MOM 1.31 data in SPELLDAT.LBX

Kenneth M. Dale         2/9/99
Eljay                   2006-Jun-29

The spell definitions begin at byte 248h, and each is 24h bytes long.

Two byte integer values are stored LSB,MSB order.

Spell definition byte descriptions

00-12   Name of the spell, terminated by a 00 byte
13      ???    [ELJAY: probably the "spell desirability", used to weight the
                diplomacy value of a spell as well as determine rarity of the
                spell when populating the 'spell research' availability.]
14      00     [ELJAY: probably the MSB of the "spell desirability", which
                always happens to be zero.]
15      ???
16      Section in spell book (table 1)
17      Magic realm (table 2)
18      Casting eligibility (table 3)
19      00
1A,1B   Casting cost (combat cost if less than overland)
1C,1D   Research cost
1E      Sound effect when casting spell
1F      00
20      Summoning spells: unit summoned (note 1)  Others: flags?
21      Flags?
22      Flags?
23      Flags?

Table 1: Section in spell book

00      Special Spells
01      Summoning
02      Enchantment
03      City Spells
04      Unit Spells
05      Combat Spells

Table 2: Magic realm

00      Nature
01      Sorcery
02      Chaos
03      Life
04      Death
05      Arcane

Table 3: Casting eligibility

FE      Combat only
        - battlefield enchantments
        - battlefield attack spells
        - unit attack spells
        - friendly unit (temp) enchant spells (Berserk)
FF      Combat only
        - battlefield enchantments
        - battlefield attack spells
        - unit attack spells
        - summoning (Phantoms, Elementals)
00      Combat or overland, overland cost 5x combat cost
01      Overland only, for example...
        - summonings (other than Phantom Warriors, Phantom Beast, Fire Elemental, Air Elemental, Earth Elemental)
        - city enchantments
        - city curses on your enemy cities
        - unit spells (non-combat castable unit spells, such as Chaos Channels, or Endurance)
        - artifact creation
        - world enchantements
        - spells affecting spells, such as dispels, disenchant, disjunction, spell binding, spell blast
02      Combat or overland, overland cost 5x combat cost
03      Combat or overland, overland cost 5x combat cost, friendly city only
04      Combat or overland, overland cost same as combat cost
05      Overland only, only while banished

Note 1: The unit codes start at 9A for a Magic Spirit, and are in the same
        order as the units appear in the unit tables in WIZARDS.EXE.  The
        units not listed in SPELLDAT.LBX are Demon (A9) and Zombies (AE).