Global enchantments

[lch]

MaxWilson said:
I'd give it 80% odds or better that the gems will still get used even if another global brings the spell down before you cast Dispel, because the gems seem to be "expended" more or less by the .h file, or so I gather from the Norfleet history.

I didn't get most of that paragraph. What about a .h file?

Yes, you have to pay the cost of a spell in gems before casting it.

[Nick_K]

Yeah, this is quite obvious if you've ever tried to cast a limited summon like the elemental royalty when they're all already in existance

[MaxWilson]

lch said:

I didn't get most of that paragraph. What about a .h file?

The question was whether the gems would still be expended if somebody else brought down the spell before Dispel was cast. We seem to be pretty reluctant to talk about file formats here, but it seems likely that the .h file encodes the number of gems you'll have on the next turn, as opposed to simply encoding how many you plan to use for Dispel. Therefore by the time you hit "End of Turn" the gems have already been spent and you won't get them back even if someone else dispels the enchantment first.

-Max