#Combat-Strategic summons

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boreal trail
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Turns all summon spell research into dual unlocks, granting both a tactical and strategic version of the spell.

Details
Additions:
Add Tactical Summon spell counterparts for all single-unit world summon spells.
Add Strategic Summon spell counterparts for Call Stone Titan, Animate Flora (Floral Stinger) and Conjure Astral Keeper

All new tactical spells last for 5 turns for T1-4 units, and until end of combat for T5 units (as per Stone Titan's precedent).

Spells conjuring flying or floating units can be used during naval battles.

Changes:
Animate Flora, Conjure Amplification Pylon, Explosive Manifestation, Conjure Divine Beacon, Conjure Astral Keeper - summon duration changed to 5 turns.
Allowed Call Stone Titan and Explosive Manifestation spells to be used on water.

Other comments:
Vine Cage, Totem of the Wild - no changes (2 and 3 turns, respectively), as the spells summon multiple units
Call Stone Titan - no change, as the spell already lasts until end of combat
Summon Progenitor Golem - no changes (3 turns), as the summon is hugely powerful and we probably don't want it to cast Magical Upheaval twice. Might change it in the future

Mirrors
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3078681778
PDX: https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/69775/Any
Nexus: https://www.nexusmods.com/ageofwonders4/mods/75/

Compatibility
The mod is safe to add to/remove from existing saves. For the new spells to unlock on an existing save, you need to complete any new research.

Changes made to Summon Unit and Tactical Spell resources (specifically, changed summon duration from 3 to 5 and allowed Stone Titan and Explosive Manifestation to be cast in water)
Tome_Amplification.rpk
Tome_Astral_Convergence.rpk
Tome_Beacon.rpk
Tome_Creator.rpk
Tome_Fertility.rpk
Tome_Summoning.rpk

pulsar isle
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Awesome work! Subscribing to it now

boreal trail
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That was quick 😄
Let me know how it works for you!

quaint willow
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Congrats on the release! You're just cranking out mods now.

pulsar isle
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love this

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I can actually use tome of summoning to summon units in battle 👍

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I feel like the mana cost should be higher though

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I used it multiple times in a battle and got +3 units for a low cost

boreal trail
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Yeah, I can see that being a concern. I tried using the default tactical spell cost list, but the way mana cost behaves (lower than cp cost in the lowest tiers) probably makes the low tier conjurations too cost effective.

I'll give it some thought and introduce some custom cost tiers, thanks for feedback!

boreal trail
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Combat-Strategic Summons v1.1 update:

  • Changed spell cost for T1 and T2 conjurations to better reflect the value of spawning a unit for five turns. T1 now costs 20cp/30m (from 20/15) and T2 25/50 (from 25/30). Now the mana costs for these tiers equal half of their strategic summon cost.
  • Fixed "Conjure Copper Golem" summoning a Bronze Golem instead of Copper
boreal trail
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PF update coming soon 👀