Changes the physical world. Alteration spells can give units increased strength, resistance to fire, and the like. They can also change the weather. – Illwinter.
Alteration is a very handy school. It's best-known for its "buff" spells, which alter your teammates to make them significantly tougher to harm through conventional means. Barkskin, Stoneskin, and Ironskin are the trademark examples, but there are other options provided by other paths. There are also "debuff" spells, such as Blindness & Shrink, but not as many.
This school also provides a fair amount of attack spells, altering targets in ways that deal severe damage to them (such as Combustion and Incinerate). Deep in the school, you'll find methods of converting foes into useless forms, such as a pathetic animal (Curse of the Frog Prince, Polymorph) or a pile (Bone Melter, Liquify, Disintegrate).
Rituals also change the form of things; Pyromancers & Geomancers can use their Gems to transmute stuff into Gold, Nature Mages can change their own forms in an attempt to learn a different perspective of magic, and super-powerful Astral Mages will eventually be able to derive whatever they want from the universe (see Wish for more details). Earth Mages can also alter Fortress walls if they're skilled enough (Crumble, Iron Walls), and will even be able to raise forts in a single turn (Wizard's Tower), though these Rituals are deep in the school.
Alteration 0
Spell | Paths | Description | Effect |
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Air Shield | ![]() | ||
Twist Fate | ![]() | ||
Hand of Dust | ![]() |
Alteration 1
Spell | Paths | Description | Effect |
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Charge Body | ![]() | ||
Aim | ![]() | ||
False Fetters | ![]() | ||
Fists of Iron | ![]() | ||
Earth Grip | ![]() | ||
Earth Might | ![]() | ||
Personal Luck | ![]() | ||
Skeletal Body | ![]() | ||
Hand of Death | ![]() | ||
Eagle Eyes | ![]() | ||
Poison Touch | ![]() | ||
Resist Poison | ![]() | ||
Barkskin | ![]() |
Alteration 2
Spell | Paths | Description | Effect |
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Combustion | ![]() | ||
Resist Cold | ![]() | ||
Phantasmal Warrior | ![]() | ||
Mirror Image | ![]() | ||
Resist Fire | ![]() | ||
Quicken Self | ![]() | ||
Ice Shield | ![]() | ||
Resist Lightning | ![]() | ||
Stoneskin | ![]() | ||
Armor of Achilles | ![]() | ||
Earth Meld | ![]() | ||
Cheat Fate | ![]() | ||
Weakness | ![]() | ||
Enlarge | ![]() |
Alteration 3
Spell | Paths | Description | Effect |
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Immolation | ![]() | ||
Mistform | ![]() | ||
Ghost Wolves | ![]() | ||
Numbness | ![]() | ||
Ironskin | ![]() | ||
Luck | ![]() | ||
Protection | ![]() | ||
Mossbody | ![]() ![]() |
Alteration 4
Spell | Paths | Description | Effect |
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Wind Guide | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Liquid Body | ![]() | ||
Quickness | ![]() | ||
Slow | ![]() | ||
Encase in Ice | ![]() | ||
Temper Flesh | ![]() | ||
Destruction | ![]() | ||
Curse of Stones | ![]() 3 ![]() | ||
Body Ethereal | ![]() | ||
Stygian Skin | ![]() ![]() | ||
Elemental Fortitude | ![]() | ||
Swarm | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Shrink | ![]() |
Alteration 5
Spell | Paths | Description | Effect |
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Cold Resistance | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Incinerate | ![]() | ||
Solar Eclipse | ![]() ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Phantasmal Army | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Fire Resistance | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Bone Melter | ![]() ![]() | ||
Iron Warriors | ![]() | ||
Lightning Resistance | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Maws of the Earth | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Shatter | ![]() | ||
Enfeeble | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Invulnerability | ![]() | ||
Drain Life | ![]() | ||
Wooden Warriors | ![]() |
Alteration 6
Spell | Paths | Description | Effect |
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Blindness | ![]() | ||
Boil | ![]() ![]() | ||
False Horror | ![]() | ||
Frozen Heart | ![]() | ||
Wave Warriors | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Iron Bane | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Petrify | ![]() | ||
Control | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Battle Fortune | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Soul Vortex | ![]() | ||
Skeletal Legion | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Darkness | ![]() 4 ![]() | ||
Army of Giants | ![]() 1 ![]() |
Alteration 7
Spell | Paths | Description | Effect |
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Phoenix Pyre | ![]() | ||
Fog Warriors | ![]() 3 ![]() | ||
Prison of Sedna | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Marble Warriors | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Doom | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Bone Grinding | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Curse of the Frog Prince | ![]() | ||
Creeping Doom | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Mass Protection | ![]() 1 ![]() |
Alteration 8
Spell | Paths | Description | Effect |
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Conflagration | ![]() | ||
Warriors of Muspelheim | ![]() 2 ![]() | ||
Quickening | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Liquify | ![]() | ||
Warriors of Niefelheim | ![]() 2 ![]() | ||
Ground Army | ![]() 2 ![]() | ||
Will of the Fates | ![]() 4 ![]() | ||
Time Stop | ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
Disintegrate | ![]() | ||
Polymorph | ![]() 2 ![]() |
Alteration 9
Spell | Paths | Description | Effect |
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Army of Gold | ![]() 3 ![]() | ||
Army of Lead | ![]() 3 ![]() | ||
Arcane Domination | ![]() 7 ![]() | ||
Army of Rats | ![]() 5 ![]() |
Alteration 1
Spell | Paths | Description |
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Distill Gold | ![]() 1 ![]() | An inefficient alchemy spell. |
Alteration 2
Spell | Paths | Description |
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Alchemical Transmutation | ![]() 1 ![]() | An inefficient alchemy spell. |
Alteration 3
Spell | Paths | Description |
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Inner Sun | ![]() ![]() 1 ![]() | The caster will, if killed, explode, dealing damage to all undead nearby who fail a magic resistance check. It's unclear how to use this ritual strategically, but it's very cheap. |
Alteration 4
Spell | Paths | Description |
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Wolven Winter | ![]() 5 ![]() | See remote attacks. |
Blight | ![]() ![]() 5 ![]() | See remote attacks. |
Arouse Hunger | ![]() 8 ![]() | See remote attacks. |
Alteration 5
Spell | Paths | Description |
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Transmute Fire | ![]() 1 ![]() | An efficient alchemy spell. |
Baleful Star | ![]() 7 ![]() | See remote attack. |
Mother Oak | ![]() 50 ![]() | A gem generating global enchantment. |
Alteration 6
Spell | Paths | Description |
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Manifest Vitriol | ![]() ![]() 3 ![]() | See summons. |
Earth Gem Alchemy | ![]() 1 ![]() | An efficient alchemy spell. |
Iron Pigs | ![]() ![]() 9 ![]() | See summons. |
Crumble | ![]() 20 ![]() | Deals 250 siege damage to a fortress in a nearby province. Note that siege damage/repair happens after magic rituals in the turn order sequence, so if the defenders have greater siege defense than the army besieging the fortress, they may be able to repair the walls before you can storm the fort. |
Transformation | ![]() 8 ![]() | Transforms the caster into a random animal, assuming the spell doesn't go awry. See Transformation. |
Alteration 7
Spell | Paths | Description |
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Phantasmal Attack | ![]() 8 ![]() | A remote attack spell, causing ~50 independent phantasmal troops to attack the target province. |
Sea of Ice | ![]() 80 ![]() | A global enchantment preventing normal movement between underwater provinces and land provinces. |
Iron Walls | ![]() 10 ![]() | Adds 1000 to the current and maximum wall strength to the fortress in the current province. Lasts 1 turn per additional gem put into the spell. Siege reports only look at the base wall strength, which means the report will say the walls are completely undamaged until all 1000 from Iron walls is gone. |
Alteration 8
Spell | Paths | Description |
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Fata Morgana | ![]() 90 ![]() | A province defense boosting global enchantment. |
Wizard's Tower | ![]() 50 ![]() | Creates a permanent fort with 750 wall strength in a province you control. |
Alteration 9
Spell | Paths | Description |
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Wish | ![]() 100 ![]() | See wish for details on all the things you can wish for. |
Utterdark | ![]() 100 ![]() | This global enchantment plunges your world into perpetual darkness. |
Magic | |
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Concepts | Blood Hunting • Communions • Empowerment • Gems • Items • Magic Sites • Research |
Categories | Combat Magic • Ritual Magic • Notable Spells |
Paths | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Schools | Conjuration • Alteration • Evocation • Construction • Enchantment • Thaumaturgy • Blood • Divine |