Contract of the Soul

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By signing a pact with Satan, you have gained his favour through selling your soul. He will send forth cohorts of Devils under the commandment of devil prince to aid you. Entire cohort will take part in defensive battles, and in counters, ensuring your victory. But be warned! These devils will not leave your army and they need to be fed every day with massive human and geld sacrifice. They will only go back to hell when there's no man left in your country, or when they become bored. After that, you cannot sign another pact before you fulfill current contract.

Magic Specialty:
Rank:	Ultimate
Type:	Enchantment SelfOnly NoCancel NoDispell RequirePop Contract
Cast Turn:	10
Cast M.P.:	1,000,000
Research Cost:	30,000
Upkeep:	6,666 people
Related Unit:	None

Effects

• Contract of the Soul is an enchantment that for its upkeep eats a big lot of population every turn you take.
• It makes Devils appear in your battles for max. 25 hours (if you would not spend turns), or as long as you manage to upkeep the enchantment.
  • The Devils come as reinforcements, send to you by God Satan.
• On defense and in counters, Devils show up in such numbers that they almost always stack wipe the top stack of the enemy.
• Spending turns under this enchantment makes you lose your pop in a hurry, and when that happens the devils leave. You will lose geld too.
• At that moment a special hero the Devil Prince appears, who stays in your kingdom for 3 days of turns, and who prevents you from taking geld, items and population home by pillaging. This makes recovery after Contract of the Soul difficult.
  • So, since you know you're going to be in a pop and geld crunch: prepare yourself for it e.g. by buying Book of Prophecy and Wine of the Three Whips.

• You can devil every 72 hours (provided you spend enough turns to lose the hero devil prince in that time).

For hours of entertainment try our new flavor, Fun With Devils at Low Levels. Sit land fat on about 4 million power and contract. Come back in 24 hours for a great laugh.

Also see: DOLZero's Devil Guide

Notes of Interest (April 2010):

• Upon casting CoS, for the next 72 hours, your Black Sabbath spell will no longer generate the "static" mana that adds to your kingdom's upkeep. However, the "random" mana generated per turn taken will continue to be awarded. When the devil prince has left your kingdom, you will see that the "static" mana generation of Black Sabbath returned as per normal.

• It is not a requirement as part of the contract to force expiry via population depletion.

• When CoS is activated, Satan will send devils to aid you in warfare. The amount sent on a "non-machine-counter" is going to be less than 50, almost as useful as an ally who sends you 50 water elementals as reinforcement. The amount sent on a "defense" or "machine-counter" is going to be proportional to the population you have. The exact value is unknown, but I estimate it to be 1/80 of your max population, i.e. with 700,000 population, Satan will send 9000 devils, equivalent to 9000 water elementals as reinforcement.

• Having CoS upon does not make you invulnerable. Your kingdom will engage in warfare under normal victory regulations

• Having CoS activated will stunt population income. In addition, for every turn you take, you will lose approximately 10,000,000 Gold and 100,000 Population in addition to your normal unit upkeep. Typically at 3,000 acres, you should be expecting around 250,000 Population lost for every attack conducted under CoS.