Destruction

The forces of Destruction enable you to disintegrate foes, plunder cities, kill your enemy's population and wreak havoc upon the lands.

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Adept

You are a user of the most profane magic, destruction. You hold the powers to crumble empires with greater ease and inflict your armies with bloodlust while forcing your population to dwell in rotten murk.

Destruction Node Mana Bonus

Name:	Destruction Node Mana Bonus	Spec. (Tier)	Dest. Adept (I)	Research:	--
Type:	Empire Upgrade	Subtype:	Resource Management
	Destruction Nodes provide +5 Income. This Empire Upgrade always starts out researched.

Hasty Plunder

Name:	Hasty Plunder	Spec. (Tier)	Dest. Adept (III)	Research:	200
Type:	Empire Upgrade	Subtype:	Resource/City Management
	Enables the Instant Plunder option in the City Options menu. Instant Plunder allows you to "instantly" raze a city and gain loot as if it were plundered. This allows you plunder a city in the same amount of time as it would take to raze the city (2 ) and receive less loot than the normal Plunder option.

Killer Instinct

Name:	Killer Instinct	Spec. (Tier)	Dest. Adept (I)	Research:	80
Type:	Combat Spell	Target:	Friendly Unit	Cost:	6
	Target unit will do 50% more damage on critical hits and gains Draconian, Dwarf, Frostling, Halfling, High Elf, Human, Goblin, Orc, and Tigran, slayer.

Scorched Earth

Name:	Scorched Earth	Spec. (Tier)	Dest. Adept (II)	Research:	140
Cost:	45	Upkeep:	15 /	Cost:	40
Type:	City Enchantment	Target:	Owned City
	Target city you own will be razed instantly when you lose control over it. This is an act of Evil (25 ) You will not suffer penalty once the city is razed. Cannot affect Vassal cities

Domain of Corruption

Name:	Domain of Corruption	Spec. (Tier)	Dest. Adept (III)	Research:	180
Cost:	70	Upkeep:	20 /	Cost:	60
Type:	City Enchantment	Target:	Friendly City
	Enchanted city and units in its domain now like Blighted terrain. Does not affect Dwellings This is an act of Evil (25 )

Master

With your hands dripping with entropic miasma you hold even greater powers of destruction. Their barely constrained power gives you the ability to ruin your enemies with raw breaking force while also giving your existing spells even more power through chaotic energy.

Destruction Affinity

Name:	Destruction Affinity	Spec. (Tier)	Master of Destruction (I)	Research:	--
Type:	Empire Upgrade	Subtype:	Resource Management
	Destruction Nodes provide +5 Income. Creation Nodes provide -5 Income. This Empire Upgrade always starts out researched.

Transform Mana Node

Name:	Transform Mana Node	Spec. (Tier)	Air, Creation, Destruction, Earth, Fire and Water master (I)	Research:	--
Cost:	Not possible	Upkeep:	--	Cost:	60
Type:	Strategic Spell	Target:	Mana Node
	Transforms a mana node to the type of your master specialization. Does not work on mana nodes that already belong to a specific sphere. This spell always starts out researched.

Blight Empire

Name:	Blight Empire	Spec. (Tier)	Dest. Master (IV)	Research:	350
Cost:	100	Upkeep:	40 /	Cost:	80
Type:	Global Enchantment	Subtype:	Terraforming
	Blighted terrain spread from your domain This is an act of Evil (25 )

Wreck

Name:	Wreck	Spec. (Tier)	Dest. Master (IV)	Research:	350
Type:	Combat Spell	Target:	Hostile Unit	Cost:	10
	Target Boat, Machine, or Undead gains 100% Weakness and 100% Weakness until end of combat.

Storm Magic

Name:	Storm Magic	Spec. (Tier)	Dest. Master (VI)	Research:	1200
Type:	Empire Upgrade	Subtype:	Spell Buff
	The damage of your direct damage combat spells is increased by 50%.

Disintegrate

Name:	Disintegrate	Spec. (Tier)	Dest. Master (VI)	Research:	1200
Type:	Combat Spell	Target:	Hostile Unit	Cost:	20
	Attempts to disintegrate target unit. If it fails, unit takes 25 damage. Strength: 15 Successfully disintegrated units cannot be resurrected and will not resurge after combat.