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Ser Poutine's Better Magic and Spells Overhaul

• Cataclysm
  
• Ice
  
• Tempest
  
• Slaanesh
  
• Shadows
  
• Fire
  
• Metal
  
• Tzeentch
  
• Yin
  
• Yang
  
• Heavens
  
• Great Maw
  
• Beasts
  
• Nurgle
  
• Death

High Runic Vampires Deep Light Stealth Life Nehekhara Little Waagh Ruin Dark Wild Big Waagh Plague

Due to a character limit in the Mod description these have been moved to the Change Notes section in the same format as they were here so it's easy to locate the changes to each of the lores of magic.

Hey there folks! I've found magic in this game to be somewhat underwhelming (looking at you lore of fire) with the exception of a select few spells and a lot of the new lores, other than Tzeentch, were just completely under powered in comparison, especially for some of the high winds of magic costs associated with the spells.

Almost every spell in every lore has been buffed in some way and their winds of magic cost adjusted to reflect their potential. Damaging spells have been increased while buff and debuff spells have been buffed but also had their cost decreased to make them a more appealing option. The intention when the project is finished will be to make all spells in the respective lores feel useful and their damage output reflect the winds of magic cost, whether that be powerful expensive spells to decimate a group of enemies or cheap spells to proc passives and interrupt unit formations.

There's a lot of tables to go through and variables to edit for all of the lores so will likely be focusing on one at a time and releasing them in incremental updates, I will look for and appreciate feedback as this develops to hopefully create something most of the community is happy with. Sorry if this takes awhile to complete or for changes to be made following updates; as I'm the only one working on any of my mods but will try to get things updated when possible and continue this until all lores have been added hopefully in time for Immortal Empires. Once this is complete though changing values will be much easier than trying to balance an entire lore from scratch. Cheers, and enjoy!

All damage tests were done against units of Tzar Guard on Ultra unit sizes as a control to ensure spells would still be effective against the heaviest of armoured units, some factions may be affected more drastically than intended or likewise some spells may under perform.

I'm pretty sure CA uses large unit sizes for their balancing meaning magic is weakened for those who use ultra. This also means these changes used on smaller unit sizes with have exponential results as spells are base values that do not scale. Please leave any feedback you have regarding balance changes as the goal is to feel like every spell choice is the right choice and be equally as effective. Yes Cataclysm spells should feel OP but were also the only spells I couldn't test reliably.

If you're interested check out some of my other mods!

• No More AI Attrition Immunity
  
• No More Respawning Towers
  
• Auto Resolve All Quest Battles - Including Forge of Souls
  
• Spawn of Slaanesh Fix
  
• Miao Ying & Zhao Ming Harmony Bonuses