Coe 3 Aar

[Edi]

Note that in this respect, our fearless enchanter has deliberately studied only one spell, but the highly trained minds of mages do not take well into forced idleness and working at less than full capacity, so he is likely to find quite suddenly that the other spells are clamoring for attention in his mind.

What he should have done was memorize Fortitude, Venom Ward and Fire Ward, because while spells that are cast in combat are randomly picked from among the memorized one, mages will not cast totally useless spells (e.g. Fire Ward against spearmen who have no fire attacks, and same goes for Venom Ward). Now, since the rememorization is random, he may find himself casting fireshield, which may or may not be a good thing depending on whether he casts it at a front row swordsman and whether the enemy will attack that swordsman or another.

The reason mages cannot memorize less than a full complement of spells is precisely to prevent abuse of the system exactly like that, because, believe me, you don't want to run into mages who have random blooper spells except for that one "I can instantly kill all of your army with this, so I shall cast nothing else" nightmare. And they are out there...

[st.patrik]

Originally Posted by Edi

Note that in this respect, our fearless enchanter has deliberately studied only one spell, but the highly trained minds of mages do not take well into forced idleness and working at less than full capacity, so he is likely to find quite suddenly that the other spells are clamoring for attention in his mind.

What he should have done was memorize Fortitude, Venom Ward and Fire Ward, because while spells that are cast in combat are randomly picked from among the memorized one, mages will not cast totally useless spells (e.g. Fire Ward against spearmen who have no fire attacks, and same goes for Venom Ward). Now, since the rememorization is random, he may find himself casting fireshield, which may or may not be a good thing depending on whether he casts it at a front row swordsman and whether the enemy will attack that swordsman or another.

The reason mages cannot memorize less than a full complement of spells is precisely to prevent abuse of the system exactly like that, because, believe me, you don't want to run into mages who have random blooper spells except for that one "I can instantly kill all of your army with this, so I shall cast nothing else" nightmare. And they are out there...

Oops!

[st.patrik]

Reports from the allies indicate they have spread fairly wide from the cavern mouth. In fact mention is made of several mines of great value they have discovered. I have decided I will head that way to give them our greetings (and to attempt to gain control somehow of some of those mines).

Received word that the crystal tower was attacked in my absence! Wolves attacked the guards and killed all but 1! I will have to reinforce the tower. Sent word to Godegisel to head back there and make sure the tower is protected. I probably need to hire more spearmen.

[Doo]

Originally Posted by st.patrik

Received word that the crystal tower was attacked in my absence! Wolves attacked the guards and killed all but 1! I will have to reinforce the tower. Sent word to Godegisel to head back there and make sure the tower is protected. I probably need to hire more spearmen.

A close call. You would not have immediately lost if they took the crystal tower because your ally still has their starting fort but presumably you would have nowhere to recruit spearmen and thus be forced to enchant troops and then take back the tower.

That would have been a set back

[AngelSong]

How high is magic level?I see all of game picture,only find 3rd level and lower.

[st.patrik]

Ok, here’s a problem: the pale-skinned mounds of flesh I call allies haven’t actually taken over any of the mines in the territory he’s explored! So how can I sneakily take them over! I am going to have to take one over myself. That means building up additional forces.

After much consideration I have decided to attempt a ritual to create a mighty wood golem, to help me take over a mine guarded by some Bakemono.

[st.patrik]

I am sad to report that our dear leader Ostrogotha has been slain. He attacked an iron mine guarded by a group of evil Bakemono and was slain. Ostrogotha was a great leader who earned the respect and admiration of everyone who knew him. His death is a tragic loss for all the people of the realm, and for me most particularly. His last wish was that I, Godegisel, should take over his position of leadership. We are asking everyone to work extra hard in this difficult time, to get us through these dark days.

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Thank god that idiot Ostrogotha’s dead. Just too bad he took some of our troops with him. I am heading back to the crystal tower to shore up our defenses, and then will head out to try to find some more resources, to get us back on our feet. - Godegisel