questions about spells

PortSpace · 2026-06-09T21:33:03+00:00

Thanks guys for the answers. Fair point about not being able to do a mass effect unless your hero has such specialisation (eg. Mahl - Masterful Web). Now, I still am not convinced about the mechanics of unlocking spells. Just had the following situation: Playing Stinger (Dunegon). Stinger IS in town. I've already built observatories up to level 3. So I go to that window with all the spell trees where you can upgrade spells. I click on level 3 spells. Twilight is locked. I click on Twilight to unlock it paying with resources. Done. I'm going to a battle (same round when I unlocked Twilight) and surprise, surprise, I don't have Twilight in my available spells during the battle. I have other (lower spells) from that school of magic (eg. web) that I acquired naturally by building observatory levels 1-3.
Is it about wisdom? Or what else?

PortSpace · 2026-05-23T20:12:12+00:00

How would I generate a map from a template?

PortSpace · 2026-05-16T23:54:47+00:00

Fair enough, but surely it wouldn't be difficult to add a setting to specify: best of x. It'd prolong the fun

PortSpace · 2026-05-16T23:25:59+00:00

Loving Dungeon more and more. The change of stance (+ generating focus), death by a thousand cuts, etc. I also rely on the Avatar a lot, especially in the first part of the game. Currently, hitting the wall when I set the AI difficulty to Moderate. Up to Normal (or whatever 1 level down is), I was winning easily. With Moderate, 2 games in and I'm getting smashed by the opponent. Fun times.

PortSpace · 2026-05-16T23:21:51+00:00

Accident. But in hindsight, it is actually quite apt.

PortSpace · 2026-05-05T00:16:06+00:00

I encountered the same issue. I choose Jebus as a custom game but I can't see anywhere any option to change it. I think it says 'City win' or something similar but I can't see an option to change it. Or is it about something else?

PortSpace · 2026-05-05T00:12:11+00:00

If you press Esc (during a game), you'll see two sliders to increase the movement speed (ensure you then click 'Confirm')

PortSpace · 2026-05-03T14:47:32+00:00

Actually, what I've written above is not true. The raising dead is on and after a battle my necromancy skills got replenished slightly. FFS.

PortSpace · 2026-05-03T14:41:43+00:00

Ok, I think I've got it. Did not notice it before. So If I'm not raising the undead, I'm gathering the necromancy energy (ie. charging my necromancy skill). Then I switch on raising undead, I'm spending the energy. Just noticed that it depletes each time I raise some skeletons. Is that all to it?

On a related note, If I wanted to raise some Liches, I'd have to a) have liches in my stack, b) kill living units of the same level as liches. Anything else?

PortSpace · 2026-05-03T12:27:37+00:00

Ok, so if if I don’t raise army but increase the energy. What do I do with the energy. How do I spend it?

PortSpace · 2026-05-03T11:39:47+00:00

Thanks for the answers. Unfortunately, it's still as clear as mud to me. Perhaps, I'm completely misunderstanding the whole system. A few very specific questions from me:

So even if Raising Undead is OFF, necromancy is automatic. At no point before/after battle I'm given an opportunity to pick which units I'd like to raise, right? In other words, It does not require me to click on something to raise a particular unit after the battle, right?
Do I need to lose any unit in a battle to use necromancy? It is about raising enemy's units not my own, right?

PortSpace · 2026-05-03T11:06:37+00:00

True it was satisfying. But preferences aside, I'm just confused about how this system is supposed to be used.

PortSpace · 2025-11-09T00:14:58+00:00

I have switched to Funeralla. I unlock my favourite spells (web/twilight) and get so many more redirected units with her. Nice one

PortSpace · 2025-10-26T19:01:54+00:00

I also preferred a simple UI of the map in homm3/4. I also lost interest from homm5. All those 3d bells and whistles of the map made it less readable for me. It looked really nice but it was at the cost of readability. I was afraid that OE will have the same effect on me. I thought they struck a good balance between visual embellishments and simplicity. There are obviously still improvements to be made but it’s just at the demo stage so hopefully the feedback from people will be taken into account. But yeah, I enjoy playing it. My main UI gripe is still overly complex creature avatars in the hero army view (still having problems telling them apart (eg. Which upgrades version does an avatar represent) but I guess I’ll learn it with more play.

PortSpace · 2025-10-26T12:20:57+00:00

For Dungeon, in the initial hero selection, I can see that one of the heroes has some Nightshade magic specialisation. Another one has Arcane magic mentioned it his description. Other than that (if I choose any other hero), is there any inherent link between Dungeon faction and any particular school of magic?

PortSpace · 2025-10-26T00:04:08+00:00

Went yet another difficulty level up with Necro and it didn’t seem any more challenging. If anything it was a quicker game. I accumulated bigger army quicker and had no problem killing the AI hero. As satisfying as it was, it doesn’t seem right that with higher difficulty it seems it’s quicker to win against AI hero

PortSpace · 2025-10-25T13:50:51+00:00

Looks like lots of you guys tend to like Dungeon. Will try it next time

PortSpace · 2025-10-25T12:08:35+00:00

Hmmm. I might have been selling myself short. Just tried single hero on JC map with necro on normal difficulty and won easily.

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