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Wanted to sum up some of the victory conditions, if I remember correctly they are:
Conquest (kill everyone else)
Spell of Making
Quest
Diplomacy
How does each of these work? Spell of making is just researching up to the spellbook of mastery then researching the spell. I am unclear on the quest and diplomacy.
Just to add to nOObonian's question, is the AI programmed to pursue any/all of the victory conditions?
The quest victory involves gathering the 5 pieces of the Titan's Forge (Adventure/Domination techs) and reassembling them.
Diplomacy is victory through alliance or a combination of alliance/conquest.
The spell of making involves researching through the Magic tree to get the spell of making, then researching the spell itself and casting it.
I've been trying to do this in a current game and am having trouble. Are they lvl 5 notable quests. Is it obvious what 5 buildngs you have to visit OR do you have to go searching for them? Will all five be near your starting city? (I ask this because is seems an adventure tech upgrade only upgrades the quests locally) OR do you have to search the entire world to get all 5 and it's possible that 1 or 2 pieces are in occupied spaces.
As I completed each step, it highlighted the next one on the map for me. I've certainly had quest locations appear in enemy territories, which makes things interesting, I'm just not sure if that also applies to locations for the quest mastery victory. I don't see why it shouldn't. IIRC, the first one is very close, and down a well, very easy to get. The later ones seemed to appear farther away and were more well-guarded. Bring friends.
Good so the quest victory kind of walks you through locations. Just to follow up to myself, some of the quest locations are very near enemy territory.
I tried doing the Spell of Mastery victory. I selected to research it, then when research acheived window came up, Spell of Mastery didn't come up and I never saw the option again. Is it possible to miss the chance to do the spell of mastery?
It's a global spell. I think the spell itself is called "Spell of Making". I think there's a small chance of it coming up as you near the end of the magic tree, each time you finish research. The techs are color coded, and that one is brown, meaning it's one of the rarer results.
Getting the lore tech is the first step, then you need to learn the spell itself from the arcane side. That's the time consuming part.
It took about 20 essence to cast.
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