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Tower creatures
Level 1
Gremlin
Master Gremlin
Level 2
Stone Gargoyle
Obsidian Gargoyle
Level 3
Stone Golem
Iron Golem
Level 4
Mage
Arch Mage
Level 5
Genie
Master Genie
Level 6
Naga
Naga Queen
Level 7
Giant
Titan
Towns

Statistics
Mage
File:CreatureBackground .png  Cost per troop  350
	Attack 11 Defense 8 Damage 7–9 Health 25 Speed 5 Movement Ground Size 1 Shots 24 Growth 4 AI Value 570
Special abilities:
• Ranged attack • No melee penalty • Hero's combat spells cost 2 less mana • No Obstacle penalty
Arch Mage
File:CreatureBackground .png  Cost per troop  450
	Attack 12 Defense 9 Damage 7–9 Health 30 Speed 7 Movement Ground Size 1 Shots 24 Growth 4 AI Value 680
Special abilities:
• Ranged attack • No melee penalty • Hero's combat spells cost 2 less mana • No Obstacle penalty
Portraits

Magi and Arch Magi are level 4 creatures of Tower. They can be recruited from the Mage Tower. (Note, that the correct spelling is 'one mage' but 'many magi'.)

"Apprentice magi, under the mentorship of Wizards, serve as Tower troops before they become full masters of their craft. Both mage and arch mage units suffer no damage penalty for attacking adjacent enemies and reduce the casting cost of allied hero spells by two. Arch mage attacks penetrate cover and deal full damage to enemies behind siege walls." ^{RoE manual}

Magi's attacks visually look like bolts of energy, while arch magi's attacks are concentrated beams. They both use their staff to strike enemies in melee combat.

Although the documentation says that only arch magi ignore the obstacle penalty, but at least in some versions this is also true for magi.

Heroes with a specialty

• Theodorus the Wizard has magi as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any magi or arch magi for each level attained after 4th level and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

See Also:

• List of creatures