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>> To quote the rules:
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>> Research by mages of 6th black circle level and above (maximum aura of
>> 31 or higher) must be done in provinces with a civilization level of 1
>> or less.
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>> So yes, civ-1 is OK. I think this restriction does work; my allies
>> have tested it.
Hmmmm.... How have they tested it? I've been able to find spells researching with a 6th black circle mage or greater in a province above civ-1 as recently as turn 71. It's possible I've overlooked something, but that would seem the basic situation to me.
>You do receive an error message when researching in a >1 civ level
>province. The time is still spent researching, but I've never heard of any
>success when the error appears.
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As far as I can tell, the rate of success is the same as it would normally be for research, so you were probably just unlucking if you spent much time researching in this situation without discovering anything.
I've reported this to Rich, but didn't mention anything to this list for reasons that are probably obvious. But, since there appears to be some confusion, I felt I mention what I've seen.
Brian