Joined by another shipwrecked warrior named Forad Darre, they travel to the six clans of Chedian, uniting them against the threat of the Beldonian Horde.įorad Darre is sent to lead the armies of Chedian against the Beldonian Horde while the party performs a task for Yrsa, but they are slaughtered to the man. The player controls a party of raiders from the town of Ravensford, who are shipwrecked on the Isle of Ashes and told of their fate by a hermit, Yrsa the Troll. The game's main questline takes place a short time following the destruction of the world of Enroth - the location of Might and Magic VI through Might and Magic VIII - as depicted in Heroes of Might and Magic IV, and deals with the attempted invasion of the region of Chedian by the army of the Beldonian warlord Tamur Leng. For instance, the Gladiator class can only attain the expert level of the thrown weapons skill, while the assassin can reach the grand master level. Each skill comes in four levels of proficiency: normal, expert, master, and grand master, and the class of a character affects the skills that he or she is capable of learning. The final category covers miscellaneous skills, such as the ability to disarm traps, or to repair items that have been broken. The four magic abilities correspond the four schools of magic available in the game ( dark, elemental, light, and spirit) and determine a character's ability to cast particularly magic spells in each school. The three defensive skills, armor, dodging, and shield, determine what forms of armor a character can use, as well as his or her ability to parry enemy attacks. There are six attack skills, such as blade or unarmed combat, that determine what types of weapon a character can use, and how effective that character is when using them. There are a total of twenty three unique skills available in the game, divided among four distinct categories. Consult the chart at left for a complete listing of all possible promotion paths and classes. A crusader can then be promoted into either the ranger class or the paladin class. For example, a fighter can be promoted into either the mercenary class or the crusader class. Each character can be promoted up to two times, and there are two possible promotion paths for each class at each level. At various points throughout the game, the player will have the opportunity to complete certain tasks to gain a job promotion. At the start of the game, there are two classes available: the fighter (might-based) and the initiate (magic-based). Examples include armor class, which is determined by combining a character's endurance with the protectiveness of whatever armor he or she may be wearing, and hit points, which are directly related to a character's endurance rating.Īdditionally, each character is assigned a particular character class. In addition to the six primary statistics, there are a number of secondary statistics which cannot be adjusted manually by the player, but are instead calculated based on other factors. The final race, human, has no natural affinity for any particular attribute, but similarly suffers from no penalties in any category. Dwarves are proficient in endurance, but lacking in magic elves are proficient in accuracy, but lacking in endurance half-orcs are proficient in strength, but lacking in speed. Each character has six statistical attributes: might, magic, endurance, accuracy, speed, and luck, and the number of points assigned to each attribute is based upon the race of the character: three of the four available races have both a strong attribute, which reduces the cost of advancement in that area by half, and a weak attribute, which doubles the cost of advancement in that area. Might and Magic IX features a party of four player characters, each of whom is selected at the start of the game. The music soundtrack is by Paul Anthony Romero, Rob King and Steve Baca. During production, it was known by the working title of Might and Magic IX: Writ of Fate, and it is usually referred to by that title by fans of the series. Powered by the Lithtech 1.5 engine, it was also the first game in the series to feature fully three-dimensional graphics. It is the first to feature a significant game engine overhaul since 1998's Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven. It is the sequel to Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer. Might and Magic IX is a role-playing video game, the last developed by New World Computing for Microsoft Windows and released in 2002 by The 3DO Company.
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