Augur of Elannra

[ampoliros]

Name: Augur of Elannra
Circels: Mentalism / Water
Description: The caster is not affected by Fog of War. (must still have mapped tiles to see them)

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Fog of War, what Fog of War?

[Troy_Costisick]

This spell needs more explanation. What does it do and how does it work if you haven't mapped something? Also, does it affect all planes?

[ampoliros]

Normally you only have an accurate knowledge of the tiles your units and cities can see - because Fog of War sets in when you can't see a tile.

This spell would eliminate Fog of War for you while upkeep is paid. If you haven't mapped something, then the tile is still black.
I would say it affects all planes.

[kilobug]

+1 for me, and yes should affect all planes.

[JohnReeve]

I don't like the proper name in the title of the spell.

[Troy_Costisick]

Normally you only have an accurate knowledge of the tiles your units and cities can see - because Fog of War sets in when you can't see a tile.

This spell would eliminate Fog of War for you while upkeep is paid. If you haven't mapped something, then the tile is still black.
I would say it affects all planes.

Thanks! That clears it up a lot. I like the idea, but I am reminded of late-game MoM. In the late game, you have units and cities spread out everywhere, so a lot of the "fog of war" is lifted. As a result, the computer must animate all the troop movements of opposing sorcerer-lords. This can take FOREVER! With a spell like this, where all of the fog of war is gone, opponent's turns could be ridiculously long. If there's a way to shortcut the movement animations, then I'd support it. Otherwise, I'm concerned about how much this spell would bog down game play- perhaps even leading to program crashes because it uses up so much system resources.

I don't like the proper name in the title of the spell.

Can't say I'm a fan either. Some of the backers paid extra money to put a name on a city/item/hero/whatever. Adding proper names to spells and whatnot cheapens the privilege those backers paid for. I'm strongly against putting proper names in spells for this reason. I would suggest Augur of the Heavens as a replacement name.

[ampoliros]

Elannra happens to be the name already chosen by WI as the name of the world.

As far as the enemy moves. I hope there is the option to skip movement animations. Most games these days have this option.

[Troy_Costisick]

Elannra happens to be the name already chosen by WI as the name of the world.

I honestly didn't know that. Maybe we should have more things with that name in it. Otherwise, people might not ever guess!

[Happerry]

+1 from me, and +1 to affect all planes.

[WyldeRhide]

As I recall, there's a brewing debate on whether "Global" enchantments are specific to a plane or across all planes. That part of the spell should be decided along with the larger debate.

+1 for the spell though.