| Visions
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| School:
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all schools
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| Level:
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2nd
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| Cost:
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4
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| Duration:
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1 day
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| Basic effect
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| Displays number of monsters in a wandering monster troop and whether or not the troop will offer to join the casting hero's army. Range is equal to power or three, whichever is greater.
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| Advanced effect
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| Same as basic effect, except an enemy hero's primary skill stats, and the composition and quantity of the hero's army can be viewed. Range is (power x 2) or three, whichever is greater.
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| Expert effect
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| Same as advanced effect, except an enemy town's statistics and garrison composition and quantity may be viewed. Range is (power x 3) or three, whichever is greater.
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Visions is a 2nd level spell, and along with the Magic Arrow the only only spells that belong to all schools of magic. Unofficially Visions is one of the adventure spells.
Discussion
Visions is one of the most useful spells in the game. Especially in the early stages of the map it is useful to determine whther or not a a stack of wandering creatures will join or flee. This can be a significant advantage later in the game, if the map is explored more rapidly than the other kingdoms. Together with Diplomacy skill, which allows wandering creatures more easily to join the hero's army, Visions can form a powerful combination allowing hero to gather an army of wandering creatures. Later in the game Visions can reveal the exact values of enemy hero's primary skills and the number of troops in the army. It should be noted, that not even the Disguise can nullify the effect of Visions.
