What spells were you using? What's your intelligence score? What are the stats on the monsters you were attacking?

Same problem, leader 15 Int, no shard, using flame dart.

Same issue; 21 intelligence, tried using Blizzard and Lightning to no avail.  Fighting Magnar, early game units.

I'm replaying this battle from last night (forgot to save afterwards) and what was a routine 3-turn kill before the patch has turned into a nearly unwinnable battle because my Sov just can't land a hit.

Make sure you've erased any mod you were using.

Are you going from a saved game from a previous version or is this on a new game?

This is the problem...I had the same thing.  You can't expect stardock to take that mod into account when updating the game.

Saves contain all xml data from the time the game was started, so patch changes relating to data won't be present until you start a new game.

I am running stock, unmodded and I am getting the exact same thing. First game was a reload of a 1.07 save, missed every time. I had one unit with 4 spell casters 15+ mana, INT no lower than 16, every single spell was a miss in four rounds of combat.

I started a new game, researched up to flame dart/lightning bolt. Exact same behavior with 14 INT on lvl 1 monsters.

I am using a custom sovereign, as are some of the posters above.

Same Problem here, no mods installed, but the magic keeps missing. starting a new game gives the same results. tried all the difrent spell books but anny dirict dammage spell misses evry single time.

We figured out the problem with loading old saved games, and it's a logic mismatch between old data and new code. The new game problem is more concerning, and if that's reproducible with or without a custom sovereign I'd like to hear how you guys are getting it.

going to butt in here.  i used a 1.07 custom sovereign and was hitting with magic everytime.  so while it may be relevant, it is not THE cause.

I'm having this issue as well. After 1.08, 100% of my tactical damage spells will not work. I invaded an enemy city with 4 magic users all level 8 or higher, with some troops, total attack power being 1200. I attacked their 600 attack power stationed army and almost got decimated as none of my spells would hit. Every single one of them missed.

right-click the Sovereign gets you option to delete