Summon Starchild
- Cost to learn
- 8 gemstones · 8 crystals · 8 mercury
- Upgrade cost
- 25 · 25 · 25
Level 1
Mana: 20Summons a stack of [ 4 + 2 × hero’s Spell Power ] Starchildren on an adjacent free hex. They will disappear at the end of the battle.
- Target Friendly creature
- Area Single target
Level 2
Mana: 20Summons a stack of [ 4 + 2 × hero’s Spell Power ] Starchildren in a two‑hex radius. They will disappear at the end of the battle.
Summon radius: 1 > 2.
- Target Friendly creature
- Area Single target
Level 3
Mana: 20Summons a stack of [ 4 + 2 × hero’s Spell Power ] Starchildren in a two‑hex radius. They can use abilities and will disappear at the end of the battle.
Summoned stack can use Active abilities.
- Target Friendly creature
- Area Single target
Level 4
Mana: 20Summons a stack of [ 4 + 3 × hero’s Spell Power ] Starchildren in a two‑hex radius. They can use abilities and will disappear at the end of the battle.
Spell Power multiplier: 2 > 3.
- Target Friendly creature
- Area Single target
How to learn it
Spells of the Nightshade Magic school are unlocked by the Nightshade Magic skill: without it a hero cannot buy them in the mage guild, and every further mastery step strengthens the whole school at once.
- Basic Nightshade Magic — The hero can learn tier‑5 Nightshade spells.
- Advanced Nightshade Magic — The hero can learn tier‑5 Nightshade spells. Nightshade spells gain +1 level(s).
- Expert Nightshade Magic — The hero can learn tier‑5 Nightshade spells, and can learn Nightshade spells unlocked in the Observatory, without visiting a Mage Guild. Nightshade spells gain +1 level(s).
Sub-skills that strengthen the school: Nightshade Time, Chronic Weakness, Darkest Night, Nightshade Teachings, Hour of the Wolf, Scholar Synergy: Naira
Every spell of the Nightshade Magic school
| Spell | Tier | Mana | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Despair | 1 | 9 | Battle spell |
| Enlarge Shadow | 1 | 7 | Battle spell |
| Fatal Decay | 1 | 4 | Battle spell |
| Unnatural Calm | 1 | 6 | Battle spell |
| Read Minds | 2 | 10 | Adventure-map spell |
| Shade Cloak | 2 | 7 | Battle spell |
| Umbral Grip | 2 | 10 | Battle spell |
| Web | 2 | 11 | Battle spell |
| Naira’s Veil | 3 | 16 | Adventure-map spell |
| Silence | 3 | 5 | Battle spell |
| Sleep | 3 | 13 | Battle spell |
| Twilight | 3 | 16 | Battle spell |
| Berserk | 4 | 16 | Battle spell |
| Summon Starchild (this page) | 4 | 20 | Battle spell |
| Vulnerability | 4 | 11 | Battle spell |
| Coup de Grâce | 5 | 24 | Battle spell |
| Naira’s Kiss | 5 | 18 | Battle spell |
| Shadow Army | 5 | 35 | Battle spell |