It sounds as if I need to revise my Wizard to Fire-trained, and include more higher-damage and/or flying creatures. Or go with the Warlock with big fire creature(s) as mentioned in another thread.

I also wonder if Psylocks won't come in handy now also... flying with the Critical Damage trait (and others). Maybe I can also consider a Forcemaster now... or just add a couple Psylocks to another Mage's book.

Thanks for the quick feedback.

For the other two mages, could you post your spellbooks?

Beastmaster (original)

Conjurations
2 Mana Flower
3 Tanglevine
1 Tooth & Nail
1 Mohktari
1 Renewing Spring
2 Wall of Thorns

Creatures
2 Spitting Raptor
1 Kralathor
1 Redclaw
3 Dire Wolf
4 Timber Wolf
4 Bitterwood Fox
4 Thunderift Falcon

Equipment
1 Ring of Beasts
1 Staff of Beasts
2 Bearskin
1 Regrowth Belt
1 Dispel Wand
1 Eagleclaw Boots
1 Leather Gloves

Incantations
1 Purge Magic
1 Dispel
1 Seeking Dispel
1 Shift Enchantment
1 Sleep
1 Dissolve
1 Rouse the Beast
2 Call of the Wild
1 Force Push
1 Teleport

Attack
2 Surging Wave

Enchantments
2 Nullify
2 Falcon Precision
3 Bull Endurance
3 Bear Strength
1 Rhino Hide
1 Cheetah Speed
1 Circle of Lightning
1 Mongoose Agility
1 Cobra Reflexes
1 Regrowth
1 Decoy
1 Divine Protection

Air Wizard

Conjurations
1 Gate to Voltari
2 Mana Crystal
2 Wizard's Tower
2 Fog Bank
1 Poison Gas Cloud
1 Mana Prism

Creatures
2 Gorgon Archer
2 Devouring Jelly
1 Gargoyle Sentry
1 Huginn
2 Blue Gremlin

Incantations
1 Purge Magic
1 Banish
2 Dispel
2 Seeking Dispel
3 Teleport
1 Shift Enchantment
1 Heal
1 Purify
2 Dissolve

Enchantments
2 Harmonize
2 Nullify
1 Decoy
1 Hawkeye
1 Teleport Trap
1 Circle of Lightning
1 Rhino Hide

Equipment
1 Wand of Healing
1 Moonglow Amulet
1 Magewand
1 Elemental Wand
1 Arcane Ring
1 Lightning Ring
1 Storm Drake Hide
1 Leather Gloves
1 Regrowth Belt
1 Eagleclaw Boots

Attack
1 Thunderbolt
3 Lightning Bolt
1 Chain Lightning
1 Electrify
1 Force Hammer
2 Arc Lightning
1 Surging Wave
1 Geyser
2 Jet Stream

I got to face a Necromancer (skeleton build) recently. While I am not a very good player, I have to say that I got destroyed a lot more quickly in that battle than I usually do. I damaged his creatures with mine, but he kept reconstructing them and bringing out more from spawnpoints.

My question is: Which spells could I include for various mages that would help against unliving creatures?

I'm also looking for a good overall strategy to use (meaning aggressive, etc.) against typical Necromancer play.

I see, for example, that light-based attack spells are good against non-living creatures... but I usually don't have any of those since I don't have a Priest/Priestess spellbook prepared, and since they don't do a lot of damage against living creatures. I usually play Beastmaster (original) or Air Wizard (and have been trying to play the Warlord as well).

What can I do without switching to Priest/Priestess?

Thanks in advance for your advice!

I got one of the Plagued cards at Gencon, and am wondering about it. It says that it can be cast on a Corporeal Creature. Shouldn't that be Living Creature? I can imagine having it on an Iron Golem, who wouldn't be affected by the plague. Or would he? The text on the card confuses me a little... the bit that says "including this creature" seems to indicate that anyone who is plagued also suffers from it... but an Iron Golem, for example, isn't Living.

I didn't see these mentioned in the General FAQ, and I didn't pull up anything that seemed to help when I searched for the cards, so I thought I would ask here. Please forgive if these have been asked already.

1) Should Mohktari be Zone Exclusive?

2) Does an opponent pay two or four additional mana if I have two copies of Enchanter's Wardstone in play? I ask because there is no "+" sign in the text, and it only says that you would pay two mana (rather than two additional mana).

3) If an opposing Mage casts a spell like Purge Magic that will get rid of multiple enchantments, must he first pay two mana per enchantment, or only two mana total if the friendly Mage has an Enchanger's Wardstone out?

Thanks!
Dave

I'm pretty sure I do have a real rules authority mate. As an an ambassador, judge, and writer of Mage Wars, it is kind of my job to know the rules.

I had no idea that you had these qualifications. There was some text on the side of your message that had some key words, but nothing indicated (to me) that you were either an author or a tournament judge.

I am just a lowly learner of the game, and I apologize.

I'll now go remove the BG's from my spellbooks... thanks.

OK, so will someone with real rules authority adjudicate?

The issue seems to be whether the teleport is legal since the tanglevine prevents (normal, at least) movement, and the because teleport is described as a "move action."

My belief is that it should be able to teleport since:
1) The teleport "condition" is gained after the tanglevine's application,
2) The vine doesn't have any attribute that disallows the expenditure of the mana, and
3) There seems to be precedent in flying on the Vampiress... she activates flying and no longer is hindered (even though at the very moment that she activates the flying condition, she actually is on the ground and "should be" hindered).

Still, everyone would like an official answer, I guess.

Discussion started in another thread:
http://forum.arcanewonders.com/index.php?topic=12635.15

What is the Intention of Blue Gremlin's Special ability?


While ability activated can the gremlin:

1)
Move unhindered?

2)
Ignore walls?

3)
Escape restrained effects such as tanglevine and quicksand?

4)
Still perform its teleport when crippled?

5)
Move directly from zone A--> C and never touching Zone B in between?
If 1) is a "no". Then it could potentially skip a zone with enemy creature and allow for 2 zone movement.

6)
Avoid movement penalizing effects such as suppression orb and chains of agony?

I don't know what the intent of the teleport ability is, but I think it's a pretty cool effect. I have four of these guys in my Wizard spellbook and love them. They are great for getting into a fortified enemy position, or bypassing walls that an opponent puts around your spawnpoint, among other things. In addition, they are relatively inexpensive to cast, and come with a defense and a reasonable attack considering the level of the creature.

To see if I can help with your questions:

1) The Blue Gremlin is not hindered when it moves using its special ability to teleport. Teleporting can move creatures even if they are "unmovable." He still would be attacked by Mangler Caltrops for example as he still is entering the zone, but the hindrance caused by them would be ignored while teleporting.

2) Teleporting creatures never are affected by walls (see the section on teleporting on p. 10). Note: the teleport spell (card) requires the caster to be in LOS of both the creature and the destination zone, but this is not the case for the Gremlin's special movement; he can move directly through a wall from one side to the other whether or not the wall blocks LOS.

3) Yes, since teleporting in general releases a creature from conjurations.

4) Crippled creatures are considered "restrained" and "restrained" creatures can teleport, so crippled creatures can teleport in general.

5) The Blue Gremlin still takes move actions to move between zones and gains the Fast trait, so he can not skip a zone to go from A to C, just as any other fast creature taking move actions to move two zones can not skip the zone in between when they move. It doesn't matter whether there is a creature in the "B" zone, as the Gremlin will continue to teleport out, ignoring the hindrance.

6) The Blue Gremlin's teleport ability still requires him to take move actions. Chains of Agony and such that specify that certain things happen when he moves still have their effect.