THE LORDS

The LORD is YOU, the LEADERS are the LEADERS OF YOUR TROOPS. There seems to be a confusion about this. When you choose you lord type, you are choosing the options your leaders will have when you are playing the game.

WARRIOR
The Warriors's units will regenerate 15 % of their damage each day, but magic research is limited to the fourth level. But they can buy level 5 spells and they can also use all the scrolls they find or buy by using a mage as one of their leaders.

GUILDMASTER
The Guildmaster's spells research is limited to the fourth level, but their thieves perform more action and cities cost 50% less to grow. But they can buy level 5 spells and they can also use all the scrolls they find or buy by using a mage as one of their leaders.

MAGE LORD
The Mages can research all the spells at half the cost and all the different spells can be cast twice per day. But you can hire a warrior leader that will regenerate regenerate 15% of his damage each day.

Players will mostly tend to use warriors leaders with a warrior lord, magician leaders with a mage lord and scouting leaders with the guildmaster. It is surely more interesting to have a mage leader and be able to cast spell twice per day than a warrior leader... it is more in the feeling of the gameplay but any combination is playable.

You can get the pictures of the lords for each race in the D-Arwork.