remote attack question

[SciencePro]

Let's say there is an enemy province where he has just one wizard, 20 PD, and nothing else. If I cast fires from afar on the province, what is the chance that the wizard will be hit?

[Edi]

PD is not counted for the purposes of remote attacks, since they are not units in the normal sense.

[Agema]

Fires from afar hits up to 10? units depending on the number of targets there. I don't know the precise mechanics, I think the book or in-game description explains a bit. Something like if there are above a certain number of units (60? You'll have to check), all will hit. However, the fewer there are below that number, the fewer will hit.

Think of it as a bit like randomly throwing 10 stones into a courtyard. If the courtyard is packed with people, you'll almost certainly hit 10 times; if it's half-full you'll hit about 5 times. If there's only one person somewhere in there, you'd need a lot of luck to hit him even once.

At any rate, it's a very ineffective way to kill lone or small groups of commanders. If there are a lot of units/commanders, it depends on the army's composition - the lower the unit : commander ratio the better. 30 mages and 30 units makes it a lovely spell to cast. 2 mages and 58 units, I wouldn't bother as you'll probably not hit the mages anyway.

[lch]

Agema more or less nailed it. There's a small percentage chance to hit an enemy unit with the spell. Given enough targets, you'll hit one, but most likely won't kill it. Against a single unit, remote assassination spells are far more likely to work though.

[SciencePro]

okay thanks