Spells.

- Magic is the second most important part oof the game.  There are 2 main types of
spells: combat spells and adventure spells.  Adventure spells allow heroes to gain
information on- or interact with items on the map, or to allow special kinds of
movement.  Combat spells have a wide variety of uses, but their main purpose is
winning battles.  
- There are 4 different schools of Magic: AAir, Earth, Fire and Water.  The differences
between the schools are not that big, but it is important to know the schools a bit
before you choose the school(s) you want to specialize in. (Air-, Earth-, Fire- and
Water Magic secondary skills) The effect on the cost of a spell (in spellpoints) by
a secondary skill of that school is -1 for level 1 spells, -2 for level 2 spells, -3 for
level 3 spells, -4 for level 4 spells, and -5 for level 5 spells.
- As you could read above, spells also havee a certain level.  The level determines
how many spells of that type are available in your Mage Guild.  A level 1 Mage Guild
contains 5 level 1 spells, a level 2 Mage Guild contains 4 level 2 spells, a level 3
Mage Guild contains 3 level 3 spells, a level 4 Mage Guild contains 2 level 4 spells,
and a level 5 Mage Guild contains 1 level 5 spell.  This is not the case for all town-
types however, some towns don't go higher than a Mage Guild of level 3 or 4.
- Two primary skills have a large impact onn the magic system as well.  Knowledge
determines the total amount of spellpoints.  Normally, your total amount of spellpoints
is equal to 10 x Knowledge. (the secondary skill Intelligence and temporary effects of
events can increase the total amount) The amount of spellpoints is a very important
factor.  A hero with many spellpoints can explore for a much longer period of time and
fight many more battles than a hero with few spellpoints.  Running out of spellpoints
during an important battle could be fatal, so replenishing your spellpoints now and
then is absolutely necessary. (the more spellpoints, the less you will have to go
replenishing) The other influencive primary skill is Spell power.  Spell power has no
effect on a hero's adventuring spells but the impact on combat spells is huge.  For
most spells, the Spell power defines the number of combat rounds that the effect of
a spell remains active, before it disappears.  For damage-dealing spells, Spell power
greatly affects the amount of damage dealt by the spell.


Major spells:

Some spells are really worthless, most are of a reasonable quality, but some are of
an exceptionally high quality.  The adventure spells I consider to be supreme spells
are Dimension Door and Town Portal. (maybe Fly)
The combat spells I consider to be the very best are Blind, Chain Lightning, Clone,
Haste, Implosion, Prayer, Resurrection/Animate Dead, Sacrifice and Slow.