Old Age.

[Deftninja]

I keep getting the notice that 20-30 of my troops are severly suffering from old age... is that just natural, or an evil evil spell? Its annoying me now, because it will not show which troops actually are afflicted.
Also, occasionally, arrows, or blizzards, or flocks of birds and other such annoyances keep popping up or wounding my commanders, whats the best way to deal with such things?

[HJ]

old age - burden of time
arrows - seeking arrow
blizzard - murdering winter
birds - call of the winds

Kill the mages that are casting them. Or dispel the enchantments, and provide your commanders with adequate items - e.g. air shield will protect from seeking arrows, cold resistance from murdering winter (I think), etc.

[Boron]

i hate the burden of time spell
in sp ctis always casts it quite quick .

but what can burden of time kill ?
it can kill human mages too i noticed .
can it kill an archmage pretender e.g. too ?
do demons count as undead or can they die because of old age too ?
your own troops suffer from burden of time too unless undead right ?

one of the nature global enchantments i don't remember the name heals afflictions of your troops . does this one counter burden of time ?
normally a typical burden of time message is :
old age has plagued your troops . xx suffered badly from old age . x died from old age .
so a small amount of your troops dies almost every round . does this still happen with the nature global spell or do they then only get afflictions which are healed next round and can't die from old age ?

[Cheezeninja]

Humanoid pretenders CAN be affected by burden of time. Which i find particularly strange because it says quite explicetly in the archmages flavour text he has mastered his own mortality. Its kinda funny that your God can get old.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Boron:
does this still happen with the nature global spell or do they then only get afflictions which are healed next round and can't die from old age ?

A small number will still die, but those that do get afflictions will have them healed over time.