even though the necromancer army in the final is purely a SoD creation, HoTA played its part))
in a well-played game (with only one restart remaining for my opponent), Cassia appeared, and I had to immediately build a Transformer ;)
then Cassiopeia also performed well, taking the first consolation prize, and things went better with the angel
with the skeletons raised (I equipped them with an enhancement), Isra takes the third consolation prize, and on the first week, she gets dragon boots and 2 warhorses, which are also in the citadel
at the beginning of the second week, there was a failure – the army returned from the consolation prize deep in the respawn area (+2 angels), and Animate is on the 3rd level at home, but Isra didn't learn it because that scoundrel, Alamar, didn't advance the scholar :smile27: I had to go into the utopia with a scroll to summon fire elementals (Isra had fire)
we got a Knowledge Shrine, but as a bonus, we also got a necromancer robe!
out of desperation, so that Animate could be learned, the hero returns home instead of immediately running to the Guild of Heroes
it turned out that it takes a couple of days to get there, and along the way, we defeated some weak enemies and got necromancer boots, shackles, and somewhere else, we found green boots))
without mass magic, using meat, I defeat a horde of unique units, then the troll throne, and fairies for dessert with the Knowledge Shrine! After them were elementals, but I didn't spend movement points on them; the main thing is that the guard is defeated :) The next day, I encounter a pack of asps – these guys are nasty, they killed the dragon, and the poisoned angel survived with 1 HP! After them, there's a resurrection scroll and...... a box for magic!! :) And immediately, I see a Toad in the city, I check its stats, the parameters are the same, except for attack, which is twice as high for the Toad, but its defense is nothing special, but it has full mana for 90 points!
Nevertheless, I decided not to fight under the Knowledge Shrine – what if the archmage with cyclops kills the catapult before it breaks through, and 300+ skeletons and 15 grand necromancer horses are left useless :smile35:
I decided that even if the Toad has high-level magic, I'll definitely cut down its 3 stacks with my own magic, and in the worst case, I'll buy my way out – I trade for 0 and attack
but there are only frenzy spells among the high-level spells, and my opponent surrenders

gg, thanks for the game :)