I was just wondering if anyone was willing to share ideas for new traits.  I will share one of my own.

Reincarnation

When a living creature with the Reincarnation trait suffers any form of destruction, their controlling player may immediately go through their spellbook for a new living creature with the Reincarnation trait and cast it without using an action, reducing the mana cost of the new living creature with Reincarnation by the level of the old living creature with Reincarnation.  Their controlling player may place the new living creature with Reincarnation in the same zone as their mage or in the zone of the old living creature with Reincarnation.  Finally, living creatures with Reincarnation are immune to the Devour trait and creatures with the Devour trait that destroy living creatures with Reincarnation do not gain any benefits from the Devour trait.

The Swamp Druid lives on the borders of the Wychwood and the Darkfen.  She assists the villages of the Swamp Elves and protects the flora of the border swamps from the fell necromancers of the Darkfen.  On occasion, she will travel into the Darkfen to collect rare plants and travel into the Wychwood to plant them away from the influence of the Darkfen. 

Attacks:
Acid Ball*2
Geyser*2
Surging Wave*2
Swell*2

Conjurations:
Corrosive Orchid*4
Mana Flower*2
Swamp*4
Tanglevine*2
Vine Tree*1
Wall of Thorns*2

Creatures:
Kralathor*1
Raptor Vine*4
Thornlasher*4
Vine Snapper*4

Enchantments:
Barkskin*1
Bear Strength*1
Cheetah Speed*1
Falcon Precision*1
Hawkeye*1
Hydrothermal Vents*2
Lion Savagery*1
Nullify*2
Poisoned Blood*2
Rhino Hide*1
Rust*2

Equipment:
Druid's Leaf Ring*1
Elemental Wand*1
Leviathan Scale Armor*2
Mage Wand*1
Ring of the Ocean's Depths*1
Vinewhip Staff*1

Incantations:
Burst of Thorns*4
Dispel*2
Dissolve*4
Teleport*2

The key strategy of the Swamp Druid is to hinder the ability of enemy creatures by using the Swamp.  She uses her vine markers to cast her creatures into the Swamp, usually in Thornlasher and Vine Snapper combinations, supported by Corrosive Orchids, and uses her Thornlashers to drag creatures into the Swamp before weakening them with her Corrosive Orchids and devouring them with her Vine Snappers.  She uses her Raptor Vines to hunt down the creatures that avoid the Swamps and uses an enhanced Kralathor to dispose of large creatures (with Bear Strength, Cheetah Speed, Lion's Savagery, and Falcon Precision, Kralathor is capable of killing most creatures in two attacks).  With her Acid Balls and her Rusts, she melts the armor off of opponents and, with her Poisoned Bloods, she prevents them from healing after her plants start chewing on them.

I was curious about something.  Let us say that I am a Priestess and I am facing a Warlord with a Mage Wand in the shield hand.  Can I cast a Wand of Healing on him to replace his Mage Wand (sending it back to his spellbook)?  If so, is it a viable mana denial and spellpoint denial strategy, as the Wand of Healing costs me only two mana while the Mage Wand costs him five mana and as the Wand of Healing costs me only one spellpoint while the Mage Wand cost him six spellpoints?  Even if he replaces it the next turn with a Mage Wand, it will go back to my spellbook unless he uses Dissolve, and I can always use cast another Wand of Healing after he replaces the Wand of Healing in order to deny him use of his Mage Wand.

I have long thought that it was odd that the Necropian Vampiress has never found a place among the Dark Mages of Mage Wars.  The Necromancer prefers Undead while Warlocks prefer Demons, so the Necropian Vampiress tends to be left out of the majority of Dark spell books that I have seen.  How often do you see the Necropian Vampiress appear in play?

The Baker

The Baker is a practical mage that uses the magic of flour and yeast to compete in the Arena.  With Channeling 9 and Life 38, the Baker is trained in Nature and Fire and pays triple for War and Water.  The Baker possess two special abilities.  The first is Gingerbread Mastery, which allows her to cast Gingerbread versions of Nature creatures (giving them Nonliving and Psychic Immune) by increasing the cost of the Nature creature by its level.  The second is Quick Baking, which allows her to spend one mana during Upkeep to repair one Nonliving Corporeal Creature or Nonliving Corporeal Conjuration by the result of one attack die.  Tell me what you think and fell free to add your own new (and silly) mages.

I just wanted to share some rules that I have come up with concerning duo teams matches after a discussion with silverclawgrizzly yesterday afternoon.  I would appreciate any feedback on the rules so I can improve them, and I would love to hear back from anyone who uses the rules in order to find out how well they work.  I plan on testing them the next time I play Mage Wars if I can convince the other player to use the rules. 

Mage Wars Duo Team Match Rules

In Mage Wars Duo Team Match Rules, each of the players controls one Arena Mage (the Hero) with one Hero Spellbook and one Academy Mage (the Sidekick) with one Sidekick Spellbook.  The player constructs the Hero Spellbook with 120 spell points using Arena rules and the Sidekick Spellbook with 40 spell points using Academy rules.  The Hero may only prepare and cast spells from the Hero Spellbook while the Sidekick may only prepare and cast spells from the Sidekick Spellbook. 

The Hero is a level six Mage Creature while the Sidekick is a level four Mage Creature.  While any Hero may ally with any Sidekick, the team is more effective if they share the same class.  If the Hero and the Sidekick share the same class, they receive a +1 bonus on any and all of their effect die roll results (including the effect die rolls to determine Initiative during the first turn and to break ties at the end of Duo Team Tournaments).  Sidekicks may tap into the Mana Supply of their allied Hero as if they possessed the Familiar Trait.

The Hero and the Sidekick start the game in the same zone.  The Hero starts the first turn with Mana Supply equal to 10 before the first Channeling Phase while the Sidekick starts the first turn with Mana Supply equal to their normal starting Mana before the first Channeling Phase.  The Hero and the Hero's creatures and objects are friendly to the Sidekick and the Sidekick's creatures and objects while the Sidekick and the Sidekick's creatures and objects are friendly to the Hero and the Hero's creatures and objects.

During the Reset Phase, each player resets his or her Hero and his or her Sidekick and resets any creatures and objects associated with his or her Hero and his or her Sidekick.  During the Channel Phase, Heroes add Mana equal to their Channeling to their Mana Supply, Sidekicks add Mana equal to their Channeling to their Mana Supply, and creatures and objects that channel Mana gain Mana Counters equal to their Channeling.  During the Upkeep Phase, each player removes Dissipate Tokens, pays Upkeep Costs, benefits from spells that take effect during the Upkeep Phase, and suffers from Condition Markers that take effect during the Upkeep Phase in the order of their choosing.  During the Planning Phase, each player chooses two spells for his or her Hero from his or her Hero Spellbook, chooses two spells for his or her Sidekick from his or her Sidekick Spellbook, and chooses one spell for each of his or her Familiars or Spawnpoints, with any spells not cast by the during the round returning to the appropriate Spellbook at the beginning of the next Planning Phase.  During the Deployment Phase, the Hero may cast any spell associated with his or her Spawnpoints.

Only the Hero is capable of taking a Quickcast Action during the First Quickcast Phase or the Final Quickcast Phase.  During the Action Phase, players alternate taking turns and, on a player's turn, the player may choose to activate a creature controlled by the Hero (including the Hero) or a creature controlled by the Sidekick (including the Sidekick).   The Hero and the Sidekick may use their Quickcast Action before or after any friendly creature's activation (including the Hero's activation or the Sidekick's activation) during the Action Phase.

The Hero considers their Sidekick a legal target for spells that target Mages and, if they share the same class, the Hero considers the Sidekick a legal target for spells that target specific types of Mages.  Furthermore, the Hero (or any applicable Familiar or any applicable Spawnpoint controlled by the Hero) may target the Sidekick (or any creature or objects controlled by the Sidekick) with any spell from the Hero's Spellbook that would consider the Sidekick (or any creature or object controlled by the Sidekick) a legal target.  The Sidekick considers their Hero a legal target for spells that target Mages and, if they share the same class, the Sidekick considers the Hero a legal target for spells that target specific types of Mages.  Furthermore, the Sidekick may target the Hero (or any creatures or objects controlled by the Hero) with any spell from the Sidekick's Spellbook that would consider the Hero (or any creatures or objects controlled by the Hero) a legal target.  Spells that target Minor Creatures or Non-Mage Creatures may not target the Hero or the Sidekick.

During Duo Teach Matches, the Hero and the Sidekick each possess their own status trackers for Channeling, Mana, and Life.  Duo Team Matches end when the Hero collapses due to suffering mortal damage.  If the Sidekick collapses due to mortal damage before their Hero, the spells controlled by the Sidekick disappear from the arena and any spells controlled by the Hero attached to the Sidekick or any of the Sidekick's creatures return to their Hero's Spellbook.  It is the responsibility of each player to differentiate between the spells of his or her Hero and the spells of his or her Sidekick.

In Duo Team Tournaments, each Duo Team Match takes 90 minutes.  At the end of each Duo Team Match, each player receives one victory point for retaining his or her Sidekick, one victory point for killing his or her opponent's Sidekick, one victory point for having less damage on his or her Sidekick than his or her opponent's Sidekick, three victory points for retaining his or her Mage, three victory points for killing his or her opponent's Mage, and three victory points for having less damage on his or her Mage than his or her opponent's Mage.  By the end of a Duo Team Tournament, the player with the highest victory point total receives first place, the player with the second highest victory total receives second place, the player with the third highest victory total receives third place, etc.  In the case of a tie for a place, the tied players each roll an effect die until one tied player ends up with a result on his or her effect die roll higher than the results on the effect dice of the other tied players, with the player with the highest result receiving the contested place, the player with the second highest result receiving the next lowest place, the player with the third highest result receiving the next lowest place after that, etc.

I was just wondering what mage was the favorite each person and why they are are their favorite.  I will start off with my selection, the Priestess.  I think that she is the best mage because of her capabilities to remove condition and because of her life gaining ability.  With her mastery of Holy, she also possesses a number of healing and defensive spells, as well as a wide variety of useful creatures.  While she does not have any particularly good attack spells, she makes up for it by being able to remain in play until she gets the job done, even if she has to suffer over 100 points of damage in a game to do it.

I was curious if anyone has use Tsunami with the Ring of Tides with a Siren that has the initiative?  Since the bonuses provided by the Ring of Tides are not a +X trait, I would think that the bonuses would be applied to every target of the attack, with every attack, but I could be wrong.  What do you all think about the combination?