Decrements 10% of Max Health instantly and at the begining of every round. Has a 30% chance to poison enemy after the attack. Turns into a Bone Dragon with Skeleton Transformer.Stacks with “Slayer” (any level) on them have increased attack against Sea Serpent.60% of the Attack parameter is ignored when a creature attacks Nix. 30% of the Attack parameter is ignored when a creature attacks Nix. If Weakness is already applied, casts Disrupting Ray (Advanced level). Casts Weakness for 3 rounds on an attacked stack. Casts after the shot ( Advanced level).If Weakness is already applied, casts Disrupting Ray (Basic level). If at least one creature was killed by the attack, a second blow is inflicted. Ability doesn’t work if shooting at creatures behind walls. X = 3 multiplier for shooting without penalty and X = 2 if shooting with penalty. The ability is triggered after a shot: each creature in an attacking stack has a X% chance of killing a creature in the attacked squad, but the total number of killed creatures cannot be more than (number of creatures in an attacking squad) * X/100 (rounded up). Random map zone without towns can become Cove zone if its terrain is sand or swamp.

In addition, they gain +1 to attack, defense and speed, see and ignore the mines and see the quicksand, but the siege of Cove still occurs in swamp. After the construction of the Lodestar, Cove creatures move on any without penalty.

On HotA maps Cove availability for a player can be set in map properties, otherwise Cove is available by default.

Rule of availability for a player on original game (RoE/AB/SoD) maps: if all towns (or all towns except Conflux) are available, Cove is also available otherwise, Cove is unavailable.

Cove is a new type of fraction and town with all the necessary elements.

This list contains all noticeable additions concerning gameplay. Horn of the Abyss (HotA) is a global add-on for Heroes of Might and Magic III that extends (and fixes if needed) classical gameplay elements and adds some of its own.

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