I think the description of Sovreigns and Factions in the manual may be at times confusing. Often times, what is listed under the Sovereing is actually a bonus for the Faction. Further, the list of spells is probably unnecessary and repetitive. I think it would be very useful, especially for those who have never played FE, to have a comparison table, where bonuses are grouped not according to where they come from, but according to what they affect. To give an example of what I mean, here is a table I have made in XL (the formatting is quite ugly when pasted :/ )

Weaknesses are in red. One could add (*) to all bonuses that require a Tech to be active, and (T) to all those that are related to a trait, in case people deem it worth. I started by then got bored

Having a look at the manual of MoM or even the user manual crafter by users of HoMM V could give futher ideas. It is a strategy game, people like me like to have ways to compare pro's and con's of each faction, and the manual as it is now does not really help.

M

ps: Krax Blood says that Krax gains +10 def when below 50% hp, but I think this works for all Kraxis units, isn't it?

I have viewed (and used) both the Fallen Enchantress Manual (which I just love!) and the Hiergamenon, on my iPad 3.  I frankly think that both documents look great!  

That said, in the case of the Manual, each and every page has a thin (perhaps 1/8 inch) turquoise border on each page.  I actually thought it was intentional; because it looks very tidy, and slightly more colourful, than the bare pages, which are (I believe) designed to look like old vellum, or at least very old paper.  I view the border as a plus - something which enhances the look!  (I am refering to the earlier - non-slim - version, BTW.)

On the other hand, the Hiergamenon does not have any coloured borders, when viewed on my iPad.  Both of these documents are clear and clean, and easy to read, which makes them excellent reference sources to have on my desk, alongside my game PC.  My thanks again, to Toby and crew, for making these documents available in such a useful format and media.       

Very nice indeed.

I love how this game is turning out to be. The manual is a work of art.

I'm giving it a try tonight when I get home.

I have not played this game for months. It must be so different from what I remember.

Try to download it, instead of opening it. It is a large file, so it may be crashing the pdf reading plugin/extension. That may help.

Healing injuries: only way to do that currently is finding a special potion as a drop during quests I believe.

You go to your kingdom governing page and at the top right there are some tabs, one is enchantments, you can cancel enchantment on units and cities from there.

Oh yea, I think those are permanent.

For some reason trying to use the links in the OP causes both firefox and explorer to freeze and lock up. I am unable to open either pdf up in those programs on my computer.

I can view and read the Heirgamon though.

Toby, could you please add the following hotkeys to the manual? They are not mentioned in it.

1 sets the camera to the default isometric view

2 sets the camera to a zoomed in topdown view

3 sets the camera to a zoomed out topdown view

4 sets the camera to a topdown view at clothmap-level

5 sets the camera to a zoomed in isometric view 

Ctrl + n creates a new map, using the same game-settings as before

Ctrl + tab opens the overlay-menu (most player overlook the pop-up mentioning this)