A newbie asks...

[thejeff]

Congratulations. You've just run into an SC. (Or at least the AI's attempt at one.)

Ethereal means normal weapons have a 75% chance of having no effect. Depending on what his god is, what buffs he's cast and what he's wearing he's probably got enough protection to stop most of the rest of the hits.

Some nations have troops, usually elite troops with magic weapons. If you click on the weapon name it will tell you. Caelum's ice weaponry is one example. Most nations don't. In most cases, magic weapon means a forged weapon. Have your mages forge a weapon or two, hand them to a tough commander, maybe a summoned one, and have him go whale on the god for awhile.

The other alternative is magic. Most combat spells do magical damage and will work just fine on an ethereal target.


Edit: Ninjas are good too. They don't have magic weapons, but they'll sneak up and explain them while you're typing.