Item Spells
 

Couple questions for the experts:

1. For items that contain a spell, such as Numbness on an Ice Pebble Staff, does the commander equipped with this item accrue fatigue when Numbness is cast via the item? In other words, would a mage that's already capable of casting Numbness benefit from such an item?

2. When a commander dies of old age, what happens to his equipped items?

Thanks!

Re: Item Spells
 

1. 5 fatigue per cast. You can cast item spells twice per turn if you have quickness. Encumbrance does not matter, so go ahead and give your guy a Heart of Life and he'll never run out of gas, even wearing Boots of Quickness. There's no point in giving such an item to a mage, usually. An ordinary 40gp commander will usually do, unless you want better precision with higher HP, then summon a Sleeper.

2. They get buried with him. So, take them off before he dies.

Re: Item Spells
 

i've had some commanders 'find x-magic item' in the same province as commanders who have died from disease. is it different for old age?

Re: Item Spells
 

i can tell you that they didn't just die from disease. there has to be a battle there and they die in it.

Re: Item Spells
 

Nope. No battle. It was in the middle of my empire, totally away from the front lines, and they weren't hit by any spells. The guy had a disease, died, and one of the other researching mages found his owl quill.