Age of Wonders 4 Database

Tome of Transmutation

Tier III - Affinity Icon IconAffinity Icon IconChange physical substances using vast amounts of mana. Specialize in debuffing enemies, buffing allies, and changing your economy.
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"Once mastery of the mineral realm has been achieved, one may bring about the truly wondrous. Imagine the ability to manipulate and alter the very nature of the physical. To look at a substance, and decide "be not this thing, be that instead." And thus one may begin to grasp what can be achieved by harnessing the many gifts of transmutation."
-Tugrum Hammerhall, Dwarven Master Artificer

Initial Bonus

Special Province Improvement Icon IconTransmutation Circle
Pantheon Icon IconAscension: Artificer
+5Tactical Combat Points Icon Icon+5Strategic Combat Points Icon Icon

Steel Skin

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Transmutes the target race's skin into steel, granting them:

Melt Armor

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Target enemies in a 1-hex radius:

Transmute Resources

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Target owned city converts their mana Icon Mana income, gaining gold Icon Gold, structureProduction Icon Production, and food Icon Food income equal to 75% of the mana Icon Mana income.

Adaptive Armor

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Once per turn Icon Turn, whenever enchanted units are damaged by Magic attacks or spells, they gain:
  • Bolstered Resistance, increasing their resistance to magical damage.
  • Status Protection, reducing the chance that the unit will be affected by Negative Status Effects.