Orcs – discussion about the race.

Basically, the manual states that the base probabilities for a spell being resisted are 10/40/40/10%, so I also don't understand what antonag07 meant.

Especially for those who are clueless and didn't understand what I wrote – I'm quoting my own message with explanations:

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15% chance that the spell will not work;

45% chance that the enemy's magic will be reduced by 2 times when calculating the spell's effect;

the same chance (45%) for the spell cost to be doubled;

15% chance that the goblins will be pushed back on the attack rating scale, and if it has a curse effect or deals damage, it will hit the goblins, and the caster will not spend mana.

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825 goblins will block the "Ring of Cold", "Fireball", or "Wall" spell of a hero;
625 goblins will block the "Fireball" spell of archmages.

So, point by point: summing up the above percentages (15% chance of deflection, 45% chance of magic reduction, etc.) and deriving a total of 120% is a gross mathematical and logical error – therefore, appealing to the contradiction of 100% is also invalid.

Why do 825 goblins block a 3rd-level spell cast by a 15th-level hero?
I'll explain: we take the formula (hero level + spell level + 17) * 25 and get 825; now we check the result: we take the formula for calculating the number N for goblins (1 + squad size / 25) and the formula for calculating the number N for the target (hero level + spell level) and perform some simple mathematical manipulations. As a result, we have: the number N (goblins) is equal to 36; the number N (target) is equal to 18. We compare these numbers (36-18=18) and see that one of them is greater than the other by 18. According to the manual, for each unit of difference, the probability changes in one direction or another by 5%. We add this difference (in this case, in favor of the goblins) together with the base 10% and get – 18 * 5 + 10 = 100. This is where the 100% guarantee of deflecting a 3rd-level spell from a 15th-level hero with 875 goblins comes from.


Now I would like to understand what +18 and what 120% the respected Skull was talking about...