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[Calahan]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

8).... fill important mage provinces with cheap commanders and scouts.

This is a useful defence against most of the commander targetting ritual/global spells. Although if you are using Scouts (the cheapest to buy) then make sure they have 'DEFEND' orders, and not their default 'HIDE' ones. And if you are moving them with your army for protection, then again make sure that they 'MOVE' and not 'SNEAK', which is their default type of move option. (hold the 'Ctrl' key down as you move them to stop them sneaking).

This is because spells like 'Seeking Arrow' can not be targetted against hidden units, so hidden units can not act as decoys against them. Hidden units are only useful as decoys against the Mind Hunt spell, as that can target hidden units.


And vfb is correct about defending against 'Seeking Arrow'. Luck and Missle Avoidance items are the only regular items that help. And then special case things like a Shroud of the Battle Saint if you have a S9/10 bless (for the Twist Fate effect) and Gift of Health for increased Mage HP. But the latter only helps if the targetted mage(s) is in your dominion (or has recently moved from your dominion), as the HP bonus from Gift of Health is related to your dominion strength.


For info, Seeking Arrow does 8 + DRN - DRN points of Armour Negating damage. So it is usually only cast against human type mages that generally have around 10HP (although of course the AI will cast it against anything)