HYLFIRE: New huge mod for WoTN - Ice'n Fire

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Or buy damage/healing spells. Sometimes you can buy level 1 creatures at the Smith or at Runolv too. You always get Cave Spiders from one of the 2 trees in front of Runolv, and Cave Spiders have the ability to cast Mass Web once in battle. It webs 3 random units including your own. That can sometimes help.

In an earlier testgame we had placed the 50 leadership flag near the castle, it looked like part of the scenario, and the tester couldn't find it, and you have zero leadership from the start... so we moved the flag to the starting position.
Early skills I would choose something that gives Mana or Rage unless something like Concentration or other good skills comes up. There are now 2 skills in the Warrior tree that gives eather Mana or Rage, the old Attack and Defense skills gives up to 10 Mana or Rage. The Defense skill has changed name to Fortify (gives Mana and Defense). Still Onslaught, Rage Control gives Rage, Meditation/Wisdom/Artifactor gives Mana.

BTW some creatures can give skills too in troop talk after a fight. If you carry one of these (can be in the Reserve too):
Berserker: Can give the Berserker Skill !
Chaos Dragon: 50% chance of getting the Chaos Magic Skill
Slinger: Gives Quick Draw Skill
Orc units can give extra Rage
Druid can give Mana (as far as I remember), and change into Soothsayers.
etc etc.

You get the skills even though you don't level up, it is Acrimaldo that teaches you after a fight.