Dumb question of the week

I need an ability that can Drain mana but doesnt deal damage? which ability would I edit?

Drain mana deals damage?

you could edit... mana drain maybe? But that would of course need lighting effects.

Blood Mage's Siphoon Mana is already a drain mana spell that does not do damage.

If siphon mana isn't your thing you can always use Mana Burn and set the damage return to 0.

From what I can see Mana burn must deal the same damage as the mana drained

I'm trying to use Mana siphon but have problems getting it to target..



In a unrelated question. I'm tyring to target a specific type of building. SInce my buildings can be devided into two catogires Wood and no-wooden strucrtures. What I am trying to do is make an attack only target wooden structures.

What Attack Target type would I use.


I'd also need to make a unit 50% resistant to immolation.

<EDIT> Solved I think I'll give a unit, a weaker immolation with different target types

Drain Mana doesn't drain mana if the damage is set to 0. You must at least set the damage to 0.01...

well I'm looking at the feedback ability

probrably going to deal 1 damage and have 5 mana drain.

This seems to work but the damage dealt seems to go funny. I will try 0% damage. and see if this helps.

You could use rejuvination. Just set heal to 0, mana healed to a negative number, and the duration to incredibly low such that its almost instant.

If that is your solution, using Mind Rot instead, which is a hitherto unused ability that is supposed to drain mana in just the way that paidan_fain suggested you use Rejuvenation, with the added benefit that it's actually considered a debuff so the AI treats it right (dispels, casting targets, etc.).

hmm interseting there is also a Life Drain Ability. that can be used for mana.

Negative values dont work.. You can't drain they are on full mana. I just leave it as it is using feedback.. works very weirdly.. but thats just how it is going to be.

Plus I also have problems getting autocasting to work. (ie its either one the other) I can can get autocast to work but it doesnt drain properly.. or I can get it to drain properly but it wont auto cast.. so there we go..

So why what Panto suggested not work? It should work perfectly...

well the computer is not smart enough to use the ability

and I cant see how I can make the unit Patrol move, cast Mindrot when it comes close to a suitable enemy. and continuing patrol if that target is killed or hides (ie loads into a building)