The Sword of Aurgelmer

[Darryl]

What does this sword do? I see "Will of the Fates" in the MIQR description but what is that? And more importantly, does it merit the whopping 80 Astral cost?

Darryl

[Gateway103]

It curses the wielder (more likely to acquire battle affliction), but allows every other friendly unit in combat to be Lucky (each hit against Lucky unit has 50% of not doing damage. Including hits of magical nature)

Some info on Will of Fates,
- Level 8 Alteration
- Level 4 Astral
- Fatigue Cost 400-
- Require 4 Astral Pearl per casting
- Duration: entire battle.

So if you find that being Lucky can win you battles with much better odds and casualty rate, this is not a bad investment (just put it on a commander you don't mind to be cursed). Situation where this may be true is when you have limited/weak troops and your enemy tend to field large and/or powerful units.

-Gateway103

[ March 15, 2004, 00:07: Message edited by: Gateway103 ]

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Darryl:
What does this sword do? I see "Will of the Fates" in the MIQR description but what is that? And more importantly, does it merit the whopping 80 Astral cost?
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Will of the fates is an alteration 8 spell that requires a 4 astral mage and 4 pearls to cast. It gives every friendly unit on the battlefield luck, which means that only 50% of all physical attacks will hit them. It's mostly useful if you don't have a large number of astral 3-4 mages in your empire, and have lots of physical troops to combine it with.