Wind ride

[Tuidjy]

I have cast Wind Ride four times that I can remember in Dominions III.
Twice it worked as expected - the enemy came and got charmed. Once
it failed, and I learned on the next turn that the enemy commander was
a spectral mage. Once it failed and I was not sure why. I did not get
a message, and I decided that there must have been a Van-something in
the province.

[lch]

Wind Ride has been my most favorite spell in Dom2. I am not sure if I have tried it in Dom3, but I know about the limitations that Tuidjy listed above.

[mivayan]

In a solo game I haven't touched since 3.06, against MA vanheim who has air mages, I got this message from a spell, not an event:

Suddenly a whirlwind appeared out of the sky and snatched away Benim and anyone standing too close. But about a hundred feet up the wind lost it's grip and Benim fell to the ground.

Sounds like a failed wind ride. A commander named Benim is in the province shown with (goto province).

[SelfishGene]

Doesn't one of the boots (Boots of Trampling?) confer resistance to Wind Ride?

[Kristoffer O]

I think it is bugged. At least it is reported as such in the beta forum.

Unless someone recently has seen it work I would consider it broken.

[Xietor]

It works-inconsistently. But if you have the air mages and air gems to waste-it does work at times.

If the commander is over size 2 though, when it does work it only moves him 1 or 2 provinces. So if you are trying to give a big size commander a ride, make sure you do not drop him in a province you do not want him in.

[PyroStock]

Please let us know if the wind ride works on friendly commanders. It seems to be broken vs enemies. We would like to get some info on this.

I had Wind Ride fail on a my Ivy King (no items) which didn't have anything of Tuidjy's list above. Is there a chance Wind Ride will fail even if the commander is wind-rideable? Otherwise it seems broken.

Edit: Ok, since Ivy King is size3 distance was the problem.

[Xietor]

A fun use for a friendly size 3 or 4 raiding commander in enemy land is to wind ride him every turn. He would have no way to predict what province would be hit next!