Homm3 spell skills.

[Tress]

Altough I play homm for a long time i never noticed Is there actual differnece between untrained magic skill and basic. In manuals there writen basic/advanced/expert but no untrained. Also at least lightning spell with sp 3 deals 85 dmg and same amount with basic air skill. So question is: Does any spell benefit from basic rank of spell skill.

[Metathron]

It's been ages since I played HoMM III, but from what I remember the basic levels do provide some minor boost to, for example, spell damage.

[darknessfood]

Yeah, advanced and expert are always better. Like, stone skin, on basic you must cast it on 1 creature, on expert it just affects all your creatures.
And the berserk spell, it has a bigger affect radius when cast on expert.
Mines/quicksand, they just pop inmore of the things.
And offensive spells gain more damage on top of the damage dealt so far...
Anywayz, the expert bonusses are really there...

[Dracomancer]

Basic skills simply make spells of the same element cheaper to cast - one spell point less for each level of the spell. And that's all Basic gives, as far as I know.

[Muszka]

Basic skills simply make spells of the same element cheaper to cast - one spell point less for each level of the spell. And that's all Basic gives, as far as I know.

Seconding this.