History VideoGame / WarlockMasterOfTheArcane

* ReviveKillsZombie: Taken to an extreme with the terraforming spells avaliable to worshipers of Krypta(death)/Agrela(life) who can create magical terrain that heals/harms their respective side of the Life/Death dynamic.

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Armageddon game mode takes place during one. Players job is to try to prevent the end while still competing with other great mages.
* TheRemnant: Any time a faction is defeated, all their remaining units and cities instantly convert to neutral cities and units that can be conquered freely.

''Warlock: Master of The Arcane'' is a FourX game developed by Ino-Co Plus and published by Paradox Entertainment in 2012. It is a SpiritualSequel to ‘’VideoGame/MasterOfMagic’’, utilizing many of its components with new addtions.

Games take place on a hex-based map. Unlike in other games of the genre, each structure is placed on the map individually, instead of being built “inside” the city. Furthermore, the player can only construct one building per population point. Building structures is free, but as noted, limited by available spaces and population.

Resource management is divided into four parts: Gold and Mana, which the player can stockpile, and Food/Research, which is used each turn, with surplus converted to Gold/Mana respectively. Food is required to grow cities and feed the armies, while gold is used to buy and upkeep the army.
Magical units and enhancements do not require gold, but instead consume Mana each turn. Mana is also used to cast spells.

* AllThereInTheManual: Research and upgrade trees are not available in the game, forcing player to rely outside sources
* AnimateDead: Undead units, as well as certain Death spells

* ApocalypseWow: Depending how many world altering spells are used, world can look very different than the one the game began in.

* AttackAttackAttack: Averted. Troops that survive being attacked, but lose HP, retreat. This allows attacking unit to move into now free tile. Can be problematic if the surrounding tiles have enemy units...
* BearsAreBadNews: They are summonable unit as well as roam the map as neutral units.
* BlackMagic: Death magic in general.

* TheChosenOne: Rjak is described as “Chosen Mage of Lunord, the God of Night”.

* CoolAirship: Flying Galleus and Flying Line Galleus, undead siege units.

* CriticalExistenceFailure: Subverted, units fight weaker the more damaged they are.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: AI has... issues in keeping its alliances. Don’t be surprised to see near endless series of alliances being made, broken and/or wars declared.

* EnemyExchangeProgram: Your starting race is only important at the starting turns, since player can very quickly capture a neutral city that is not the same race as player himself. Cities keep their original race, which allows player to construct buildings and units unique to that race. This can be useful, if you for example play as Elves, who need lots of mana but can't produce it well. Elven players might be interested to capture few undead cities and use those to generate mana, as undead specialize in mana production.
** Actually, cities of other races have reduced resource production and population growth.
* EvilSorcerer: The Empress, who serves the Goddess of Death.
* GeoEffects: Your standard VideoGame/{{Civilization}}-type terrain effects.
* GiantFlyer: Green bats and some neutral creatures.
* HealingFactor: Available from multiple sources including items, perks and enchantments.
* HeroUnit: You can hire maximum of four of them.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Order of Stubborn Knights rides... donkeys. They are also unique in sense that they never retreat, even if they are only 1HP from death.
* HostileTerraforming: As if the tough Dremer units weren't bad enough the terrain they occupy tends to be converted into an infected mess [[ReviveKillsZombie that heals them while harming you]].
* LandOfOneCity: Neutrals, even though they are treated as single faction, operate on this principle.
* MagicKnight: Some of the heroes, especially if given certain items.
* MageTower: Player can construct such building. More specifically, players capital serves as this. If the capital ever falls, the player is instantly eliminated and his remaining cities converted to neutral cities.

* TheMagocracy: The player's realm, and heck, everyone except the neutrals.
* {{Mana}}: Powers your spellcasting and maintains your magical units. Player can contruct buildings to increase the mana generation.

* MoraleMechanic: Player seek favor of one of the 8 gods, by doing things they consider good(killing opposing gods special units, for example)
* NoOntologicalInertia: Averted. All summoned units will remain on the map even after player is defeated.
* OneGenderRace: Arethi Elves (from Return of the Elves DLC) are all-male race.
* OneManArmy: Any high-leveled, well equipped, advanced hero or even an unit can take down multiple units that have not been upgraded sufficiently. There are also certain neutral units can utterly destroy non-upgraded army all by themselves.
* OurElvesAreDifferent: Originally there were just a simple resource node that gave player special unit. Later, another Elven species was added as a full fledged race in Return of the Elves DLC. They use Mana to maintain most of their stuff, like the Undead, but unlike Undead, Elves do not have access to advanced Mana production facilities and only build limited amount of them. What they ''do'' do well is research new spells. In addition, their units are stronger and more expensive than their analogues of other races. They also avert common Elven stereotypes with them being a phisically strong all-male race, having only a basic archer but a lot of warrior class units and lacking any kind of nature theme.
* PlaceOfPower: Maps contain special tiles. If player constructs a special building on these, they can gain access to powerful units, perks or massive upgrades in resource production. For example, normally mana collector produces 3 mana per turn. A magical testing area, a special building, produces ‘’10’’.
* PointBuildSystem: The custom wizard creator is using one.

* SorcerousOverlord: Several possible player characters.
* SpiritualSequel: To ‘’VideoGame/MasterOfMagic’’.
* StatusBuff: Lots of them through spells as well as through perks and upgrades.
* StatusBuffDispel: Dispell and its variants.

* TeleportersAndTransporters: Teleporter spell, even if it has limited range.

* WhiteMagic: Life spells.
* WizardBeard: Miralbus The Hat, Nicals Frost and Elpiritster the Eternal sport ones, with Miralbus being closest to the stereotype.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Originally there were just a simple resource node that gave player special unit. Later, another Elven species was added as a full fledged race in Return of the Elves DLC. They use Mana to maintain most of their stuff, like the Undead, but unlike Undead, Elves do not have access to advanced Mana production facilities and only build limited amount of them. What they ''do'' do well is research new spells. In addition, their units are stronger and more expensive than their analogues of other races. They also avert common Elven stereotypes with them being a phisically strong all-male race, having only a basic archer but a lot of warrior class units and lacking any kind of nature theme.

'''Warlock: Master of The Arcane''' is a FourX game developed by Ino-Co Plus and published by Paradox Entertainment in 2012. It is a SpiritualSequel to ‘’VideoGame/MasterOfMagic’’, utilizing many of its components with new addtions.

The sequel, called ''Warlock II: The Exiled'', was released in 2014. Unfortunately, the original game is no longer sold separely, requiring players to buy the enhanced edition that includes all the [=DLCs=]. Those who have the base game can upgrade their version to enhanced version through contact with Paradox support.

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* {{Alchemy}}: Player can construct Alchemy Shops, which provide upgrades to units.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Originally there were just a simple resource node that gave player special unit. Later, another Elven species was added as a full fledged race in Return of the Elves DLC. They use Mana to maintain most of their stuff, like the Undead, but unlike Undead, Elves do not have access to advanced Mana production facilities and only build limited amount of them. What they ''do'' do well is research new spells. In addition, their units are stronger and more expensive than their analogues of other races. They also avert common Elven stereotypes with being phisically strong all-male race, having only a basic archer but a lot of warrior class units and lacking any kind of nature theme.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Originally there were just a simple resource node that gave player special unit. Later, another Elven species a full fledged race in Return of the Elves DLC. They use Mana to maintain most of their stuff, like the Undead, but unlike Undead, Elves do not have access to advanced Mana production facilities and only build limited amount of them. What they ''do'' do well is research new spells. Their units are stronger and more expensive than their analogues of other races.

* MoraleMechanic: Player seek favor of one of the 12 gods, by doing things they consider good(killing opposing gods special units, for example)

* OurElvesAreBetter: Originally just a simple resource node that gave player special unit, they became a full fledged race in Return of the Elves DLC. They use Mana to maintain most of their stuff, like the Undead, but unlike Undead, Elves do not have access to advanced Mana production facilities and only build limited amount of them. What they ''do'' do well is research new spells.

* TheArchmage: Miralbus The Hat and Elpiritster the Eternal are ones lorewise. There is also a trait called Archmage which gives player double mana production.

The player picks or customizes a wizard, starting with one of the three races (Humans, Undead or Beasts) and proceeds to attempt to claim victory either by eliminating opposing wizards, casting the ultimate spell, defeating an Avatar sent by one of the gods or by controlling over half of the holy sites in the land of Ardania .

Resource management is divided into three parts: Gold and Mana, which the player can stockpile, and Food, which is used each turn, with surplus converted to Gold. Food is required to grow cities and feed the armies, while gold is used to upkeep the army.
Magical units and enhancements do not require gold, but instead consume Mana each turn. Mana is also used to cast spells.

Spells are divided into into four categories, Elemental, Death, Life and Spirit. In addition to normal spells, player can also seek the favor of one of the 12 gods. However, seeking the favor of one god will anger the god of the opposing spectrum. Should the player become champion of his chosen god, the opposing god will send an avatar to kill the player. Defeating this avatar is one of the victory conditions.

* AllInTheManual: Research and upgrade trees are not available in the game, forcing player to rely outside sources

The sequel, called ''Warlock II: The Exiled'', was released in 2014. Unfortunately, the original game is no longer sold separely, requiring players to buy the enhanced edition that includes all the DLCs. Those who have the base game can upgrade their version to enhanced version through contact with Paradox support.

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* BearsAreBadNews: They are summonable unit

* EnemyExchangeProgram: Your starting race is only important at the starting turns, since player can very quickly capture a neutral city that is not the same race as player himself. Cities keep their original race, which allows player to construct buildings and units unique to that race.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: Order o Stubborn Knights rides... donkeys. They are also unique in sense that they never retreat, even if they are only 1HP from death.

* YouRequireMoreVespeneGas: Gold, Mana, Food.

''Warlock: Master of The Arcane'' is a FourX game developed by Ino-Co Plus and published by Paradox Entertainment in 2012. It is a SpiritualSequel to ‘’VideoGame/MasterOfMagic’’, utilizing many of its components with new addtions.

* SpiritualSequel: To ‘’VideoGame/MasterOfMagic’’,

The game received five [=DLCs=], two minor and three major. Powerful Lords DLC added new lords mages for the player to select and Lord of Artifacts added [[ExcatlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin new artifacts]] which the player could craft into spells. The first major DLC, Power of the Serpent, added new characters for the player to select, a new resource node(Koalt village) and new units. The second DLC, Return of the Elves, added a new Elven faction with new units, mages and style. The last DLC, Armageddon, added new NPC faction called Dremer who appear in the new game mode [[TitleDrop Armageddon]]. In this game mode, after a set amount of turns, Dremer start to invade the world, slowly terraforming it into hostile world. The attacks keep growing stronger, until one of the players can defeat the threat by invading the Dremer universe itself and killing their leader.

''Warlock: Master of The Arcane'' is a FourX game developed by Ino-Co Plus and published by Paradox Entertainment in 2012. It is a SpiritualSequel to ‘’VideoGame/MasterOfMagic’’, utilizing many of it’s components with new addtions.

The players picks or customizes a wizard, starting with one of the three races(Humans, Undead or Beasts) and proceeds to attempt to claim victory either by eliminating opposing wizards, casting the ultimate spell, defeating an Avatar send by one of the gods or by controlling over half of the holy sites in the land of Ardania .

Games takes place on hex-based map. Unlike in other games of the genre, each structure is placed on the map individually, instead of being build “inside” the city. Furthermore, player can only construct one building per population point. Building structures is free, but as noted, limited by available spaces and population.

Resource management is divided into three parts: Gold and Mana, which player can stockpile and Food which is used each turn, with surplus converted to Gold. Food is required to grow cities and feed the armies, while gold is used to upkeep the army. Except when player fields magical units and enhancements, which consume Mana each turn. Mana is also used to cast spells.

Spells are divided into into four categories, Elemental, Death, Life and Spirit. In addition to normal spells, player can also seek favor of one of the 12 gods. However, seeking favor of one god will piss off the god of the opposing spectrum. Should player become champion of his chosen god, the opposing god will send an avatar to kill the player.

Map plays large role. On the map, there are numerous special tiles containing special resources. Capturing these special resources allows player to build a special building on top them. There are usually two buildings player can build, with each resource tile only allowing one. For example, a tile containing silver allows player either to build a mine to boost their outcome, or a building that allows player to equip his troops with silver weapons and armor.

The game received five [=DLCs=], two minor and three major. Powerful Lords DLC added new lords mages for player to select and Lord of Artifacts added [[ExcatlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin new artifacts]] which player could craft into spells. First major DLC, Power of the Serpent, added new character for player to select, a new resource node(Koalt village) and new units. Second DLC, Return of the Elves, added new Elven faction with new units, mages and style. Last DLC, Armageddon, added new NPC faction called Dremer who appear in the new game mode [[TittleDrop Armageddon]]. In this game mode, after a set amount of turns, Dremer start to invade the world, slowly terraforming it into hostile world. The attacks keep growing stronger, until one of the players can defeat the threat by invading the Dremer universe itself and killing their leader.

Sequel, called ''Warlock II: The Exiled'' was released 2014. Unfortunately, original game is no longer sold separely, requring player to buy the enhanced edition that includes all the DLCs. Those who have the base game can upgrade their version to enhanced version through contact with Paradox support.

The game received five [=DLCs=], twominor and three major. Powerful Lords DLC added new lords mages for player to select and Lord of Artifacts added [[ExcatlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin new artifacts]] which player could craft into spells. First major DLC, Power of the Serpent, added new character for player to select, a new resource node(Koalt village) and new units. Second DLC, Return of the Elves, added new Elven faction with new units, mages and style. Last DLC, Armageddon, added new NPC faction called Dremer who appear in the new game mode [[TittleDrop Armageddon]]. In this game mode, after a set amount of turns, Dremer start to invade the world, slowly terraforming it into hostile world. The attacks keep growing stronger, until one of the players can defeat the threat by invading the Dremer universe itself and killing their leader.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Originally just a simple resource node that gave player special unit, they became a full fledged race in Return of the Elves DLC. They use Mana to maintain most of their stuff, like the Undead, but unlike Undead, Elves do not have access to advanced Mana production facilities and only build limited amount of them.

* {{Mana}}: Powers your spellcasting and maintains your magical units. Player can contruct buildings to increase the mana generation.* MasterOfIllusion: Quite a few spells of Sorcery revolve around illusions. Illusion-based attacks are ''nasty'', completely bypassing defenses... but on the other hand, some units, particularly the undead, are completely immune.

* TheRemnant: Any time a faction is defeated, all their remaining units and cities instantly convert to neutral cities and units that can be conquered freely.

* Decapitated Army: Played with. Once the capital falls, no matter what, the player and his faction is eliminated. It does not matter if players all other holdings are still standing and his armies laying siege on the last city of the opponent, moment the capital falls the faction is eliminated. However, all the units and cities are still left on map as neutral units and cities who are hostile to everyone.

* {{Alchemy}}: Player can contruct Alchemy Shops, which provide upgrades to units.
* AllInTheManual: The Prima Guide for ''Master of Magic'' is one of the best computer game guides ever - some people just bought the game after reading the guide.
** It's also somewhat more difficult to play the game without the spellbook that accompanies it -- without it, you can only read spell descriptions when spells become available for research, making it harder to plan your character or figure out what enemies are capable of.

''Warlock: Master of Arcane'' is a FourX game developed by Ino-Co Plus and published by Paradox Entertainment in 2012. It is a SpiritualSequel to ‘’VideoGame/MasterOfMagic’’, utilizing many of it’s components with new addtions.

''Warlock: Master of Arcane'' is a FourX game developed by Ino-Co Plus and published by Paradox Interactive in 2012. It is a SpiritualSequel to ‘’VideoGame/MasterOfMagic’’, utilizing many of it’s components with new addtions.