Goodgimp (and Sephi): If I may make a few suggestions.
Chaos Magic:
Instead of adding an extra effect to Dance of Blades (Chaos I), perhaps you could add a second spell with a similar purpose to one of the first two tiers of Chaos magic (Chaos I or II). Here is what I think should be done with Chaos magic.
Dance of Blades (Chaos I): +1 first strike, units inflict collateral damage (20% max), 100% chance of wearing off every turn.
Bedlam (Chaos II): Friendly units within 1 square (inc caster square) get a promotion (that gives -10% healing/turn and +25% city attack. Enemy units get a promotion that gives a -20% healing/turn, -10% chance of defensive strikes, +10% collateral damage taken. 50% chance of wearing off every turn (ally and enemy).
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My reasoning is that chaos mages could really use a battlefield spell of some kind. There is really no reason to drag anything larger than an adept along with your armies if chaos magic is your big trick. Mutation is a fine spell but I feel Chaos tier II could use some more proactive casting.
Thematically, chaos magic increases in power as the tiers advance but decreases in control and predictability. Dance of Blades is the most benign. Bedlam is reasonably reliable but somewhat two-edged. Mutation and Wonder are both completely unpredictable.
In terms of gameplay, chaos magic could be used to (slightly) increase the window of opportunity for momentum civs to harm their more civilized neighbors -- both the Clan of Embers and Doviello have access to chaos as a palace mana. A more magically advanced civ can use chaos magic to aid in bringing down a culturally developed city. The + city attack bonus on Bedlam is not representative of siege skill so much as the effects of a riotous/unpredictable assault on prepared positions. The target city is in chaos, making cultural defenses less effective. Both the attacker and defender take more casualties as recovery of wounded and triage become more difficult.
In the field, Bedlam aids in unpredictable maneuvers and ambushes. Support fire use of defensive formations is difficult as the enemy seems to appear quickly within the defender's midst. Deadly in combination with Dance of Blades.
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Law Magic:
I think the proposed changes to the Law Tier II summon, Host of the Einherjar, are superb ideas (so are the proposed changes to Pit Beasts and Spectres, for that matter). Law II would be a highly desirable spell school based on this summon alone.
I think putting Guardsman on the summon has excellent thematic value but might be a touch too powerful in practice; guardsman normally requires Combat IV to get and is a very strong counter to marksman units. Putting this ability on an expendable, tier II summon would really hurt mid-to-late game Recon and end game Archery line units. Neither of these unit classes really needs more counters, in my opinion. I'm pretty sure Law magic will be a go-to sphere for every magic using civilization if Hosts keep guardsman. This will be a rather odd thing for Shieam, Svartalfar, and Balseraphs to do.
Perhaps the Hosts could be given March and Homeland promotions instead?
Here are some ideas for changes to current and proposed Law spells (tier I and II).
Justice (Law I): -10% maintenance, +10% city defense, requires a courthouse.
Loyalty (Law I): removed from game
Discipline (Law II): gives friendly units in caster tile the Discipline promotion. -10% collateral damage taken, +10% damage healed/turn, +20% resistance to charm person and bedlam, unit dies rather than be converted. Living units only. Permanent unless dispelled.
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The idea, obviously, is to make Law magic an approximate counter for Chaos magic. I think these ideas for Law magic would be good on their own though.
Thematically, Law magic is entirely predictable and controllable. Law magic is also quite defensive in nature. The combination of justice, sanctioned by a law-magic arcane caster, and discipline enhanced defenders makes a law-centric civilization a bit harder to roll over. Disciplined troops are harder to wear down and recover quickly, especially if they are also courageous (hello Bannor armies). I personally think Discipline should be part of the dwarven racial bonuses too but whatever.
You should probably consider re-naming the Justice spell to something else. "Justice" implies righteousness or moral rectitude. As this spell will be used by the Illians and Calabim, the name of the spell becomes somewhat subjective.
Might I suggest "Authority" as an alternate name?
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So you need to modify the base files. Doesn't matter that much since they don't get modified often anyway (just add at the end of the files)
