New Units/Abilities in Crossworlds

[Puce Moose]

I finally managed to convince a rune mage I was a fit enough leader to join me; so far I'm really enjoying this new mage. If you opt to leave talent runes sitting unused you can really turn the rune mage into a beast. Random summoning + resurrection + random debilitating spell + high HP makes for a fun 'one-man army' type of squad member.

[Kas]

Originally Posted by Puce Moose

I finally managed to convince a rune mage I was a fit enough leader to join me; so far I'm really enjoying this new mage. If you opt to leave talent runes sitting unused you can really turn the rune mage into a beast. Random summoning + resurrection + random debilitating spell + high HP makes for a fun 'one-man army' type of squad member.

The spell isn't random. It depends on how many magic runes you have available. At around 15+ runes, (I'm not sure exactly what the minimum is) they sheep the enemy, which is just stupidly good. I've had up to three enemy stacks sheeped at once, courtesy of my lone rune mage's basic attack--and that's on impossible with stacks in the hundreds.

With enough runes, this unit is by far the most powerful in the game, hands down. They've got the best resurrection skill, an astral attack that's as good as dragon fire or better, summoning power superior to royal thorns, they increase the morale of other casters in your army, and just to ice the cake, they're near-invincible tanks. I've never had to heal my rune mage once.

And if you're thinking the rune investment is too steep, consider the extra fights and quests in OOTM. You have extra runes to play with now, anyway. Also, if you're playing mage, it doesn't take long to rack up the magic runes for their sheeping attack. And that one thing by itself makes them the best unit in the game.

Overpowered much? I think so.

[BB Shockwave]

I am accumulating magic runes - frankly, I feel some lower level abilities are more usefull... Anyway, here is what I know so far:

Magic Runes 0: No spell
Magic Runes 1-3: Helplessness
Magic Runes 4-7: Slow
Magic Runes 8-?: Weakness

Will add if I find out more.

[ckdamascus]

Originally Posted by BB Shockwave

I am accumulating magic runes - frankly, I feel some lower level abilities are more usefull... Anyway, here is what I know so far:

Magic Runes 0: No spell
Magic Runes 1-3: Helplessness
Magic Runes 4-7: Slow
Magic Runes 8-?: Weakness

Will add if I find out more.

Magic Runes ~~~ Curse
Magic Runes ~~~ Doom
Magic Runes 19-20: Sheep

My take on it? The lesser ones suck. Just get 19 for the sheep.

[BB Shockwave]

Minor info about Witch Hunters:

You'd be suprised what units count as "Mages". Apparently, this includes Beholders and Evil Beholders - they can cast Magic Block on them, and most likely can do 150% damage against them too.

EDIT: Another thing - Faun's Talent, Fatigue only works against units that have already acted that turn... making it a bit less usefull.

[BB Shockwave]

New Bone Dragon Talent:

- Gobble Corpse (Charge:1)

The dragon eats the corpse of humanoid warriors, spawning a troop of skeletons in their place.

Haven't tried yet, but seems pretty usefull, most likely the number spawned is dependent on the original troop's numbers. Also wonder if it spawns skeleton archers from archers.

[Metathron]

I didn't find it especially useful, but in my last battle the AI did focus fire on them, so it might be good after all.

Their number equals half the bone dragons' leadership, and I only ever got skeletons, no archers.