I am pretty sure druid is one of the four academy mages to be published in 2018.
I hope i really hope the creatures have famme + and water immunity, root and uproot.
It is not difficult to understand that plants burn more easily.

If I was a betting man, I'd say Druid, Necro, Paladin and Siren are the 4 mages. Bringing all arena mages to academy.

That being said, I'm hoping they somehow incorporate conjurations in there for Arena. Some of my favorite plants / vines for the druid are the conjurations. I would really like to see more.

And you are even smaller of a company then you were since letting Aaron go.

Is there an announcement of this somewhere? This is my first time hearing this. I really liked Aaron.

Thanks for the rules, been looking forward to those. Will the official comprehensive codex be updated as well? I use that document a lot in my games and it could definitely use the runesmithing, disable, dissipate and zone control terms.

Sectarus can be used to place a "Rise Again" on a creature. However, to place the enchantment the sword must damage it's target. Therefore, damage must be applied, and if that damage would kill the target then there is no one to cast "Rise Again" on.

The Power Rune only works with items that give you spell actions. Discount ring while awesome, are not improved by the Power Rune. The Horn of Gothos does not give you a spell action. It has a triggered ability that occurs when you use your battle orders. So, it is not improved by the Power Rune either. Even with that said the Power Rune can be used in conjunction with Elemental Wand, Mage Wand, Helm of Command, Wand of Healing, and Dispel Wand.

The disable ability is pretty simple. If it is a trait, then it stays, but if it grants another object a trait then it's gone. Basically, traits are a pretty intrinsic part of an object, but things like Dragonscale Hauberk that grant the Armor +2 trait to a mage, can be turned off because that is the ability of the equipment, to grant that trait to another object.

Glad my instinct was correct on Rise Again. When I saw Carmen kill something with the dagger than reincarnate it I was like, "damn, that seems too good to be true." It's still possible to utilize the dagger this way, though. Just damage something and finish it off with another creature rather than deal the killing blow with a Rise Again enchanted dagger. I have to give her some credit because that is still a pretty clever use of sectarus.

Thanks for clarifying the Power Rune. I foresee it being used mostly with Helm of Command but having it with a wand would be really nice too if you wanted to pursue that route.

Would you mind addressing the Harshforge plate question regarding enchantments? Do you pay the additional cost to place it on the enemy mage or when the card is revealed?

Thanks!

They made some pretty serious errors but that definitely comes with the territory of a game with hundreds of cards. The most glaring is how they perceive piercing in my opinion. Overall, I think for casuals they did a pretty good job.

In fact, a couple of plays they made were very surprising and I'm unsure if they actually work. If you use Sectarus with a Rise Again would that be a legal play? It says that if the sword is used to attack and damage you can cast a spell. When does Rise Again get casted? Before or after damage is resolved from the swing? It it is after the damage is resolved, isn't the target dead so you can't cast Rise Again on it?

The General Signets ring with the Power Rune (-1 mana) was pretty creative as well. It seems that it is ruled that the rune can't be placed on mana discount items but it was still a pretty smart play and I could see it being possible. That being said, would we generally see the power rune on stuff like wands? I also assume it could be used on Helm of Command. Could it be used on an item like Horn of Gothos in which the equipment has a cast type of action?

Carmen had "Ghoul Rot" attached to the warlord before he brought his Harshforge plate out. When she later revealed it, he had her pay two extra for the harshforge plate cost. I was under the impression the cost came when you targeted the mage. Anyone know what the ruling is on this?

Disarm - I'm not entirely sure how powerful this is. They mention it doesn't affect traits yet they said in the preview it can strip dragonscale hauberk. Isn't armor +X a trait? It also said it doesn't affect defense from something like the reflex boots. I can understand it stopping you from swinging with a weapon or not being able to cast with a wand or use an ability like the horn of gothos... but after that it gets really confusing. Is there an easy way I can understand this?

I am hoping to make this available with the next release and one of the reasons we changed the board size with the 1.5.0.0 release to make this easier.

This is awesome news. Can't wait to get into some sweet 2v2

Great work, sIKE!

Thank you everyone for your continued work on making OCTGN an incredible platform to play Mage Wars on!

I like this idea a lot. My group generally only plays 2v2 since they don't enjoy the pressure of 1v1. Sometimes we only have 3 people and I have a strong urge to play Mage Wars.

I'll have to give this a try and tweak it in the future!