Description

These scholars of magic hold the terrifying ability to turn the tides in every battle. Though they cannot use Weapons or pieces of Armor and alone even the most accomplished spellcrow can do little aside from offering spell resistance, when paired with a fighting man or woman they impart their skills to make one ferocious soldier. One Mage to one fighter, cleric or archer is the proper ratio for a deadly army. On covert missions Mages are half as effective, since they cannot possibly accompany thieves and assassins into enemy lands. Mages prove to be useful in peacetime as well by excelling in the production of Mana and the research of the Magic spheres when housed in their immaculate Mage towers.

The Numbers

The way mages are distributed amongst your troops is something people commonly want to know. Let's say you have 30000 mages, 15000 archers, 15000 clerics, 10000 assassins, 10000 thieves, and 10000 rangers. You would get full mage coverage to your archers/clerics when you are the bomber, because all your other troops stay home. Similarly you get full mage coverage when you are performing covert activities (50% mage power). You will get full mage coverage (100% mage power) when defending covert activities, because your non-rangers, non-thieves, non-assassins do nothing. You will not get full coverage when defending against bombardments because at least some of the other troops contribute a little to bombard defense, so the mages will still back some of them even if they'd be better off backing the archers/clerics.

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