WotR Magic - Updates to the Rules for the Spells of Dismay [Part 1/7]

A lot of the special rules for Magic have already been covered in several of the Army Point Analysis posts that have been put up, however I thought it would be useful to gather all the rules for Magic into a single post block to provide a single point of reference for all things Magic. I've gone through the different Magic Areas and adjusted the text to provide clarification (if needed - similar to what we have done with the Epic Rules Applicability Posts) to ensure that the Magic text indicates the target of the spell being oneself, an impacted hero, an impacted company or an impacted formation. One of the biggest gaps in the magic lists is that none of them specify any duration (although I think it is fairly well accepted that the implied duration is until the end of turn). I've added it anyway - just to ensure that there was no confusion. Likewise, I tried to fill any of the "logical holes" that existed within the rules to ensure that they were as complete as possible.

This block of posts will consist of 5 parts - one part for each of the Magic Discipline Areas: Dismay, Command, Wilderness, Ruin, & Darkness. I've also split the rules into a block for Spell Mastery 1 Magicians (which have no use of Focus - since they can only cast a single spell per turn) and Magicians with Spell Mastery 2 or greater. I suspect that in the near future there will be a post on how to effectively chain spells together for spell casters with a Master Level of 2 or greater, as well.

The following is a list of spell casters that can use the Dismay spells:

The only character in the list above that is a Spell Mastery (1) is the Angmar Shaman in the Angmar Orc Warband formation (see page 209 of the rule book). All others are at a minimum 2 and most are 3.

Notice that a roll of 1 will always result in a critical failure for casting a Dismay Spell. Also notice that the clarification to Visions of Woe was added to ensure that the number of hits is compared against the Resilience Value of Monsters.










LINKS TO OTHER MAGIC RULES UPDATE POSTS

1. Updates to the Rules for the Spells of Dismay [Part 1/7]
2. Updates to the Rules for the Spells of Command [Part 2/7]
3. Updates to the Rules for the Spells of Wilderness [Part 3/7]
4. Updates to the Rules for the Spells of Ruin [Part 4/7]
5. Updates to the Rules for the Spells of Darkness [Part 5/7]
6. New Epic Abilities for Spell Caster Upgrades [Part 6/7]
7. How to combine spells effectively [Part 7/7]