Infernal Breeding is a ritual available to all ages of Abysia, that requires Blood 3 to be researched. Casting it requires 2 and consumes 25.
By casting the spell, a number of hell spawn are created. Unlike regular Cross Breeding, units created by a single cast of the spell will be the same unit type, but have an extremely large age variance (making some of them usually suffer old age penalties) and with some number of starting afflictions. Additionally, some unit types may generated with a commander of the same type. The chances of the different outcomes appear to vary in a rather unpredictable fashion based on era and scales1). Of note is that Luck 3 and Misfortune 3 both appear to be better than neutral luck scales for generating certain unit types.
The Adept Cross Breeder ability has some effect on this spell. It is inconclusive whether this significantly affects the probabilities of creating the different types of hell spawn. However, testing with a bonus of 20 was observed to double the base number created without any effect on the die roll.
Each unit type has an "infernal breeding multiplier" listed in the mod inspector, though it is unknown how this relates to the actual number of units created.
The spell can create the following units:
Image | Unit | Abilities | Probability variation | Commander | Starting afflictions | Additional notes |
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Hell Spawn | Fire Resistant (25) Heat (6) Fire Power (1) Undisciplined Animal Flying Wasteland Survival | Decreases with Era progression | Never | 25% | ||
Hell Spawn | Fire Resistant (25) Heat (6) Fire Power (1) Undisciplined Darkvision (50%) Wasteland Survival | Always | 50% | |||
Hell Spawn | Fire Resistant (25) Heat (3) Darkvision (50%) Wasteland Survival | Always | 50% | |||
Hell Spawn | Fire Resistant (25) Heat (3) Darkvision (50%) Wasteland Survival | Always | 50% | |||
Hell Spawn | Fire Resistant (15) Poison Resistant (15) Undisciplined Wasteland Survival | Markedly increses with Era progression | Never | 50% | ||
Hell Spawn | Fire Resistant (15) Poison Resistant (15) Undisciplined Wasteland Survival Flying | Markedly increases with Era progression | Never | 50% | ||
Hell Spawn | Fire Resistant (15) Poison Resistant (15) Undisciplined Wasteland Survival | Markedly increases with Era progression | Never | 50% | ||
Hell Spawn | Fire Resistant (15) Poison Resistant (15) Flying Wasteland Survival Flying | Markedly increases with Era progression | Never | 50% | ||
Hell Spawn | Fire Resistant (25) Heat (6) Fire Power (1) Undisciplined Darkvision (50%) Wasteland Survival | Markedly decreases with Era progression | Always | 50% | ||
Hellbred Giant | Fire Resistant (15) Darkvision (50%) Gluttony (10) Wasteland Survival | Markedly decreases with Era progression | 25-30% in EA, otherwise never | 50% | EA produces significantly more per cast. | |
Hellbred Horite | Fire Resistant (15) Cold Resistant (5) Mountain Survival Wasteland Survival | Markedly decreases with Era progression, can never be obtained in LA | Never | 50% |
Notable Spells | ||
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Rituals | Personal Enchantments | Divine Name/Gift of Reason • Transformation • Twiceborn • Cure Disease |
Strategic | Domes • Globals • Magic Phase Movement • Remote Attacks | |
Summons | Cross Breeding • Elemental Royalty • Hidden Underneath/in Snow/in Sand • Infernal Breeding • Reanimation • Release Lord of Civilization • Ritual of Rebirth • Tartarian Gate | |
Other | Wish | |
Combat Magic | Battlefield Enchantments | |
Buffs | Hell Power • Life after Death • Mossbody • Pain Transfer • Phoenix Pyre • Returning • Soul Vortex • Strength of Giants • Time Stop | |
Debuffs | Armor of Achilles • Earth Grip • False Fetters | |
Direct Damage | Divine Magic • Magic Duel • Soul Slay | |
Summons | Reanimation | |
Other | Communions • Enslave Mind |