Summon Boat: Difference between revisions

Summons one of your hero's boats to their current location. If none of those boats are available, then one of your other heroes' boats is summoned. Spell has a 50% chance of working. The spell fails if there are no unoccupied boats available.

Advanced effect

Same as basic effect, except that if no boats are available, a new one is created. The spell has a 75% chance of working. There are a maximum of sixty-four boats allowed on the Adventure Map at one time. The spell fails if all are occupied.

Expert effect

Same as advanced effect, except that the spell has a 100% chance of working (unless all sixty-four boats are occupied).

Probability of occurrence (%):

Castle	20
Rampart	32
Tower	39 (31*)
Inferno	31
Necropolis	20
Dungeon	30
Stronghold	31
Fortress	20
Conflux	20
Cove	31
Factory	31
* Without Library

Summon Boat is a 1st level spell in the School of Water Magic.

Summon Boat
priority scheme

The spell may only be cast on the adventure map and next to a shoreline. In order to Summon Boat spell to work, there must be an unoccupied (free) tile to summon the boat. If there are several available tiles, a boat appears at one of the top priority (see the scheme).

On basic level there must be an unoccupied boat somewhere on the map: neutral one or belonging to a player. The boat counts as "one of your hero's" if it was disembarked or summoned by any of your heroes or was bought by you in a shipyard - no matter if a shipyard belongs to a player or an ally. Enemy or allied boats cannot be summoned with the basic Summon Boat. A boat which was the pre-generated or set by a map-maker counts as a neutral one. Boats belonging to a defeated player do not turn into neutral.

At advanced and expert level, a boat will be created if there are no free boats to summon.

An unsuccessful (%hero tried to summon a boat, but failed) attempt to summon a boat consumes spell points, but not in case of (There are no boats to summon) message for a basic level spell. Note if there are no boats to summon, the success is still checked first, so a player can waste some spell points just to find out the attempt is futile.

Summoning a boat will make the closest unoccupied boat to disappear, which sometimes can lead to tactical choice to cast the spell.

Heroes starting with Summon Boat:

Gem the Druid

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The spell is banned by default on templates without water. Which means:

It cannot appear in a Mage Guild, Shrine of Magic Incantation, Spell Scroll, or be taught by a Scholar (adventure map).
It is removed from the following Pandora's Box sets: "all water spells" and "all 1st level spells".
It cannot be obtained by Sea Captain's Hat or Admiral's Hat artifacts because they are banned as well. Tome of Water will not include Summon Boat.
Gem's starting spell changed to Bless.

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It is referred in the description of expert level Summon Boat spell, that the spell could fail if all possible 64 boats are occupied. However, boats cannot be summoned if a hero is already in a boat, and there can only be 64 heroes wandering on the Adventure Map at the same time. This leads to a situation, that if all heroes are in the boats, none of them can cast the spell.

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+{{Water spells}}{{Spell|20|32|39|31|31|20|30|31|20|20|31|31
   | school      = Water Magic
   | level       = 1st
-  | cost        = 8
+  | cost        = 8/7
   | duration    = instant
   | b_effect    = Summons one of your hero's boats to their current location. If none of those boats are available, then one of your other heroes' boats is summoned. Spell has a 50% chance of working. The spell fails if there are no unoccupied boats available.
   | a_effect    = Same as basic effect, except that if no boats are available, a new one is created. The spell has a 75% chance of working. There are a maximum of sixty-four boats allowed on the Adventure Map at one time. The spell fails if all are occupied.
-  | e_effect    = Same as advanced effect, except that the spell has a 100% chance of working (unless all sixty-four boats are occupied). }}
+  | e_effect    = Same as advanced effect, except that the spell has a 100% chance of working (unless all sixty-four boats are occupied).
+}}
-The spell may only be cast on the [[Adventure Map]] and next to a shoreline.
+{|  style="background-color: ; text-align:center; float: left; margin:7px 10px 5px 0;"
+| [[File: Summon boat priority scheme.gif]]<br>''Summon Boat<br>priority scheme''
+|}
+The spell may only be cast on the [[adventure map]] and next to a shoreline. In order to Summon Boat spell to work, there must be an unoccupied (free) [[tile]] to summon the [[boat]]. If there are several available tiles, a boat appears at one of the top priority (see the scheme).
-In order to Summon Boat spell to work, there must be an unoccupied (free) [[tile]] to summon the [[boat]].
+On '''basic level''' there must be an unoccupied boat somewhere on the map: neutral one or belonging to a player. The boat counts as ''"one of your hero's"'' if it was disembarked or summoned by any of your heroes or was bought by you in a shipyard - no matter if a shipyard belongs to a player or an ally. Enemy or allied boats cannot be summoned with the basic Summon Boat. A boat which was the pre-generated or set by a map-maker counts as a neutral one. Boats belonging to a defeated player do not turn into neutral.
-Additionally, on basic level there must also be an unoccupied boat. At advanced and expert level, a boat will be created if there are no free boats to summon. Summoning a boat will make the closest unoccupied boat to disappear, which sometimes can lead to tactical choise to cast the spell.
+At '''advanced''' and '''expert level''', a boat will be created if there are no free boats to summon.
-== It's not a bug, it's a feature ==
+An unsuccessful (''%hero tried to summon a boat, but failed'') attempt to summon a boat consumes spell points, but not in case of (''There are no boats to summon'') message for a basic level spell. Note if there are no boats to summon, the success is still checked first, so a player can waste some spell points just to find out the attempt is futile.
-It should be noted, that there can only be 64 boats on a given map at the same time. This might cause the spell to fail at advanced or expert level.
+Summoning a boat will make the closest unoccupied boat to disappear, which sometimes can lead to tactical choice to cast the spell.
+'''Heroes starting with Summon Boat:'''
+* {{H|Gem|Druid}}
+== {{hota}} ==
+The spell is banned by default on templates without water. Which means:
+* It cannot appear in a [[Mage Guild]], [[Shrine of Magic Incantation]], [[Spell Scroll]], or be taught by a [[Scholar (adventure map)]].
+* It is removed from the following [[Pandora's Box]] sets: "all water spells" and "all 1st level spells".
+* It cannot be obtained by [[Sea Captain's Hat]] or [[Admiral's Hat]] artifacts because they are banned as well. [[Tome of Water]] will not include Summon Boat.
+* {{H|Gem|Druid|0=}}'s starting spell changed to [[Bless]].
+{{user commentary|
+It is referred in the description of expert level Summon Boat spell, that the spell could fail if all possible 64 boats are occupied. However, boats cannot be summoned if a hero is already in a boat, and there can only be 64 heroes wandering on the Adventure Map at the same time. This leads to a situation, that if all heroes are in the boats, none of them can cast the spell.
+}}{{end of user commentary}}
+{{spell 'see also'}}
 [[Category: Spells]]
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