Editing Moat

'''Moat''' is a defensive structure in front of the [[wall]]s in towns with [[Citadel]] or [[Castle (structure)|Castle]]. The moat has different effects in siege combat. Both attacking and defending creatures:
* on the moat suffer additional 10% damage from non-magic attacks
* are not able to move across the moat during combat round, but are forced to stop on the moat for the the rest of the round
* have their defense reduced.
* take damage from entering the moat and for each round they stay in this moat.
Moats in {{roe}} and {{ab}} versions did not cause any damage (except Tower's land mines). That effect was introduced in {{sod}} expansion.

=== Damage of the moat ===
Moats cause damage to creatures when they enter the moat, or end a turn into one.  The amount of damage depends on the town type as follows:
* [[Castle]] has water as moat and cause 70 points of damage
* [[Rampart]] has brambles as moat and cause 70 points of damage
* [[Stronghold]] has wooden spikes as moat and cause and cause 70 points of damage
* [[Necropolis]] has boneyard as moat and cause 70 points of damage
* [[Fortress]] has boiling tar as moat (2 hexes wide) and cause 90 points of damage
* [[Dungeon]] has boiling oil as moat and cause 90 points of damage
* [[Inferno]] has lava as moat and cause 90 points of damage
* [[Tower]] does not have a moat per se, but has landmines in front of the wall.

There are few cases when creatures do not suffer damage from the moat:
* [[Teleport]]ed creatures teleported into moat
* Spellcasters ending their turn in moat when they have cast spell that turn
* The stack receives bad [[morale]] while in moat
* The stack is [[blind]]ed in moat

=== Tower's Land Mines ===
Tower's land mines are a special case as they are not a moat per se. The mines work in very similar as the spell [[Land Mine]]. The damage is calculated with the formula:

{{Math|10 &times; P + L}}

where P is the value of [[Primary Skill|power skill]], and L is a constant based on the level of expertise in [[Fire Magic]] the defending hero has (25 for Basic, 50 for Advanced, and 100 for Expert). A minimum damage for the mines of 150 was introduced in {{sod}}. To exceed the minimum damage in Shadow of Death version, a defending hero must be present and the hero must have:
* at least 13 spell power without Fire Magic, or with Basic Fire Magic,
* at least 11 spell power with Advanced Fire Magic, or
* at least 6 spell power with Expert Fire Magic.

In Restoration of Erathia and Armageddon's Blade versions, there is a base damage of 55, which is only used when no defending hero is present.  To exceed this a defending hero must have:
* at least 4 power skill without Fire Magic or with Basic Fire Magic; or
* Advanced or Expert Fire Magic

'''Other noteworthy facts:'''
* [[Protection from Fire]] will reduce the damage of the land mines.
* The [[Orb of Tempestuous Fire]] will increase the damage of the mines by 50%.
* The mines can be removed with expert level [[Dispel]] spell.
* Creatures that are unaffected by the mines (they will not explode):
** All defending creatures
** Creatures with fire magic immunity (e.g. [[Fire Elemental]]s).
** Creatures with spell immunity (e.g. [[Black Dragon]]s).
** If either of the heroes has the [[Recanter's Cloak]] equipped, all creatures will be immune to the mines. 

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