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[Strife26]

And my turn will be up in twenty minutes . . .

 

[Pandarsenic]

I'll post up this evening.

I kind of lost my will to be fast about it since it doesn't make the turn come any faster anyway.

*Glances meaningfully at Mainiac*

[Vanigo]

Well, while all this waiting has been going on, I've been working on an overdue rules update. In particular, here are the rules on caster units. Nirur, you can change your turn if you see something particularly important.

Magic

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Magic is a powerful force in the world, and a civilization that can harness it can reap powerful advantages. Many magical technologies work pretty much like other techs - they unlock new structures, equipment, and special bonuses. Others, however, require caster units to take advantage of. These spellcasting technologies work as follows:
Each spellcasting tech is linked to a magical resource. Once you have a casting tech and the associated resource, you can create a mage school. This requires, in addition to normal building materials, two units of any magical resource you know how to use.
With a mage school, you can train caster units for two magical resources and three labor. A caster unit is a small group of highly-trained, highly-paid professionals, and creating them has no significant impact on your population. Each caster unit is limited to a single school of magic, set when the unit is created, and must be created with the appropriate resource. Caster units can cast any spell of their school that you know, although their power per turn is limited. A spellcasting tech will give you at least one spell of that school, and further research can reveal more. The MP of a caster unit depends on the school of magic, and can usually be improved with further research.
Caster units, like some leaders, are often attached to military units. Caster units have no direct combat ability (unless they have a spell that grants it to them), so they must be protected; they cannot be sent away from your cities alone. If their unit gets involved in battle, caster units can use pre-combat buffs to improve their allies, or they can cast combat spells to damage and weaken their enemies. (Or, of course, a mixture of the two.) A caster unit cannot be attacked directly unless they are first separated from any units escorting them, but alone they can be easily destroyed by any military unit. Direct damage spells may be targetted on casters; against such attacks they have four defense and five health. (Caster-on-caster battles tend to be fast and mutually destructive.)
Most caster units have an upkeep cost of three money. This represents both their salaries and the cost of supplying them with spell components.

[Pandarsenic]

Could you also update the "things-you-can-make-for-your-military" page?

[Vanigo]

Yeah, it's on the to-do list.

[Pandarsenic]

<3 We love you Vanigo.

Seriously, this is one of the few games in FG&R that hasn't mysteriously just died.

[Vanigo]

By the way, if one of your techs or types of equipment is missing from the rules post, it's probably because it's unique to you. I didn't want to clutter up the post with a bunch of stuff that only applies to one player.

[Nirur Torir]

Ooo, deep mining ... But why is Imperial Colonization limited to only certain civilizations? Are other civilizations completely unable to build towns, or do they just come later in the tech tree?

I'll keep my turn as it is. My people desperately need better infrastructure before I waste all my money on casters.

Question though: Are deep mines compatible with improvements similar to water mills?

[Strife26]

I like the idea that other people can't build colonies.

Let's make gunpowder a zefie specific thing too! 

[Pandarsenic]

By the way, if one of your techs or types of equipment is missing from the rules post, it's probably because it's unique to you. I didn't want to clutter up the post with a bunch of stuff that only applies to one player.

Hmm. Can we have Civ-Specific techs and products listed and labeled under our Civ Info in the 3rd post (I think it's 3rd) so we can still reference them?

Also, Strife: In your dreams. I have more right to gunpowder than you do.

[Vanigo]

I like the idea that other people can't build colonies.

Not everyone gets colonies. Not everyone gets towns. Everyone gets at least one of the two.

Hmm. Can we have Civ-Specific techs and products listed and labeled under our Civ Info in the 3rd post (I think it's 3rd) so we can still reference them?

I should, really. I just don't want to go through all the turns picking out civ-specific stuff again.

[Strife26]

Can I claim my random research point some turns ago for "increase iron production" as a point into deep mining?

[Vanigo]

I seem to recall it being increasing efficiency of iron usage, actually.

Oh, and Nirur: Yeah, deep mines replace normal mines; they use the normal improvement slot.

ALSO: It's six days in; mainiac is in danger of idling. Either way, something's happening tomorrow.

[Pandarsenic]

Post is writing now.

That sentence sense no makes.

[Luke_Prowler]

  I am so behind everyone else.