Ok, what the heck is an essence?

[Arson]

I seem to have missed this concept somehow. I'm not sure what an "essence" is. I've even checked the FE wiki and the only reference I see is an item that adds an essence, but what exactly are it?

I cannot cast more spells on a city without it. Again, just some concept that I seem to have missed. Can someone please explain?

[Ash Williams]

here is what I understand about essence. There are some buildings that give you essence. depending on wether you go for a conclave, a fortresse or the other one.

Having essence lets you cast enchantments on your cities.

[Holy Athena]

When your building a city, you'll see the tiles on the ground, Wood, Food, and "Essence" this is the blue number. Essences are the magical ability of that tile. They are rarer, and not all tiles will have Essences.

Basically if you open your magic, you'll see Strategic magics which you can cast on cities. Cities can only have so many magics on them, depending on their Essence. How many a city can have is easy to see, the blank circles to the left of the city name just above it. When you cast an enchantment on a city it'll fill 1 of those circles.

Also, as you get stronger magics you'll get city enchantments which say "Adds +1 of (add whatever it is here) with many essences the city has".

So say you have "This spell adds +1 Production to a city for each essence the city has" Which means if you cast it on a city with 2 essence, you'll get +2 production every turn. If the city has 3 essence's +3 every turn. and so on and so forth.

[Arson]

Hey, thanks for the explanation. I really appreciate it. I also didn't realize that my mana was being constantly drained by the enchantments I had put on units and a city. I figured out how to dispel those.

Thank you again.

[Holy Athena]

Originally posted by Arson:

Hey, thanks for the explanation. I really appreciate it. I also didn't realize that my mana was being constantly drained by the enchantments I had put on units and a city. I figured out how to dispel those.

Thank you again.

If your having slight mana problems, you can cast "meditation" on a city. This will add +1 mana per turn. With no mana cost for upkeep. Later on I believe you can get a more powerfull one as well which will add +1 mana for every essence the city has.