Lethos (Level 15)Lethos
Lethos is considered a very useful ally due to his ability to win a battle before it starts. Though he has served many decades, his intimate knowledge of the more exotic poisons and diseases remains undimmed. Enemy troops approaching the field may feel the effects of Lethos's spells and concoctions even before the fighting begins, wise enemies have been known to start their attack by retreating.
» Specialty» Attributes
Poison Master
Poison Master
Enemy units may enter the combat already poisoned, chances depend on hero level.
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» Skills
Basic Irresistible Magic

Basic Irresistible Magic

Partially negates magic protection and allows hero to deal 20% of normal spell damage to otherwise resistant creatures.

Basic Irresistible Magic
Dark Renewal

Dark Renewal

Should it happen that any magic spell is resisted by target, the hero gains back all the mana spent to cast that spell.

Master of Pain

Master of Pain

Grants area effects to Decay and Vulnerability spells, but doubles the casting cost of these spells. Hero wastes only half of his current initiative to cast these spells. Adds +4 to effective spellpower of Unholy Word spell.

Master of Mind

Master of Mind

Grants mass effects to Slow and Confusion spells, but doubles the casting cost of these spells. Hero wastes only half of his current initiative to cast these spells.

Expert Dark Magic

Expert Dark Magic

Allows hero to learn Dark Magic spells of the fifth circle and gives maximum power to Dark Magic.

Expert Dark Magic
Arcane Training

Arcane Training

Reduces casting costs of all spells by 20%.

Basic Sorcery

Basic Sorcery

Speeds up hero's casting in combat. Interval between two consecutive spell casts is reduced by 10%.

Basic Sorcery
Power of Speed

Power of Speed

Hero acquires Mass Haste spell on advanced level.

Tactics

Tactics

Increases the area in which the hero can rearrange creatures before combat.

Advanced Attack

Advanced Attack

Increases damage dealt by your creatures in melee combat by 10%.

Advanced Attack
Teleport Assault

Teleport Assault

Hero acquires Teleportation spell and the ability to cast it with assault effect, increasing the initiative of creature being teleported.

Scouting

Scouting

Hero receives +4 to his range of view and gets an ability to see precise number of creatures in neutral troops, in enemy armies, towns and garrisons within his range of view.

Advanced Logistics

Advanced Logistics

Increases hero's movement speed over land by 20%.

Advanced Logistics
» Creatures

25 Grim Raiders

25 Deep Hydras

20 Shadow Matriarches

7 Black Dragons

150 Assassins

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» Artefacts
Helm of the Dwarven Kings

Helm of the Dwarven Kings

Adds +4 to hero's knowledge and renders all creatures in hero's army immune to Blind spell.

Shield of the Dwarven Kings

Shield of the Dwarven Kings

Adds +4 to hero's defense and renders all creatures in hero's army immune to Frenzy spell.

Tunic of the Carved Flesh

Tunic of the Carved Flesh

Increases hero's Spellpower by +3 but decreases his morale by -1

» Spells
Slow

Slow 4

Makes target enemy stack take fewer actions in combat.

Weakness

Weakness 4

Causes the selected enemy unit to inflict less damage in combat. Spellpower determines the duration of effect.

Vulnerability

Vulnerability 5

Destroys armor of target enemy stack, reducing its defense. Can be cast several times on a single stack, but defense will not go lower than zero.

Decay

Decay 6

Inflicts plague on target enemy stack. The stack receives earth damage each time it takes an action. (The spell does not work on undead, elemental and mechanical units).

Suffering

Suffering 5

Weakens the target enemy unit to decrease its Attack.

Frenzy

Frenzy 15

Drives target stack of creatures frenzy. Frenzied stack considers all other creatures and war machines its personal enemies and attacks the nearest one with redoubled rage.

Blindness

Blindness 10

Blinds the selected enemy creature so that it cannot move, attack or use any abilities. Blindness disappears if blinded creature is attacked. Spellpower determines the duration of effect. (The spell does not work on undead, elemental and mechanical units.)

Curse of the Netherworld

Curse of the Netherworld 9

Deals unholy damage to all creatures on a battlefield except undead and infernal ones.

Puppet Master

Puppet Master 18

Gives the hero temporary control over the selected enemy creature. Creature under this spell can't counter-attack. Control will be lost if the unit is attacked Puppet Master is cast on another target. (The spell does not work on undead, elemental and mechanical units).

Eldritch Arrow

Eldritch Arrow 4

Shoots magic missile to deal non-physical damage to the selected enemy creature.

Stone spikes

Stone spikes 5

Deals earth damage to all creatures in target area (cross form)

Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt 5

Deals lightning damage to selected enemy unit.

Ice Bolt

Ice Bolt 6

Deals ice damage to selected enemy unit.

Haste

Haste 4

Causes the selected friendly unit to act more frequently in combat.

Cleansing

Cleansing 10

Dispels positive magic effects from enemy creatures and negative magic effects from friendly creatures. Checks against caster level to dispel effects, so low level caster would be unlikely to dispel magic cast by high level mage.

Teleportation

Teleportation 8

Teleports targeted friendly creature to another location on a battlefield (Only expert in Light Magic can teleport creatures over town walls)

Fire Trap

Fire Trap 8

Puts randomly several magical explosive mines in a selected area of the battlefield. Mines are invisible to the enemy.

Raise Dead

Raise Dead 9

Reanimates creatures in target friendly stack. Undead creatures are brought back to "life", all other creatures are re-animated for the duration of the battle only. Every use of this spell decreases hit points of target stack by 20%.

» War Machines
First Aid Tent

First Aid Tent

Ammo Cart

Ammo Cart

Lethos starts with a First Aid Tent and an Ammo Cart.
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