There are some summoner units in one of the mods I use that can summon elementals, so it is definitely possible for regular non-henchman units to cast spells, even ones that cost mana (like the elemental summoners).

I hear the guy who did that knows his stuff...

Oops, maybe I should clarify... the guy who did the summoner units mod mentioned here:

https://forums.elementalgame.com/444851/page/7/#3403768

knows what he's doing.

The guy responsible for this though:

https://forums.elementalgame.com/446891/page/3/#3392066

...is a clown.  Don't listen to a word he says.

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So, what tag on champions makes them able to have the spell that grants healing cast upon them, but disallows that spell to be cast on, say, a group of archers?

So, in theory, you could make a new spell def as this:

-<SpellDef InternalName="BlessingOfRestoration">

<DisplayName>Blessing of Restoration</DisplayName>

<Description>Allows the targeted Champion to be able to cast Heal.</Description>

<Image>S_BlessingOfRestoration_Painting.png</Image>

<IconFG>S_BlessingOfRestoration_Icon.png</IconFG>

<SpellBookSortCategory>Unit</SpellBookSortCategory>

<SpellBookSortSubCategory>UnitEnchantment</SpellBookSortSubCategory>

<SpellType>Strategic</SpellType>

<SpellClass>Defensive</SpellClass>

<SpellSubClass>Buff</SpellSubClass>

<SpellTargetType>FriendlyUnit</SpellTargetType>

<CasterMustBeSov>1</CasterMustBeSov>

<UniqueSpellUnlock>Heal</UniqueSpellUnlock>

-<Prereq>

<Type>Allegiance</Type>

<Attribute>Kingdom</Attribute>

</Prereq>

-<SpellResourceCost>

<Resource>Mana</Resource>

<Amount>50</Amount>

</SpellResourceCost>

-<SpellResourceCost>

<Resource>Mana</Resource>

<PerTurn>1</PerTurn>

<Amount>1</Amount>

</SpellResourceCost>

-<GameModifier>

<ModType>Unit</ModType>

<Attribute>UnlockSpell</Attribute>

<StrVal>Heal</StrVal>

<Duration>-1</Duration>

</GameModifier>

-<AIData AIPersonality="AI_General">

<AIPriority>30</AIPriority>

</AIData>

<HitSoundFX>Spell_MantleOfFire_01</HitSoundFX>

-<SpellDefEffect>

<EffectName>S_MantleofFire_Particle</EffectName>

<LocalPosition>0,0,0</LocalPosition>

<EffectScale>1</EffectScale>

<EffectDelay>0</EffectDelay>

<SnapToTerrain>1</SnapToTerrain>

</SpellDefEffect>

</SpellDef>

And this would allow me to have units that cast heal.  I could further pull a unit count and have the mana cost be tied to the number of units in the stack, and to have <Prereq> requirements of no armor or weapons.  Correct?

Also, could someone point me to the posting that explains how to cut and paste XML into this forum so that I don't have to insert my own CRs?

Thanks!

Thanks for helping, all.  Yes, from a gameplay standpoint, hit points on units are a precious consumable commodity.  They regenerate slowly over time, much like coin or mana, but they get consumed during battles.  Being able to convert one resource to another (in this case, mana to hit points) is a strategic decision.  One of the design flaws, IMO, with the skills system is that the opportunity cost you pay for a resource is paid up front, once, in the building of a skill into a unit, and then no further opportunity cost is generated (except maybe a small coin cost; I'm not sure if skills increase the maintenance cost of a unit).  But the benefit, from a game design perspective, of having it be a spell with a maintenance cost per turn is that you're turning a consumable mana into a consumable hit point cost every turn, so the balance of resource allocation is better.  But, if the engine doesn't support it, the engine doesn't support it.

How do you give a skill to a unit, other than assigning it a special ability tag?  What do you need to do to the unit definition to assign that skill?  Do these come as  trait medallion in design?

Thanks!

Following is xml for a spell that, when cast, grants all friendly undead units a spell/ability. You could, of course, change the targeting scope or the spell/ability granted to whatever you like.

Spell:

Ability granted to units:

code="xml"

Code here.

/code

With the two tags enclosed in square brackets. Or the insert code button just to the left of the smiley icon adds the tags automatically.

Did you check the date on this post?

If they read the second post they would see it's possible
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