Utopia: The World of Magic

Unlike your fabled land of Earth, the citizens of Utopia truly believe in and have witnessed the powers of magic. From the deadly plagues to the amazingly fertile land, so much has happened on this planet that cannot be explained away by science or nature. As ruler of your lands, you have access to some of the most amazing magical spells ever known. Below, I will try to explain to the best of my ability the powers of these spells and how to make magic your friend.

Runes, Wizards & Guilds: Essential Ingredients
To cast a spell, you must have both wizards and mystic runes. A spell cannot exist without combining the powers of both of these supernatural powers. While the number of runes necessary for a spell can be predetermined, only luck can ensure the success of a spell. The more highly concentrated wizards exist in your land, the more likely your spells against opposition will succeed, and the less likely opposing spells will succeed on you. A quirk of nature, offensive spells against provinces substantially smaller or larger than yourself are less effective and less likely to succeed.. Wizards are trained by your Guilds. Like all of the other individuals across your lands, they come from your peasantry and reduce your number of available workers. Be careful not to hold too many Wizards or you may be sacrificing your peasantry, thieves, or military. At any time, you can release Wizards back into the Peasantry or simply shut down additional training. Guilds create an aura of magic within your province. The success and power of spells cast upon yourself are based on the pervasiveness of this aura. The higher concentration of guilds in your province, the more successful your spells will be. Unfortunately, because of the supernatural nature of magic, there is a great deal of unpredicatibility involved. While we try our best, none of us can accurately predict the damage and time frames of individual spells until they are cast. In addition, our mages can only cast spells so often. Their spellcasting ability is rated in Mana, a natural level of magical power. Only rest will restore Mana, and every spell consumes some. The more difficult the spell, the more mana will be consumed. You will need a Mana level of at least 10% to cast spells. Your Mana levels affects not only your ability to cast spells, but the effectiveness of those spells and their likelihood of success. Certain spells are designated War Only operations -- Because of the destructive nature of these spells, they can be cast only against provinces with which your kingdom is at war. NOTE: The Faery Race has access to ALL spells listed below.

Runes, Wizards & Guilds: Essential Ingredients

To cast a spell, you must have both wizards and mystic runes. A spell cannot exist without combining the powers of both of these supernatural powers. While the number of runes necessary for a spell can be predetermined, only luck can ensure the success of a spell. The more highly concentrated wizards exist in your land, the more likely your spells against opposition will succeed, and the less likely opposing spells will succeed on you. A quirk of nature, offensive spells against provinces substantially smaller or larger than yourself are less effective and less likely to succeed..

Wizards are trained by your Guilds. Like all of the other individuals across your lands, they come from your peasantry and reduce your number of available workers. Be careful not to hold too many Wizards or you may be sacrificing your peasantry, thieves, or military. At any time, you can release Wizards back into the Peasantry or simply shut down additional training.

Guilds create an aura of magic within your province. The success and power of spells cast upon yourself are based on the pervasiveness of this aura. The higher concentration of guilds in your province, the more successful your spells will be. Unfortunately, because of the supernatural nature of magic, there is a great deal of unpredicatibility involved. While we try our best, none of us can accurately predict the damage and time frames of individual spells until they are cast.

In addition, our mages can only cast spells so often. Their spellcasting ability is rated in Mana, a natural level of magical power. Only rest will restore Mana, and every spell consumes some. The more difficult the spell, the more mana will be consumed. You will need a Mana level of at least 10% to cast spells. Your Mana levels affects not only your ability to cast spells, but the effectiveness of those spells and their likelihood of success.

Certain spells are designated War Only operations -- Because of the destructive nature of these spells, they can be cast only against provinces with which your kingdom is at war.

NOTE: The Faery Race has access to ALL spells listed below.

The Spell Book: The Self Spells
Minor Protection	Casting a sphere of protection over your province, this spell helps protect your province from invasion from others. This spell lasts for a few weeks and boosts your defense slightly. Easy Difficult
Greater Protection (Avians)	A more powerful version of the Minor Protection spell, this spell functions similarly but lasts potentially a great deal longer. Easy Difficult
Miner's Mystique (Dwarves)	Mines generally serve as a stable, supplemental source of income. By casting this unique spell, you can substantially increase the money you collect through mining for a period lasting several weeks. Easy Difficult
Fog (Elves, Undead)	By creating a dense fog throughout the outskirts of your land, you frustrate opposing armies as they attempt to invade you. Upon completion of battle, they will find it more difficult to navigate their way home, slowing their return for a few days. Easy Difficult
Magic Shield	While the natural aura of your Wizards will help protect from enemy spells, a little additional protection can never hurt. Casting this spell offers you a shield of magical protection for your province for about half a month. Easy Difficult
Mystic Aura (Elves)	A defense spell, creating a Mystic Aura around your lands will repel the next evil spell cast upon you from abroad. Unforunately, the effect focuses only on the first spell cast upon you. Easy Difficult
Fertile Lands	By magically fertilizing your lands, you can ensure excellent food production for the duration of the spell. Whether a lack of farms, deadly storms, or just wanting to stockpile extra food, this spell offers a definite increase to your food sources. Easy Difficult
Nature's Blessing (Elves)	A more powerful version of the traditional Fertile Lands spell, Nature's Blessing lasts longer and will protect your lands from any droughts and storms the world may see fit to place on you. Easy Difficult
Love & Peace	Love & Peace creates an aura of calm and happiness across your peasantry for several days. This leads to increased natural birth rates which will quickly replenish your population. This is especially useful when your peasantry has suffered greatly. Easy Difficult
Tree of Gold (Undead)	If you're ever in need of extra cash, casting a Tree of Gold may be a potential solution. While it won't give you a great deal of gold, every little bit can help. Easy Difficult
Quick Feet (Humans)	By giving you men magical speed, they can go to battle and return more quickly than usual, leaving your land without defense for a shorter period. This spell affects only your next battle. Easy Difficult
Haste	Haste makes your workers build faster and harder than otherwise. All buildings constructed while the Haste spell is active will be completed faster than otherwise would be expected. Easy Difficult
Inspire Army	Inspire Army helps make your military train harder on their own, thus reducing the daily military costs to your province for several days. This is especially useful in times of limited cash. This spell also increases the intensity of training, allowing your troops to be ready more quickly. Easy Difficult
Ghost Workers (Undead)	Creating ghostly workers to perform the duties of your peasants, this spell increases your province's utilization, improving the quality and quantity of production throughout your land. This spell is effective for several days until the ghosts disappear. Easy Difficult
Bloodlust (Orcs, Avians)	While the natural will to fight only lasts so long, casting this spell will make your men fight longer and harder than normal. This allows you to defeat opponents that you might not otherwise be able to overcome. The unfortunate side effect of this is that your soldiers may be a bit reckless and suffer slightly higher losses. Easy Difficult
Anonymity (Humans, Undead, Avians)	War is at the heart of the world of Utopia, but the fear of retaliation makes many leaders cringe. This spell casts an aura of mystery around your army. After a successful cast, your forces will remain anonymous during your next attack -- while your kingdom will be revealed, your enemy will not know your province's name. Easy Difficult
Invisibility	Thieves rely on stealth to master their craft, but a little bit of invisibility never hurts. Through the duration of this spell, your thieves have a 10% bonus to any offensive thievery operations. Easy Difficult
Clear Sight (Faeries)	By granting your police the ability to see through the obvious and into the depths, you give them the ability to catch thieves who may wander into the lands. The spell, lasting potentially for weeks, gives you a 25% chance to catch opposing thieves, regardless of the strength of the guilds involved. Easy Difficult
War Spoils (Halfing, Undead)	Ordinarily, any land captured in attacks require time to take control of and become available for your own use. War Spoils gives you the opportunity to get this land from combat immediately. The spell lasts just a few Utopian Days, but is more than enough to use on a couple of attacks. This allows you to begin the process of expanding much more quickly than otherwise. Easy Difficult
Mind Focus	Science is a fundamental building block for any and all of the other parts of your province. While a Mind Focus spell is active, your students work harder and will learn more than they would otherwise. Easy Difficult
Town Watch (Avians)	Town Watch will create a peasant watch upon your town for several days. While the Town Watch is active, all of your peasants will help defend your province in combat, which 5 peasants being the equivalent of about 1 soldier. By ardently defending your lands, the Town Watch also reduces the gains that another province will get from attacking you. Unfortunately, this also means your peasants will be killed during war - and since they are not well-armed, they will suffer heavy losses. Easy Difficult
Animate Dead (Elves)	The power to raise the dead gives you the power to protect your people. By casting this spell, you can protect your people from the death and destruction of defending your lands. During your next defensive battle, half of your dead army will be restored into basic soldiers to help repopulate your army. Easy Difficult
Reflect Magic (Undead, Humans, Halflings)	Reflect magic places a magical barrier around your lands for several days. During this period, successfuls spell cast upon your province may randomly be reflected upon the caster, doing unto them as they would have done to you. Easy Difficult
Shadowlight	Shadowlight places a face upon a shadow, revealing the province associated with the next thievery operation against your lands. It does not, however, prevent them from being successful. Easy Difficult
Patriotism	Giving your population life and an innate desire to defend your lands, this spells increases the rate that you can draft peasants for several weeks. Excellent in emergencies and other strategic situations, this spell is difficult to cast and will more quickly weaken your economy. Easy Difficult
Paradise	Arguably one of the most powerful -- and difficult -- spells known, Paradise simply creates several acres of new land for your people to populate. Similar in concept to exploring, this Spells gives you instant access to new lands to build upon and grow your province. Easy Difficult

The Spell Book: Offensive Spells

Crystal Ball Knowing more about your friends and opponents is vital to your success as a leader. This spell gives you insight into the workings of any province of your choice.
Easy Difficult

Crystal Eye Cast on a kingdom instead of an individual province, this option gives a Bird's Eye view of all that has happened across the kingdom of the current and previous months.
Easy Difficult

Storms The power of mother nature is amongst the powerful in existence. Sending storms over another province will cause destruction and death across the lands for days.
Easy Difficult

Droughts Opposite the storms, droughts can do significant damage as well. Without the rains necessary for fertile land, food production will be lower than usual, possible causing starvation throughout the lands. Horses across the province may die as well due to lack of water and food.
Easy Difficult

Vermin
(Halflings) Sending vermin scurrying into the food supplies of an opponent forces the destruction of a great deal of their reserves. For several weeks, vermin will eat away food at a pace far exceeding standard decay rates.
Easy Difficult

Expose Thieves Thieves rely on stealth and surprise to be effective at their jobs. Casting this spell will expose an enemy's guild, leaving them less effective until they can recover.
Easy Difficult

Greed People are, by their very nature, greedy individuals. Soldiers have been trained to sacrifice themselves for the greater good. However, this spell reverts the natural greed back into soldiers for several days, causing your opponent to have to pay more to maintain their army.
Easy Difficult

Fool's Gold
WAR ONLY The art of turning lead into gold has always been a confusing mystery. Is it possible? No one knows. However, turning gold into lead can be done! This spell will convert a portion of your opponent's gold into worthless lead.
Easy Difficult

Fireball
WAR ONLY If you want to directly go after an enemy, launching a fireball at their peasantry is an effective weapon. The fireball, if successful, will splash directly into the heart of your opponent's lands, exploding on impact, and killing instantly.
Easy Difficult

Lightning Strike
WAR ONLY The power of a direct Lightning Strike is arguably the most deadly force on the planet. Your Lightning Strikes will go directly at opponents rune stores and destroy everything in sight. This strike is the most effective way to cripple an opponent's ability to cast spells.
Easy Difficult

Explosions Provinces work together by assisting each other in times of need. By casting Explosions, you can interrupt the flow of goods between provinces, creating explosions that destroy portions of shipments to and from a province at random.
Easy Difficult

Amnesia
WAR ONLY Knowledge is vital to the longterm survival of a province. The unique powers of magic allow you to strip a province of some of its long-sought science. By casting Amnesia, you can cause an enemy province to lose a portion of their arts & sciences knowledge.
Easy Difficult

Nightmares
(Undead)
WAR ONLY The effects fear can have on an individual are amazing. By causing nightmares within the soldiers of an opposing army, you may be able to cause them to resign in fear.
Easy Difficult

Mystic Vortex
WAR ONLY The Mystic Vortex, one of the more powerful spells in the Utopian World, is also the most difficult to cast. A successful cast will cause approximately half of the spells currently active over a province to vanish. However, this spell does not discriminate and will nullify both positive and negative spells affecting their lands.
Easy Difficult

Meteor Shower
WAR ONLY The most dangerous and destructive offensive spell, casting this will rain an enormous storm of meteors onto an opponent's lands, laying waste to acres of buildings across the province.
Easy Difficult

The Spell Book: Offensive Spells
Crystal Ball	Knowing more about your friends and opponents is vital to your success as a leader. This spell gives you insight into the workings of any province of your choice. Easy Difficult
Crystal Eye	Cast on a kingdom instead of an individual province, this option gives a Bird's Eye view of all that has happened across the kingdom of the current and previous months. Easy Difficult
Storms	The power of mother nature is amongst the powerful in existence. Sending storms over another province will cause destruction and death across the lands for days. Easy Difficult
Droughts	Opposite the storms, droughts can do significant damage as well. Without the rains necessary for fertile land, food production will be lower than usual, possible causing starvation throughout the lands. Horses across the province may die as well due to lack of water and food. Easy Difficult
Vermin (Halflings)	Sending vermin scurrying into the food supplies of an opponent forces the destruction of a great deal of their reserves. For several weeks, vermin will eat away food at a pace far exceeding standard decay rates. Easy Difficult
Expose Thieves	Thieves rely on stealth and surprise to be effective at their jobs. Casting this spell will expose an enemy's guild, leaving them less effective until they can recover. Easy Difficult
Greed	People are, by their very nature, greedy individuals. Soldiers have been trained to sacrifice themselves for the greater good. However, this spell reverts the natural greed back into soldiers for several days, causing your opponent to have to pay more to maintain their army. Easy Difficult
Fool's Gold WAR ONLY	The art of turning lead into gold has always been a confusing mystery. Is it possible? No one knows. However, turning gold into lead can be done! This spell will convert a portion of your opponent's gold into worthless lead. Easy Difficult
Fireball WAR ONLY	If you want to directly go after an enemy, launching a fireball at their peasantry is an effective weapon. The fireball, if successful, will splash directly into the heart of your opponent's lands, exploding on impact, and killing instantly. Easy Difficult
Lightning Strike WAR ONLY	The power of a direct Lightning Strike is arguably the most deadly force on the planet. Your Lightning Strikes will go directly at opponents rune stores and destroy everything in sight. This strike is the most effective way to cripple an opponent's ability to cast spells. Easy Difficult
Explosions	Provinces work together by assisting each other in times of need. By casting Explosions, you can interrupt the flow of goods between provinces, creating explosions that destroy portions of shipments to and from a province at random. Easy Difficult
Amnesia WAR ONLY	Knowledge is vital to the longterm survival of a province. The unique powers of magic allow you to strip a province of some of its long-sought science. By casting Amnesia, you can cause an enemy province to lose a portion of their arts & sciences knowledge. Easy Difficult
Nightmares (Undead) WAR ONLY	The effects fear can have on an individual are amazing. By causing nightmares within the soldiers of an opposing army, you may be able to cause them to resign in fear. Easy Difficult
Mystic Vortex WAR ONLY	The Mystic Vortex, one of the more powerful spells in the Utopian World, is also the most difficult to cast. A successful cast will cause approximately half of the spells currently active over a province to vanish. However, this spell does not discriminate and will nullify both positive and negative spells affecting their lands. Easy Difficult
Meteor Shower WAR ONLY	The most dangerous and destructive offensive spell, casting this will rain an enormous storm of meteors onto an opponent's lands, laying waste to acres of buildings across the province. Easy Difficult