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Old August 19th, 2009, 10:10 AM

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Default Re: Water 9 Blessing

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Originally Posted by Sombre View Post
I'm not sure that's true. The spellcasting action is attempted at the start of the turn, with a 50% chance of being an attack instead. Seems separate from the 2 actions quickened units take - I would imagine if you don't cast the spell and attack instead off that 50% chance, then you get your second action as normal, but that wouldn't mean another 50% chance to cast imo.
Take any SC, or especially one with Heroic Quickness, and during his buffing cycle plop down a handful of units around him with Shift + 'U'. Frequently you will see him make an attack (or two, with enough Heroic Quickness), and then still do his buffing anyway. I just now verified this by going into my latest game and putting a bunch of 1509/Hirdmans around my Malik, and he made two attacks and then cast Personal Luck anyway. The next turn he cast Soul Vortex and made no attacks--I think spellcasting terminates the action cycle. Now it's possible that W9 quickness works differently, but for regular quickness and Heroic Quickness it's certainly possible to attack and spellcast.

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