Bug or description error.
The Fire level 4 spell "Fire Mantle" describes it as doing fire damage to each enemy that attacks the enchanted. ie if they attack, they take damage regardless if the attack is dodged or not.
The spell actually works as: fire damage is dealt to each enemy that hits the enchanted. ie, not hit, not damage taken from fire mantle.
hit vs attack are different imo. If I'm building a dodge based char (like I did), and expect that each person to attack that char to take fire damage, it doesn't happen.
PS, this game is awesome!!
it definately has that one more turn feeling that I've missed since MOO 1 and MOO 2.