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Raven
Wizard Raven
Default Spellbooks

Icon Book SorceryIcon Book SorceryIcon Book SorceryIcon Book SorceryIcon Book SorceryIcon Book Sorcery

Icon Book NatureIcon Book NatureIcon Book NatureIcon Book NatureIcon Book Nature
Default Retorts None

Raven is one of the 14 Wizards featured in Master of Magic. His default profile is Icon Sorcery6 Icon Nature5.

Description[]

Raven is a wandering shaman of the earth and sky. "Raven" is so-named by his people for being a messenger of portents from the outer magical realms. Rather than cultivate a special wizarding skill, the shaman has resolutely collected a great trove of lore to minister his animistic religion. After receiving a sign, Raven established a Wizard Fortress and took up a mission of guardianship on behalf of the spirits he serves.

The Manual declares Raven to be a native American Indian. His race in the game's context (High Men, Nomad, or Barbarian) can't be established on this basis. His artwork shows a buff, tanned man in his prime, adorned in ceremonial furs.

Playing as Raven[]

Raven's portrait may be selected for a custom Wizard when starting a new game at any Difficulty setting above "Intro" in the official game, or respectively "Easy" in the unofficial patches. Selecting either his default profile or his portrait prevents him from being encountered as an opposing Wizard.

Raven's Default Traits[]

Raven introduces the combination of Icon NatureGreen and Icon SorceryBlue, two supportive schools that interact especially well in terms of improving mobility. He is in a relatively good position to grab for Arcanian Nodes of these colors. Master of Magic veterans will uniformly decry splitting 11 Books into two realms, however, and in all likelihood Raven would have been stronger with a Retort instead of a sixth Sorcery book.
The default Wizards feature each possible combination of either one solid or two evenly-split Realms of Spellbooks, as per the following table:
Default Profiles
Portrait Wizard Name Traits Portrait Wizard Name Traits
Wizard Merlin Merlin Icon Life5 Icon Nature5 Sage Master Wizard Sss'ra Sss'ra Icon Life4 Icon Chaos4 Myrran
Wizard Raven Raven Icon Sorcery6 Icon Nature5   Wizard Tauron Tauron Icon Chaos10   Chaos Mastery
Wizard Sharee Sharee Icon Death5 Icon Chaos5 Conjurer Wizard Freya Freya Icon Nature10   Nature Mastery
Wizard LoPan Lo Pan Icon Sorcery5 Icon Chaos5 Channeler Wizard Horus Horus Icon Life5 Icon Sorcery5 Archmage
Wizard Jafar Jafar Icon Sorcery10   Alchemy Wizard Ariel Ariel Icon Life10   Charismatic
Wizard Oberic Oberic Icon Nature5 Icon Chaos5 Mana Focusing Wizard Tlaloc Tlaloc Icon Nature4 Icon Death5 Warlord
Wizard Rjak Rjak Icon Death9   Infernal Power Wizard Kali Kali Icon Sorcery5 Icon Death5 Artificer

Raven as an Opponent[]

If not chosen, Raven may appear randomly among the computer-controlled opponent Wizards. Their finalized Spellbook and Retort picks strongly influence these Wizards' die rolls for AI Personality and Objective. At the "Normal" Difficulty setting and above, there is a 20% chance of either his Icon SorcerySorcery or Icon NatureNature aspects rolling up into a single color. Taking this into account, Raven's typical traits are predicted below.

Wizard Raven
Raven
Personality Objective
Aggressive 28% Theurgist 38%
Lawful 23% Expansionist 29%
Ruthless 19% Perfectionist 22%
Peaceful 11% Militarist 11%
Chaotic 10%
Maniacal 9%

Higher Difficulties subject a Wizard's default profile to increasingly arbitrary adjustments, including exposure to random Realms and skills. At the "Impossible" setting, be prepared for anything.

Starting Spells[]

At the start of the game, a non-customized Raven knows all spells specified in the table below. The known spells of a randomly generated opposing Raven depend entirely on the type and quantity of Spellbooks. For more information see the Wizard article. How many spells are researchable throughout the game depends on this as well.

Starting Spells depending on Master of Magic Version
official patch 1.31 unofficial patch 1.40
Icon SorceryNagas
Icon SorceryPsionic Blast
Icon SorceryPhantom Warriors
Icon SorceryFloating Island
Icon SorceryConfusion
Icon NatureWar Bears
Icon NatureStone Skin
Icon NatureSprites
Icon NatureWater Walking
    Icon SorceryDispel Magic True
Icon SorceryPsionic Blast
Icon SorceryPhantom Warriors
Icon SorceryConfusion
Icon SorceryCounter Magic
Icon NatureWater Walking
Icon NatureSprites
Icon NatureGiant Strength
Icon NatureResist Elements
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