Trivia

Here are some fun and useful stuff from Heroes of Might and Magic III

This is grabbed from the forum posts at
http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?FID=6&TID=8130

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Tested and verified statements

• Badge of Courage prevents all mind spells? (The spellbook and wand symbol appears but Berserk does not take effect.)
• You can upgrade Cavaliers to Champions for free at Adventure map stables?
• All Dragons and Hydras become Bone Dragons in the Skeleton Transformer?
• Any heroes with Armorer take extra damage from any type of Castle towers during a siege? (Heroes III Complete) The same bug applies for Air Shield as well. (Heroes III Complete)
• Champions do not get their 5% damage bonus per hex they moved vs Pikemen and Halberdiers?
• Master Genies can and will cast Cure on friendlies?
• Cloned creatures get affected by artifacts?
• Cloned Archangels can permanently resurrect allies too?
• Archangels resurrect less creatures with health artifacts on, but Pit Lords raise more creatures with additional health points with health artifacts?
• During a Tower siege you can dispel the landmines if you have expert Water Magic?
• However Land Mine never affect units with magic immunity - Heroes v1.4 or Complete only
• Serpent/Dragon Flies can dispel Anti-Magic , because Dispel is only one spell which can remove it. - The Serpent/Dragon Flies get this ability in Heroes v1.4 or Complete.
• That a windmill never gives wood?
• Undead creatures can be Berserked if you have the Orb of Vulnerability but they still can't be blinded?
• In battle whole Subterranean is counted like an underground terrain, regardless of what do you see? It doesn’t affect calculating Movement Penalty.
• All fights in mines are also counted as in underground.
• You can cast low level spells on Cursed Ground in Heroes v1.4 or Complete.
• The bonus for visiting Temple or God of Fortune on 7th day is doubled.
• Stone/Obsidian Gargoyles can't be Resurrected because they are "not living", but strangely they can get morale bonuses, unlike golems?
• Having a Rogue in your army acts as basic Visions?
• You can mark a path max. 602 tiles long on ground and 594 tiles long on water?
• Almost all non-upgraded Wandering creatures look to the right side, while upgraded creatures look to the left side?
• In the early versions (i.e. v1.0), Witches had a chance to learn Basic Necromancy when they levelled?
• Legion artifacts only gives one bonus per hero, but if you split two of the same artifacts into two heroes (visiting + garrison) you can have bonuses for both?
• Gold Dragons are susceptible to Dispel cast by heroes, the Resurrection part of Sacrifice (but not the Sacrification), Ghost Dragon's Aging, War Unicorn's Blinding and Medusa Queen's Stone Gaze?
• Any units that strike twice, whether ranged or melee, can get Lucky twice in a row?
• That Luck stacks with the Dread Knight's Death Blow?
• You get more Skeletons than Skeleton Warriors from Necromancy?
• Dispel and Cure cannot remove Disrupting Ray and the Bind curse from Dendroid Guards/Soldiers?
• Orb of Vulnerability breaks creature immunities to magic (but not artifact-granted immunities)?
• The odds of Wandering Monsters joining you depends on what troops you have with you (and whether or not you have Diplomacy).
• The Disguise spell is completely useless against Hard/Expert/Impossible AI?
• The chance that units freeze due to negative Morale is actually twice higher than the chance to get an extra move with the equivalent level of positive Morale?
• Elementals that are summoned in combat aren't affected by Planeswalkers' bonuses?
• Even though Black Dragons are supposed to be immune to all spells they still take damage from from an Efreet Sultan's Fire Shield?

Untested statements

• Black Dragons can only be targeted by 1 level 1-4 spell...that's Dispel?
• Orb of Vulnerability does not negate Damage Resistance, whereas it negates the Magic Resistance artifacts and secondary skill?