Biomancy/Fire

[Hoverdog]

Tier 1: Fire Weakness (T, Unit Enchantment, fire vulnerability), Essence of Fire (S, City Enchantment, +power for volcanos)
Tier 2: Chaos Channels (S, Unit Enchantment, adds a random positive mutation), Exhaust (S, Instant, destroys a mineral)
Tier 3: Drought (S, Terraforming, swamp/forest->plain->desert)
Tier 4: Raise Volcano (S, Terraforming, raises a volcano)
Tier 5: Warp Reality (T, Combat Enchantment, penalties to all non-summons)
Tier 6: Infuse Sun (S, Global Enchantment, slowly dries the plane)
Tier 7: Chaos Mastery (S, Global Enchantment, all units recruited with Chaos Channels)
Tier 8: Great Wasting (S, Global Enchantment, desert, volcanoes and corruption appear on a plane)

[Troy_Costisick]

Fire weakness should be both a tactical and strategic spell. Exhaust is way too low for what it does. It would be a trivial matter to eliminate all the powerful minerals on a map in a single turn. Raise Volcano seems like it's a level too low as well. Are we saving the "Mastery"s spell names exclusively for level 9 stuff? If so, the level 7 spell needs a rename.

[Hoverdog]

Fire weakness should be both a tactical and strategic spell.

Fair point.

Exhaust is way too low for what it does.

It might, but what do you propose to switch it with? Warp Reality maybe?

Raise Volcano seems like it's a level too low as well.

I think it's perfect, one tier above the standard terraforming.

Are we saving the "Mastery"s spell names exclusively for level 9 stuff? If so, the level 7 spell needs a rename.

Are we?

[Troy_Costisick]

It might, but what do you propose to switch it with? Warp Reality maybe?

I think it's perfect, one tier above the standard terraforming.

Make Raise Volcano level 5. Exhaust level 4. Warp Reality level 2.

Are we?

I don't know. That's why I asked.

[Hoverdog]

That might work.

I haven't heard anything about Masteries, especially since we already have Necromastery confirmed Tier 7 in Death magic.

[Happerry]

+1 for Troy, though I think Chaos Mastery works fine for level 7.

[ampoliros]

I don't like Exhaust at all. Way back when, Aaron said that if Exhaust made it into the game, that there would be an anti-exhaust to be able to undo the destruction.

Bottom line, Exhaust can't exist without a way to reverse it.

[jamoecw]

what if it is an enchantment instead, so that it can be dispelled?

[Asvan]

+1 for jamoecw better so its disabled but can be restored with some kind of terraforming/purification spell.