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Magic gems are condensed magic energy and seven out of the eight paths of magic has gems while Blood magic has Blood Slaves. Magic gems are used to fuel rituals, powerful battle spells and in forging magic items. | Magic gems are condensed magic energy and seven out of the eight paths of magic has gems while Blood magic has Blood Slaves. Magic gems are used to fuel rituals, powerful battle spells and in forging magic items. Magi can also expend a great number of gems of appropriate type so as to gain a permanent increased level in magic (called Empowering). | ||
In addition, | ==Battle Magic== | ||
All battlefield spells have some kind of path requirement to cast. In addition, some battlefield spells also require the expenditure of gems to cast. Further, a mage in combat that has a gem that is of same type as one of his magic picks gets a +1 bonus to that path. For example, a Nature 1 mage with one Nature gem would count as a Nature 2 mage while casting a spell. Such a gem is consumed during the casting. Only the first such gem per cast grants a path bonus, so a Nature 1 mage with 2 nature gems still only counts as a Nature 2 mage. | |||
Magi can also expend gems to reduce battle fatigue. For example, if X extra gems are consumed during casting, fatigue from the casting is reduced to 1/(X+1) of normal. Battlefield spells which cause at least 100 fatigue all '''require''' the use of enough gems so as to reduce casting fatigue below 100 (or need to be cast in a Communion, so the fatigue is shared between multiple magi). | |||
'''Tip:''' Since magi tend to spend any available extra gems even on unscripted spells, it can be helpful to just give a mage only enough gems to properly cast their scripted spells. Give a stealthy scout a stockpile of gems and have him tag along with the army in stealth mode. After the battle, distribute gems from the scout to any magi in need for the coming turn. | |||
==Empowerment== | ==Empowerment== | ||
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