Sorrow

School of Earth Magic
Level 1
Magic Arrow *
Shield
Slow
Stone Skin
View Earth
Level 2
Death Ripple
Quicksand
Visions *
Level 3
Animate Dead
Anti-Magic
Earthquake
Force Field
Protection from Earth
Level 4
Meteor Shower
Resurrection
Sorrow
Town Portal
Level 5
Implosion
Summon Earth Elemental
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Sorrow
	School:	Earth Magic
	Level:	4th
	Cost:	16/12
	Duration:	1 rnd/sp
Basic Effect
Target, enemy troop's morale rating is reduced by 1.
Advanced Effect
Target, enemy troop's morale rating is reduced by 2.
Expert Effect
All enemy troops' morale rating is reduced by 2.
Probability of occurrence (%):
Castle		10
Rampart		10
Tower		16 (10*)
Inferno		10
Necropolis		10
Dungeon		10
Stronghold		-
Fortress		-
Conflux		10
Cove		10
Factory		10
* Without Library

It a mind spell that reduces the morale of the target enemy creature(s).

Creatures immune to Sorrow:

• Golems
• Undead
• Elementals
• Mechanicals
•   Giants and Titans
•  Fangarms 

•  Gold Dragons
•  Magic Elementals

•  Black Dragons
•   Minotaurs and Minotaur Kings (morale cannot be decreased below +1)

Artifacts that provide immunity to Sorrow:

• Badge of Courage (not in Horn of the Abyss )
• Sleepkeeper 

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Expert level of Sorrow is quite useful against wandering creatures at least in situations where it is essential that they do not receive an extra turn due to their +1 morale. However, casting Sorrow against a computer or a human player is questionable. Depending on the enemy morale, it will either reduce the chance (or eliminate) of enemy troops getting the extra turn or increase the chance of them to lose a turn. As the chances for bad morale are higher, the latter it is more favourable option. In other words, reducing enemy morale to -3 is better than reducing it to +1 - and if your opponent has morale in excess of 3, Sorrow might only reduce it to +2, or not at all. In conclusion, against wandering monsters the Sorrow is sometimes useful, but against human and computer players there are typically better spells to cast than Sorrow. In general, Sorrow is not as powerful as many other 4th level spells (Armageddon, Berserk, Resurrection), and possibly takes too much spell points than it is worthy of.

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Related Topics

• Mind Spells
• Mirth

See also:

• List of spells
• Things affecting most/all spell casting