The spell Body ethereal

Vynd · #1 July 30th, 2004, 02:42 PM

You are correct. The spell will affect units near the caster, it has an area effect of 1. As to how many casters you need to get 50 of your men ethereal, I couldn't tell you. Someone did an analysis of this many months back. But I wasn't able to find the thread in the few minutes I can spare here at the office.

Pickles · #2 July 30th, 2004, 03:23 PM

I tried this copying some oter guys strat but could not get it to work. EIther the casters were at the back of the infantry so the ones at the front - who need it most - were not covered. Alternatively if teh wizards were a tthe front they got gunned down by arrows or cavalry.

You do not need many casters to get it to "work" though - 1/6-8 men maybe
Try in in a sandbox as it is opening game stuff it will be really fast.

Pickles

Arryn · #3 July 30th, 2004, 04:34 PM

An AOE (area of effect) of 1 means it will (likely) encompass the square directly in front of the caster. A square can contain 6 divided by size-class units, so if the units are human troops (of size 2), a square can hold 3 troops. You would have to have at least 10 human-sized mages, with the troops perfectly apportioned between the 10, and carefully positioned, to cover 50 troops. Not easy.

EDIT: typo

[ July 30, 2004, 16:17: Message edited by: Arryn ]

Bonobo · #4 July 30th, 2004, 05:10 PM

Thank you all for your replies!

PvK · #5 July 30th, 2004, 08:55 PM

You can have the troops hold & attack, while the casters cast Body Ethereal multiple times each, and perhaps start out slightly ahead of them. You can screen them with some arrow fodder out of range of the casters, to protect the operation from arrow fire until it is ready.

PvK

Endoperez · #6 July 30th, 2004, 09:18 PM

I were going to post that also, but then noticed that the range listed for Body Ethereal is 1... I thought that that meant that only the grid of the casting mage can be targeted, but I think it could mean also those next to him...

Can a mage cast Body Ethereal to units that are not in the same grid with him?

Arryn · #7 July 30th, 2004, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Endoperez:
I were going to post that also, but then noticed that the range listed for Body Ethereal is 1... I thought that that meant that only the grid of the casting mage can be targeted, but I think it could mean also those next to him...

Can a mage cast Body Ethereal to units that are not in the same grid with him?

Yes. It affects an adjacent square also:

AoE of 1 means the caster's square plus 1 other square. The range of 1 means it must be an adjacent square.