[.915 bug] Henchmen can use magic tomes

from Elemental Forums

Was testing to see if magic tomes given to henchmen would suffer the same fate as horses and ranged weapons.  Nope.  Turns out he can use it.  Now I've got a henchman fire mage!  Hooray! 

On a semi-related note, if my henchman takes path of the mage, the tooltip for his spells are not adjusted accordingly, perhaps because they're considered abilities.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

I don't think this is a bug... that's just what tomes does. It teaches you magic. While it SEEMS nice at first, I've found that not giving them tomes and letting them develop army supporting traits over spells is way better.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

If henchmen are meant to use proper magic like regular champs, why are they only given weaker "adept" skills to start out with?  I'm not complaining if the tome use is intended, as I'd rather enjoy a bunch of henchmen magi running around fireballing everything to death, but they're supposed to be weaker, more fragile versions of champions.  Giving them access to proper spellbooks seems a bit overpowered for a unit that's supposed to be able to die (even if they don't at the moment).

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