Rituals on besieged fortress...

[Eressil3]

What happens if my army is besieging an enemy castle and I cast on it ... let's say ... leprosy !

Is my army affected or the defenders ? Or both ?

And if I cast something like baleful star, am I affected by the negatives scales ?

[lch]

IIRC it is determined by random if the besieging or the besieged army gets chosen. Scales affect the one who owns the province, that would be the sieging army.

[Edi]

If the besieging army's nation casts the spell, it hits the guys in the fort unless it results in attack by special monsters.

If defender uses the spell, it hits the besiegers unless result is attack by special monsters. This is due to not being able to target one's own troops (unless the spell is not interested in the identity of targets).

If it's cast by a third party, it's more totally random.

At least, this is the impression I've gleaned from several threads. I could be wrong, though.

[PvK]

I thought it was more predictable than that - when cast on two foreigners, doesn't it always target the besiegers?

Some effects can I think hit both sides - Baleful Star would, affect everyone in the province, on any side, I assume.

I'm not claiming expertise, though.