Battle script substitution?

[bbz]

substitute.So if you want to manage him properly always set him to cast whatever he can cast, otherwise he can cast something crazy that you don't want.

[JonBrave]

I had not appreciated that at all (wondered if it was feeble-minded or something). That makes a lot of difference. I had laid out so that expensive spells were at the beginning, without worrying too much about whether I had the gems or ability, assuming he just worked down the list. Now I have to consider he may choose something else, and worse spend gems I want for later on it.

[JonBrave]

OK, let me try another one. It's to do with what mages "can" or "can't" or "won't" do.

I'm think especially of holy spells, like bless, sermon or banish.

For bless/sermon, do I detect that mages recast it even if everyone who could be has already been blessed/sermoned? I think maybe they don't if Divine Blessing/Fanaticism has been cast, but otherwise they seem to? Or does that only apply to sermon, not bless?

For banish, I could be wrong (often am!), but sometimes I see banish cast when I don't see any undead at all.

For non-holy spells which require a specific "target", if target not available, does that count as a "substitute"? Say I have "Magic Duel" scripted and there are no Astral opponents --- I guess that means he substitutes... oh dear!