October 29th, 2003, 11:37 PM
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Re: your thoughts on Dominions II
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Originally posted by Psitticine:
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Originally posted by cpbeller:
1. it rains during the battle sequences...or did i imagine it? I could swear that there was rainfall...and, if so, does that affect the battle in any way? or is it just for looks?
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It rains, it snows, it storms, it gets a bit foggy . . . it's all good. 
Rain and snow will affect missile fire for the worse, plus give penalties (double fatigue cost) for Fire magic use. Flying units (aside from a unit Caelum can roll out) are grounded during storms. Fire-loving units are just generally do poorly in the rain. Abyssia ain't happy in a roaring thunderstorm!
Many summoned units could also fly in storms in Dom I - air elementals, spring hawks, storm demons, Queen of Air, sylphs, Pazuzu, not sure about draconians. Some of those units also got their stats increased when fighting in a storm.
I can't confirm yet whether any of those are changed in Dom II (except, come to think of it, I don't remember seeing Pazuzu in the blood magic spell list. Maybe he's one of the level 9 demon lords now?)
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People do not like to be permanently transformed and would probably revolt against masters that tried to curse them with iron bodies.
Pigs, on the other hand, are not bothered, or at least they don't complain.
-- Dominions II spell manual
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