Mage and Arch Mage

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
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
Special abilities:
• No melee penalty • Hero's combat spells cost 2 less mana
Arch Mage
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
Special abilities:
• 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 melee 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.

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

Discussion

It is not essential to upgrade magi early in the game. However, the upgraded Mage Tower only cost 5 and 2000 . Considering that it gives five more hit points, speed seven and no obstacle penalty, it is more than affordable. The main downside of the magi is, that Mage Tower has very steep cost.

Comments

Although the documentation says that only Arch Magi ignore the obstacle penalty, I have tested this in-game, and unupgraded Magi ignore the obstacle penalty as well. I have tested this with both the Linux version of RoE and the Windows version of SoD. This is probably a bug. Linuxrocks123 (talk)