find the location of MageName(#****)'s country so you couldnt attack him"
* The attacker uses his turns and pays upkeeps for 2 turns, but not his war expenses.
* The defender does NOT get a counter for a hallucination-blocked attack.

* Chance for blocking using Hallucination depends on [[spell level]]s from caster and attacker.
** The greater the difference, the greater is the chance of missing.

'''In practice:'''
* half of the mages gives up, the other half just tries again.
* you cast this spell at the end of a [[turns|run]]
* This is a nice thing to have when you attacked a black mage and you expect to be devil-countered

==As of August 2007==
* Hallucination reduces efficiency (http://www.the-reincarnation.com/viewtopic.php?p=260974)

==Note==
Advisable in war, or to discourage and protect you from devil counters, or if you really want to prevent as many randoms as possible.

Most players will ignore hallucination-blocked attacks, and random again. See [[ROE]]. This makes attack blocking a relatively minor boost. The efficiency reduction is the more helpful effect.

[[Category:Spells]] [[Category:Phantasm Spells]] [[Category:Enchantments]] [[Category:Ultimate Spells]]

Sword of Light

2007-11-14T02:26:19Z

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<center>[[Encyclopedia]] | [[Units]] | <font size=3>'''[[Spells]]'''</font> </center>

{{Spellnav}}

<br>
By being blessed with the blessings of the God, all your troops' melee weapons are bathed with a holy light that gives them higher attack power, which is especially effective against the undead. This spell is especially effective when used with The Holy Light enchantment, as it gives holy power to all your units when both spells are used. Area of effect: all units with melee attack type, or all units if used with Holy Light.<br>
<br>

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|Rank:||[[:Category:Complex Spells|Complex]]
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|Type:||[[Instant/Battle]]
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|Cast Turn:||0
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|Cast M.P.:||20,000
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|Research Cost:||4,000
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|Upkeep:||None
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|Related Unit:||None
|}

==Effects==
* Adds [[HOLY]] attack type to primary and increases primary AP by 42% for units with [[MELEE]] attack.
* With [[The Holy Light]] enchantment adds [[HOLY]] to all your units' primary attacks and applies a +55% (THL +13%, SoL +42%) AP Bonus to [[MELEE]] units.

[[Category:Spells]]
[[Category:Ascendant Spells]]
[[Category:Battle Spells]]
[[Category:Complex Spells]]

Category:Elementals

2007-11-06T03:56:56Z

Doosh baggins: added black's dark elemental

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Elementals are a [[Units#races|race]] of [[units]] in the game. [[Category:Races]]
* Black has one [[:Category:Elementals|Elemental]] :
** [[Dark Elemental|Dark Elementals]] with [[Attack Types|Paralyse]] and [[Attack Types|Paralyse Ranged]] attack types. From: [[:Category:Ultimate Spells|Ultimate spell]]: [[Conjure Dark Elemental]]
* Blue has several [[:Category:Elementals|Elementals]] :
** [[Water Elemental|Water Elementals]] with [[Attack Types|Poison Ranged]] attack type. From: [[:Category:Ultimate Spells|Ultimate spell]]: [[Conjure Elemental]]
** [[Ice Elemental|Ice Elementals]] with [[Attack Types|Cold Ranged]] (Primary and Secondary) attack type. From: [[:Category:Ultimate Spells|Ultimate spell]]: [[Conjure Elemental]]
** [[Air Elemental|Air Elementals]] with [[Attack Types|Lightning Ranged]] and [[Attack Types|Magic]] attack types. From: [[:Category:Ultimate Spells|Ultimate spell]]: [[Conjure Elemental]]
** [[Djinni]] with [[Attack Types|Magic]] and [[Attack Types|Lightning Ranged]] attack types. From: [[:Category:Complex Spells|Complex spell]]: [[Summon Djinni]]
** [[Psychic Wisp|Psychic Wisps]] with a [[Attack Types|Psychic Ranged]] attack type. From: [[:Category:Simple Spells|Simple Spell]]: [[Summon Psychic Wisp]]
** [[Sylph|Sylphs]] with a [[Attack Types|Magic]] attack type. From: [[:Category:Simple Spells|Simple Spell]]: [[Summon Sylph]]
* Green has two [[:Category:Elementals|Elementals]] :
** [[Earth Elemental|Earth Elementals]] with [[Attack Types|Melee]] and [[Attack Types|Magic Ranged]] attack types. From: [[:Category:Ultimate Spells|Ultimate spell]]: [[Summon Earth Elemental]].
** [[Phoenix]]es with [[Attack Types|Magic]] and [[Attack Types|Magic Ranged]] attack types. From: [[:Category:Ultimate Spells|Ultimate spell]]: [[Call Phoenix]].
* Red has Three [[:Category:Elementals|Elementals]] :
** [[Fire Elemental|Fire Elementals]] with [[Attack Types|Fire]] and [[Attack Types|Fire Ranged]] attack types. From: [[:Category:Ultimate Spells|Ultimate spell]]: [[Summon Fire Elemental]].
** [[Efreeti]] with [[Attack Types|Fire Ranged]] and [[Attack Types|Magic Ranged]] attack types. From [[:Category:Complex Spells|Complex Spell]]: [[Summon Efreeti]].
** [[Salamander|Salamanders]] with a [[Attack Types|Fire]] attack type. From [[:Category:Average Spells|Average Spell]]: [[Summon Salamander]].
* White has one [[:Category:Elementals|Elemental]] :
** [[Unicorn]]s with [[Attack Types|Magic]] and [[Attack Types|Melee]] attack types. From: [[:Category:Complex Spells|Complex spell]]: [[Summon Unicorn]].

[[Category:Units]]
[[Category:Races]]

Units

2007-11-06T03:47:04Z

Doosh baggins: re-ordered the colors and added dark ele's

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'''Encyclopedia Magika: Volume I: The Book of Units'''

Many creatures wander across Terra in [[The Reincarnation|TR]]. This book holds the information on these creatures so those who wish to hunt, or tame, these creatures will have a resource to better understand them. '''Related Topics:''' [[:Category:Unit Abilities|Unit Abilities]]

== [[:Category:Eradication Units|Eradication]] {{Red}}==
<table width=70% align=center>
<tr><td width=33%>
* [[Chimera]]
* [[Dwarven Deathseeker]]
* [[Dwarven Elite]]
* [[Dwarven Warrior]]
* [[Efreeti]]
</td><td width=33%>
* [[Fire Elemental]]
* [[Fire Giant]]
* [[Hell Hound]]
* [[Hydra]]
* [[Lizard Man]]
</td><td>
* [[Ogre]]
* [[Red Dragon]]
* [[Salamander]]
* [[Troglodyte]]
* [[Wyvern]]
</tr>
</table>

== [[:Category:Verdant Units|Verdant]] [[Image:icon_VERDANT.gif]]==
<table width=70% align=center>
<tr><td width=33%>
* [[Creeping Vines]]
* [[Druid]]
* [[Dryad]]
* [[Earth Elemental]]
* [[Elven Archer]]
</td><td width=33%>
* [[Elven Magician]]
* [[Faerie Dragon]]
* [[Gorilla]]
* [[Griffon]]
* [[Mandrake]]
</td><td>
* [[Nymph]]
* [[Phoenix]]
* [[Swanmay]]
* [[Treant]]
* [[Werebear]]
</td></tr></table>

== [[:Category:Ascendant Units|Ascendant]] [[Image:icon_ASCENDANT.gif]]==
<table width=70% align=center>
<tr><td width=33%>
* [[Angel]]
* [[Archangel]]
* [[Astral Magician]]
* [[Catapult]]
* [[Crusader]]
</td><td width=33%>
* [[Dominion]]
* [[High Priest]]
* [[Knight]]
* [[Knight Templar]]
* [[Paladin]]
</td><td>
* [[Pegasus]]
* [[Preacher]]
* [[Soul Speaker]]
* [[Spirit Warrior]]
* [[Titan]]
* [[Unicorn]]
</tr>
</table>

== [[:Category:Phantasm Units|Phantasm]] [[Image:icon_PHANTASM.gif]]==
<table width=70% align=center>
<tr><td width=33%>
* [[Air Elemental]]
* [[Djinni]]
* [[Ice Elemental]]
* [[Leviathan]]
</td><td width=33%>
* [[Medusa]]
* [[Mind Ripper]]
* [[Psychic Wisp]]
* [[Shadow Monster]]
</td><td>
* [[Sirene]]
* [[Sprite]]
* [[Sylph]]
* [[Water Elemental]]
</tr>
</table>

== [[:Category:Nether Units|Nether]] [[Image:icon_NETHER.gif]]==
<table width=70% align=center>
<tr><td width=33%>
* [[Cave Troll]]
* [[Dark Elemental]]
* [[Dark Elf Magician]]
* [[Demon Knight]]
* [[Devil]]
* [[Fallen Angel]]
* [[Fallen Archangel]]
* [[Fallen Dominion]]
</td><td width=33%>
* [[Gargoyle]]
* [[Ghoul]]
* [[Horned Demon]]
* [[Imp]]
* [[Lich]]
* [[Orc Raider]]
* [[Orcish Archer]]
</td><td>
* [[Shadow]]
* [[Skeleton]]
* [[Succubus]]
* [[Unholy Reaver]]
* [[Vampire]]
* [[Wolf Raider]]
* [[Wraith]]
* [[Zombie]]
</tr>
</table>

== [[:Category:Plain Units|Plain]] [[Image:icon_PLAIN.gif]]==
<table width=70% align=center>
<tr><td width=33% valign=top>
* [[Archer]]
* [[Cavalry]]
* [[Militia]]
* [[Phalanx]]
* [[Pikeman]]
</td><td width=33% valign=top>
* [[Assassin]]
* [[Bounty Hunter]]
* [[Capsule Monster]]
* [[Fanatic]]
* [[Iron Golem]]
* [[Mercenary]]
* [[Renegade Wizard]]
* [[Starving Peasant]]
</td><td valign=top>
* [[Falcon]]
* [[Frog]]
* [[Sheep]]
* [[Squirrel]]
* [[Trained Elephant]]
* [[War Hound]]
* [[Werewolf]]</tr>
</table>

== [[:Category:Races|Races]] [[Image:icon_ERADICATION.gif]][[Image:icon_VERDANT.gif]][[Image:icon_ASCENDANT.gif]][[Image:icon_PHANTASM.gif]][[Image:icon_NETHER.gif]][[Image:icon_PLAIN.gif]]==

<i>(note all plurals)</i>
<table width=70% align=center>
<tr><td width=25% valign=top>
* [[:Category:Angels|Angels]] [[Image:icon_ASCENDANT.gif]][[Image:icon_NETHER.gif]]
* [[:Category:Animals|Animals]] [[Image:icon_ERADICATION.gif]][[Image:icon_VERDANT.gif]][[Image:icon_ASCENDANT.gif]][[Image:icon_PLAIN.gif]]
* [[:Category:Astrals|Astrals]] [[Image:icon_ASCENDANT.gif]]
* [[:Category:Demons|Demons]] [[Image:icon_NETHER.gif]]
* [[:Category:Dragons|Dragons]] [[Image:icon_ERADICATION.gif]][[Image:icon_VERDANT.gif]]
* [[:Category:Dwarves|Dwarves]] [[Image:icon_ERADICATION.gif]]
</td><td width=25% valign=top>
* [[:Category:Elementals|Elementals]] [[Image:icon_ERADICATION.gif]][[Image:icon_VERDANT.gif]][[Image:icon_ASCENDANT.gif]][[Image:icon_PHANTASM.gif]][[Image:icon_NETHER.gif]]
* [[:Category:Elves|Elves]] [[Image:icon_VERDANT.gif]][[Image:icon_NETHER.gif]]
* [[:Category:Giants|Giants]] [[Image:icon_ERADICATION.gif]][[Image:icon_ASCENDANT.gif]][[Image:icon_PHANTASM.gif]]
* [[:Category:Golems|Golems]] [[Image:icon_NETHER.gif]][[Image:icon_PLAIN.gif]]
* [[:Category:Humans|Humans]] [[Image:icon_VERDANT.gif]][[Image:icon_ASCENDANT.gif]][[Image:icon_PLAIN.gif]]
* [[:Category:Illusions|Illusions]] [[Image:icon_PHANTASM.gif]]
</td><td width=25% valign=top>
* [[:Category:Mindripper|MindRippers]] [[Image:icon_PHANTASM.gif]]
* [[:Category:Orcs|Orcs]] [[Image:icon_NETHER.gif]]
* [[:Category:Reptiles|Reptiles]] [[Image:icon_ERADICATION.gif]][[Image:icon_PHANTASM.gif]]
* [[:Category:Sprites|Sprites]] [[Image:icon_VERDANT.gif]][[Image:icon_PHANTASM.gif]]
* [[:Category:Treefolk|Treefolk]] [[Image:icon_VERDANT.gif]]
* [[:Category:Trolls|Trolls]] [[Image:icon_NETHER.gif]]
* [[:Category:Undeads|Undead]] [[Image:icon_NETHER.gif]]

[[Category: Average Summon Rates]]
</td></tr>
</table>

User:Skyline

2007-11-02T06:03:49Z

Doosh baggins: combined information from last two edits. fair & balanced :-)

He has been called "A Skillful and Dreadful player, one of the legends in Archmage since years 1999."
However his critics have referred to him as a "useless player. All he knows is online attack =)."

Category:Heroes

2007-11-01T01:14:29Z

Doosh baggins: reverted spam

{{navigation}}

This heroes 'category' page is just a list - see the [[heroes]] page for general information on heroes

Workshops

2007-10-31T19:32:59Z

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This is basic construction sites for your country. More workshops will allow you to build more buildings per turn.

=Workshops & building rate=
Building rate is based on the number of workshops you have.

* The more workshops you have, the faster you can build any building
** EXCEPT [[barriers]] (which are magical things that always 1 turn to build, not influenced by workshops.

==formula==
*'''Farms and Barracks''': ( Workshops + 1) / 5
*'''Workshops''': ( Workshops + 1 ) / 10
*'''Guilds''': ( Workshops + 1 ) / 20
*'''Towns and Nodes''': ( Workshops + 1 ) / 30
*'''Fortresses''': ( Workshops + 1 )/ 300
*'''Barriers''': 1

''NOTE'': To get nice round numbers of buildings per turn, build workshops up to x9: that is, 299, 249, 319, etcetera.

==strategy==
''Early in game:''
* At the beginning of a game, it is worth it to build workshops one turn by one turn. That way you go MUCH faster from 50 to 400 workshops than by building 350 works in one big bunch of turns.
* Not just build workshops, but also watch your population and geld while building them: you want the population to grow fast, so from time to time you also have to build [[Farms]] and [[Towns]] in small amounts - Optimally, you keep your population at 90% of Max. Population at all times. You need all the geld you can generate to keep building and building early in the game. You don't want to go bankrupt from only building workshops and forgetting that you need population to generate geld to upkeep workshops!

''Later in game:''

* A high number of workshops are essential if you loose and reconquer a lot of land often (aggressive play, war).
** Thus: keep them at 300-400-ish ammounts.
** Stable players can do with a 100-200 less workshops.
* If you have a lot of workshops (think >400) and sufficient geld: you can ride out spells like [[Death and Decay]] and/or [[Meteor Storm]] through turn-by-turn building about the amount of buildings that these spells destroy each turn. If you have multiple building destroying spells on you, it is better to first dispell one of them.
* Loosing your workshops through spells or bankruptcy should be avoided at all costs - it takes dozens of turns to build them back to decent ammounts - which means you lose a day worth of turns.

[[Category:Buildings]]

Helm of ESP

2007-10-31T18:47:21Z

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[[Unique Items|Unique Item]]

+100% attack power to the primary attack of any units with a psychic attack

That means, it will not boost MRs Psychic-Ranged attack (because its the secondary attack). It will double the AP of the primary Magic-Ranged attack

Same goes for Sirene.

Jokingly referred to as the Helm of <b>E</b>asy to <b>SP</b>ot because it's hard not to notice boosted URs, MR etc.
[[Category:Items]] [[Category:Unique Items]]

Plant Growth

2007-10-31T18:40:35Z

Doosh baggins: /* Usage Tip */

<center>[[Encyclopedia]] | [[Units]] | <font size=3>'''[[Spells]]'''</font> </center>

Rank: Complex<br>
Type: Enchantment/Self<br>
Cost: 3 turns, 30,000 MP<br>
Upkeep: 500 MP<br>

==Effects==
*Increases the [[Health Points|HP]], [[Counter Attack|counter]] and Primary [[Attack Power|AP]] of all treefolk units: [[Treant]], [[Mandrake]], and [[Creeping Vines]] [http://ubb.the-reincarnation.com/viewtopic.php?p=173198&highlight=plant+growth+secondary+attack#173198].
** The % increase is proportionate to your spell level and your magic speciality.
*** 0.535% increase per [[Spell Level]] when casted on-color.
** For normal green spell level (ultimate server) it is 3x normal.

* Reinforcements are not Plant Growth-boosted (not on attack, not on defense).
* The boost works for the base power (as indicated in the [[Encyclopedia]]).

==Usage Tip==
* (re)cast this when you have magic favor (extra spell level, the effect stays as long as you upkeep the enchantment).
* Nature's [[GodFavour|most-favoured status]] gives extreme Plant Growth enchantment.
* Since all boosts are applied to the base stats of a unit, PGed tree units are improved <i>less</i> relative to other units by simple AP/HP boosts. For example, a 10% AP boost from a hero is effectively only 3.3% to a PGed tree.
[[Category:Spells]]
[[Category:Verdant Spells]]
[[Category:Enchantments]]
[[Category:Complex Spells]]

Researching for dummies

2007-10-31T18:27:08Z

Doosh baggins:

=Note on outdatedness=
Since this guide was written before passive research, it is no longer as effective. The general principles still apply, with the easiest substitution being to explore with the turns that would have been used for researching. Beware though, this will put you farther from the council protection level at 1500 acres, and more forts will be required to prevent a very early and frustrating death.

=Researching right after reincarnating your mage=
You have a couple of choices to make the first day, on how to spend your first
[[turns|turn cycles]]:
* Rushing for land with relative simple units available in the beginning of the game (not discussed here)
* Gelding for off-color spells, heroes etc. (not discussed here)
* Just researching as quick as possible (YEAH! discussed here!)

If you to do the latter, you can still do it in several ways. This post presents a straightforward simple way, and some alternatives.

<i>note</i>: This post is not intended to present the very best, quickest, most optimal researching strategies. Even if you start a mage when the gameround on your server is a couple of days to weeks old, the stuff from this page can work fine too.

=First, Second and Third run=
(print this and stick it to your monitor)
* don't keep an army: you are not gonna waste time defending, just research.
* you are going to use the council protection feature to your benefit
* <b>don't spend more than 120 turns on the first run</b>: you want to stay in protection as long as possible, and leave protection when YOU are ready for it... not 'by accident'.
* Depending on your server, you will have accumulated 120 turns 10 hours (Blitz) / 20 hours (Guild) / 30 hours (App) after official server-opening.

==simple focus on research==
===First run===
* use the first 120 [[turns]] doing stuff like this
* disband all the troops you get initially
* explore a few [[turns]] - build some farms and towns -
* explore a bit more - build workshops one turn by one turn
* explore a bit more - build some workshops more
* watch your [[geld]] income using status report, watch your population growth
* if your [[population]] is close to max: build farms and towns for 2-3 turns.
* keep food production (from farms) and residential space (mainly from towns) in balance

If you don't grasp the above: go read [[Groentje Players Manual|Players Manual]] sections [[Groentje Players Manual Ch4|INTERIOR]] and [[Groentje Players Manual Ch5|MAGIC]] , then read this again!

Doing the above stuff in small steps, in 120 turns, you should be able to build to:
* 800 land
* around 400 workshops
* about 350 land in farms-plus-towns
* remaining small amount of forts, barracks, nodes etc.
* No guilds yet - we'll build those in the 2nd run.
* if you have turns left: great - explore a bit already in advance for 2nd run, but don't build that land yet.

===Second run===
* explore to 1550-1600 land
* build to 8 forts (and add 2 forts for every 100 land above 1600 land)
* then build guilds on the remaining land
* build ~100 turns at one time, and check your status report inbetween
* Notice that your income drops as maintaining guilds cost geld.

* You will have about 150 [[turns]] left:
* start researching advanced and simple spells

Watch the [[geld]] in between... if you have a (too) negative budget (see below)

===Third and following runs===

For a couple of days:
* just stick to the basics presented below
* when you are nearly finished researching, you need to prepare for leaving research mode and start 'the real game', warring opponents.

* Council protection will work for the first 2000 turns

Your status report shows your spell level.

A fully researched mage will have this spell level:

<table>
<tr><td></td><td>With Ultimates</td><td>Without Ultimates</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Speciality (color)</td><td>Guild and Blitz</td><td>Apprentice </td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Ascendancy (white)</td> <td> 421 </td> <td> 421 </td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr><td>Verdancy (green)</td> <td> 428 </td> <td> 428 </td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr><td>Eradication (red)</td> <td> 456 </td> <td> 456 </td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr><td>Nether (black)</td> <td> 470 </td> <td> 470 </td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr><td>Phantasm (blue)</td> <td> 589 </td> <td> 589 </td>
</tr>
</table>

=Basics of financing your research=
* don't keep an army (see [[#Basics_of_troopless_defense|basics of troopless defense]]), so that won't cost you [[geld]].
* If you keep an army: make it disbandable m.p. eaters. Disband it when you are spending big amounts of turns doing the research.
* watch your [[geld]] stock (make notes) to see how fast it is dropping. Perhaps at some point you need more [[geld]]... someway.
* you could sell some items
* you could reduce your upkeep costs: a bit more farms and towns... and a little more guilds and workshops: use destroy to free ~ 100 land, build it up
* remember you need to have [[population|people]] living in the towns and eating from the farms before they give you geld.
* you can [[geld#Gelding|geld]] for a few [[turns]] (e.g. to allow your [[population|pop]] to grow into new farms and towns). [[Geld#Gelding|Gelding]] doubles the income (but you can't research and geld in the same turn unfortunately!)
* spells that increase your [[geld]] income usually are not worth the their [[mana|m.p.]] upkeep/turn investment/node-landuse during research phase - unless you are researching on 3k land.

=Basics of troopless defense=
* as long as you are not attacked: spend every turn researching
* when you are attacked and are 'in council protection "P"' : DON'T MOVE ANYMORE: You'll lose council protection by moving 1 turn (or by not spending turns for 48 hours, see [[Groentje_Players_Manual_Ch6#Protection|Players Manual, section on Protection]].
* wait without moving until you have accumulated ~200 new [[turns]]
* be on the watch if you are not hit online: if it happens: check yourself on the ranklist: if you are in "P" - don't move anymore just wait for turns
* you'll need to rebuild a fort or two occasionally.

=Basics of speeding up Research=

See also [[Groentje_Players_Manual_Ch5|section on MAGIC in players manual]]
* more guilds = faster research
* at some point you may want to cast Concentration, to reduce the number of turns used to research a spell.
* It depends on what colour you are when it is benefitial. Green+Red: cast once after spelllevel is ~200, Blues cast every 100 spell level, white+black inbetween. When you are about ready for Concentration:
* build a few nodes, then spend more turns researching (and let the nodes fill),
* cast Concentration (it may fail if you are not a blue mage and unlucky)

* veterans dream of researching with the help of a Sage hero... competition for the few available sages early in the game is tough though.

* investing geld in donations to gods, CAN give you concentration level 777, and that will speed up research for a brief while (research a big spell in one turn!)

=Basics for exiting research mode (nearly finished!)=
You should start to prepare to upkeep an army
(e.g. get nodes for m.p. for summoning and a first enchantment, get some barracks). There are mages that finish research very fast - but they need an extra day to switch from research to grabbing... and then they lose the time they won earlier.

You can try to start grabbing when you are NEARLY researched (e.g. last ultimate to go), you can start generating a basic army (with enchantment that gives troops, and/or with setting a slow recruit (low number of barracks).
Be sure you have the geld for this. If not: try pilllaging at the start of the 200 turns in which you will finish researching, and summon an army with your last 20 turns!

=Alternative strategies=
==Geld start, switching to research==
This is an alternative way, aiming to get less land and workshops at turn 120, but more geld in stock saving you from worries. Skip it if you did the above.

===First run===
* try a gelding start (on 550-ish land, [[Geld Optimizer Applet]]), for the first 120 turns.
* don't bid on anything, just sit and wait for 200 turns (max turns) before you move out of Apprentice Status and enter the battle zone.

===Second run===
* do 50 turns more gelding (to 170 turns)
* then explore to about 1550 land
* then build workshops 1 turn by 1 turn to about 399
* build to 8 forts
* then build guilds on the remaining land
* start researching advanced and simple spells until 0 turns.

===third run===
* with 200 new turns
* destroy A PART of your Farms, Towns and 100 workshops (in 1 and the same turn) and build the remainder with guilds.
* you will have enough geld from the first gelding day to keep researching.

===thereafter===
as above

Shepherding

2007-10-31T18:03:29Z

Doosh baggins:

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[[category:hero abilities]]
Gives a number of sheep per turn based on hero ability level

Shepherding

2007-10-31T18:03:12Z

Doosh baggins:

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[[category:hero abilities]]
Gives a number of sheep per turn based on hero SL

Death and Decay

2007-10-31T17:42:14Z

Doosh baggins:

<center>[[Encyclopedia]] | [[Units]] | <font size=3>'''[[Spells]]'''</font> </center>

Rank: Complex<br>
Type: Enchantment<br>
Cost: 5 turns, 10,000 MP<br>

==Effects==
*Destroys target's buildings and pop.

[[Category:Spells]]
[[Category:Nether Spells]]
[[Category:Enchantments]]
[[Category:Offensive Enchantments]]
[[Category:Complex Spells]]