====== Strength of the Season ====== Certain units are attuned to a certain season; either **Spring**, **Summer**, **Autumn**, or **Winter**. They have a trait that works similarly to a [[power|Power Trait]], but that handles an entirely different stat in a somewhat-different manner. While it's the unit's preferred season, their **maximum [[Hit Points|HP]]** is boosted by a certain percentage equal to the point value of the trait. Likewise, while they're furthest from their preferred season, their maximum HP is **reduced** by the same percentage. ==== Seasonal Info and Lore ==== {{:abilities:strength_of_the_spring.png?nolink }} **Spring** is Turns 0 (which isn't played), 1, and 2; 12, 13, and 14; and so on. Elementally, it is associated with [[Air]], while Sorcerous traditions associate it with [[Nature]] and the [[Thrones]] associate it with [[Scales#Growth-and-Death|Growth]]. {{:abilities:strength_of_the_summer.png?nolink }} **Summer** is Turns 3, 4, and 5; 15, 16, and 17; and so on. Elementally, it is associated with [[Fire]], while Sorcerous traditions associate it with [[Nature]]. During this season, the world is pulled 1 point towards [[Scales#Temperature|Heat]]. {{:abilities:strength_of_the_fall.png?nolink }} **Autumn** or **Fall** is Turns 6, 7, and 8; 18, 19, and 20; and so on. Elementally, it is associated with [[Earth]], while Sorcerous traditions and the [[Thrones]] both associate it with [[Death]]. {{:abilities:strength_of_the_winter.png?nolink }} **Winter** is Turns 9, 10, and 11; 21, 22, and 23; and so on. Elementally, it is associated with [[Water]], while Sorcerous traditions associate it with [[Death]]. During this season, the world is pulled 1 point towards Cold. In Dominions, the year begins right at the start of the middle of winter, (the first instance being Turn 10), known in-game as just "Winter"; we know this because this is when [[Age]] is incremented. A turn is roughly the same as a moon or a month. Thus, a Dominions calendar roughly looks like this: * Turn -2: **Mid-Winter**, January <- base {{scales>C1}}, everyone [[Age|Ages]] * Turn -1: **Late Winter**, February <- base {{scales>C1}} * Turn 0: **Early Spring**, March * Turn 1: **Mid-Spring**, April <- **the 1st turn of play** * Turn 2: **Late Spring**, May * Turn 3: **Early Summer**, June <- base {{scales>H1}} * Turn 4: **Mid-Summer**, July <- base {{scales>H1}} * Turn 5: **Late Summer**, August <- base {{scales>H1}} * Turn 6: **Early Fall**, September * Turn 7: **Mid-Fall**, October * Turn 8: **Late Fall**, November * Turn 9: **Early Winter**, December <- base {{scales>C1}}