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A creature can perform a specific action, such as casting a spell, moving, or moving and attacking. However, a spell, in the turn it is cast, will not consume that action slot, and therefore, its effect will not take place until the next turn. This means that a creature can move away from its allies and then, obeying the spell's effect, proceed to attack everyone within reach.

The mage cast a fireball over an area, but the damage won't be dealt in the turn the spell was used. The creature will be able to exit the area of effect and only then will the spell deal damage, when all units are outside its area of effect.

It's unlikely that your version is correct. Why? Here's the answer:
1) Does the spell, as before, last for several rounds? Let's assume that it does.

In this case, it would be logical to make the spell one-time use, and the witchcraft would only affect the damage dealt.

No, that seems a bit strange, don't you think? In my opinion, it would be simpler to just make it so that a creature instantly attacks someone without losing its turn. Like in King's Bounty: the goblins could order one unit to attack another. It seems similar here, I think.

Armageddon has changed significantly; now it looks more like Unholy Word.

How is that possible? They only resemble each other in that they are area-of-effect spells. Or did the developers get lazy again and use the same animation for two different spells?