castle question

[Merry Jolkar]

Do castles protect commanders from assassination attempts? From Wild Hunt, Earth Attack and the like?
Thanks,
M

[Nerfix]

No, as far as I know.

[Endoperez]

No, with occassional yes.

I don't think anyone inside a sieged castle can be assasinated, with normal means or Earth Attack, but on all other times, castles offer no protection.

I recall there was some kind of a bug with attacking a castle and Lord of the Hunt fighting one of the sides, which caused province ownership to change. But without that, I quess only the sieging force would be in danger.

[Alneyan]

Earth Attack definitively works on commanders sitting behind walls: in Entwined Destiny, Ulm used that spell a lot, taking down miscellaneous commanders (and a Pretender) that were hiding in a castle. Not sure about regular assassination attempts though.

[Merry Jolkar]

If I use Earth Attack or similar attack spells, am I assured that they will target my enemy within the castle, not my people seiging it?

Thanks,
Merry

[Alneyan]

You will not target yourself with such spells, so it's fine (the Earth Elemental belongs to your nation, unlike the Ghost Riders). If a third nation targets the besieged province, I believe they will hit the besiegers (yourself) however.

[atul]

Earth Attack won't target your own people, but Manifestation might. Learned that the hard way a while ago...