Secondary Magic Effects

[Makinus]

What exactly are the secondary effects from magic levels? I know that water magic gives a unit the capability of water breathing and more water magic allows more units to be taken underwater.... earth magic increases protection... fire attack skill.... where i can find all the effects?

[Quitti]

Manual has it covered pretty well. Page 85.

[Jarkko]

You mean the effects listed on page 85 in the manual?


EDIT: Bah, Quitti beat me by a few seconds :(

[Makinus]

Thanks... forgot about the manual.... now i must dig it from my storage boxes.....

[thejeff]

Except water magic hasn't given water breathing since Dom2.

[Makinus]

Seriously? I didn´t noticed.... Maybe it´s because i rarely play maps with water....

[Jack_Trowell]

From memory :

Fire: attack+, old age-, and maybe normal leadership+ too
Water: defense+
Air: precision+
Earth: protection+
Astral: magic leadership++
Nature: old age++, supply+
Death: undead/demon leadership++, Fear+ (no fear aura until D5)
Blood: undead/demon leadership+, and maybe something else I'm forgetting

I think that other Path that astral give a (lesser) magic leadership bonus, but I cannot remember exactly, and as I'm posting from work I don't have the manual with me.

[Makinus]

From the Manual, pg. 85:

Air - Precision +1, Magic Leadership +5
Astral - Magic Leadership +10
Death - Undead Leadership +20, +1 do existing Fear
Earth - Protection +1, Magic Leadership +5
Fire - Attack +1, Leadership +5, Magic Leadership +5
Nature - Supply Bonus +10, Magic Leadership +5
Water - +1 Defense, Magic Leadership +5
Blood - Undead Leadership +5, Magic Leadership +5

[Quitti]

Also, nature increases your maximum age by 25 years I think, and death by 10. I think death also reduced the chance to get diseased (or all afflictions?) by old age. Is there anyone who knows better?

[Edi]

Age bonuses are explained in the FAQ. Death magic grants +30 undead leadership per level, not +20 as the manual erroneously claims. It was +20 in Dom2, but with the larger armies in Dom3, the bonus was increased.

Death magic does reduce chance of old age afflcitions. Someone did extensive testing on that sometime back.

[Ishamoridin]

The age boosts from magic paths are linked to creature type, IIRC.

I think it's Fire and Nature for living mages, death for demons and undead.

EDIT: Sorry Edi, didn't see that part of your post >.<

[chrispedersen]

Also, nature increases your maximum age by 25 years I think, and death by 10. I think death also reduced the chance to get diseased (or all afflictions?) by old age. Is there anyone who knows better?

The FAQ says it better; the path that adds max age depends on the nature of the unit.

nature (generally) for humanish type
earth for constructs
death (iirc) for demons/undead.

Also, blood 9 gives a blood curse; air 9 gives shock resistance; fire - fire weapons; water quickness. ETc.

death 5 also gives fear, if not previously present.

[Amonchakad]

Also, nature increases your maximum age by 25 years I think, and death by 10. I think death also reduced the chance to get diseased (or all afflictions?) by old age. Is there anyone who knows better?



Also, blood 9 gives a blood curse; air 9 gives shock resistance; fire - fire weapons; water quickness. ETc.



You're mixing intrinsic magic path bonuses with blessings there:p

[Mojo the Avenger]

What does death curse actually do? Is it just a euphamism for curse?

And what does 2 an+mr mean for death weapons?

[thejeff]

2 an+mr means 2 Armor negating damage, with a magic resistance roll.
Which is actually, like most Dom damage, 2 plus a random roll, open ended d6.

[Taqwus]

"Death curse" means that somebody who kills you has a chance (MR check?) of being cursed. Might be useful if you've got piles of flagellants or the like, but bear in mind that curse doesn't stack -- you're either cursed or you're not -- and the only impact is increased chance of afflictions when wounded.