User Guide

ARMY SCREEN
Double-clicking an army’s portrait will bring up the Army screen.
The Army screen provides you with all the vital information about
the heroes and creatures in that army. Click on the portrait of the
hero or creature at the bottom of the screen to view its statistics. If
you want to select one of the other armies in your kingdom, simply
click on the portrait at the far right of the Army screen.
TROOP STATISTICS
All creatures and heroes have statistics representing their skill and
strength in certain situations. These are represented in the statistics
bar at the top of the Army screen, and are listed below.
Damage
The amount of base damage inflicted by melee or ranged attacks.
Hit Points
The total amount of damage each troop member can take in battle.
Luck
A number influencing how much damage the troop receives from
attacks.
Melee Attack
A multiplier to the base damage inflicted in hand-to-hand combat.
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BUILDING SHIPS
If a town is located close to a source of water, that town will probably
be able to build their own shipyard. Once you have a shipyard, you
will be able to build as many ships as you want as long as you have
enough wood and gold.
SPECIAL BUILDINGS
All town types have special buildings designed to improve your
kingdom, heroes and armies. Some of these structures, like the Treasury,
earn extra gold for your kingdom. Structures like the University
allow you to purchase skills for your heroes, or improve your
statistics like the Wrestling Pits. Others improve your armies; for
example, the Rainbow, gives all your troops a temporary boost to
their luck. In all cases, you can learn what a structure does
either by right-clicking on it in the Hall screen before
purchasing it, or right-clicking on its image in the Town screen if it
has already been built.
Portal
The Preserve has a special structure called the Portal that allows the
player to summon all sorts of creatures including Elementals. It acts as
an extra creature dwelling, but has a lot more versatility than the others.
Grail Structur
es
All town types also have a special building called a Grail Structure,
but these are not available for construction unless you find a ‘Grail’.
Grails are not always available in a scenario, but when they are you
can usually find them by solving the Oracle puzzle.
RESURRECTING HEROES
There are three ways to resurrect a hero who has been killed in
combat. First, the Angel has a special ability (that acts like a spell)
allowing it to resurrect fallen allies. Second, you can visit the
Sanctuary or Sea Sanctuary adventure objects where you can
resurrect your heroes. Finally, you can bring the fallen heroes to one
of your towns where he or she will be resurrected automatically.
ALLIES VISITING TOWNS
Your allies can visit your towns freely without having to conquer
them first. Likewise, you can visit the towns of your allies. Since you
and your ally are considered to be working toward the same goal,
you can also take advantage of each other’s towns by purchasing
equipment, visiting mage guilds or receiving the benefits of special
buildings. However, you cannot recruit creatures or purchase
buildings in an ally’s town.
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