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Read spell books to gain stock in spells. Casting spells costs spell stock and MP; each cast always costs 1 spell stock. Memorization affects spell stock gain per successful read.

Every spell is governed by a stat. Spells rapidly gain experience depending on how high the governing stat is above the spell's level. However, if the spell's level is higher than the governing stat, spell XP is severely reduced based on the difference.

Please check '''[[Elin:店主/値段|this]]''' page for prices of magic books and magic wands.

Creatures other than the player, including your allies, operate according to different rules for spellcasting than players. NPCs do not require or consume spell stocks, and do not need spellbooks. However, NPCs also cannot learn new spells from spellbooks. An NPC may only learn new spells through [[Elin:Gene Engineering|Gene Engineering]].

NPCs are not limited to the types of spells available as spellbooks. They can use spells unavailable to the player, such as Mind Arrow.  

NPCs also do not level up individual spells by repeatedly casting them. NPC's spell levels are determined by their character level instead.

==Domains==

Characters will be assigned elemental domains at generation according to class. Some classes such as wizard or priest have the option to gain additional elemental domains as class perks in character generation. However, not all elements are necessarily available for selection even with the perk; for example, wizards cannot obtain the holy domain.

Class-related domains cannot be changed once character generation has been completed, but additional domains can be re-selected by joining the [[Elin:Guilds|Mages' Guild]] and raising your rank.

!Elemental Effect<ref>Additional effects of each element will not occur if the damage is 0.</ref>

Item destruction preventable by fireproof blanket (enemies) or magic manners (player).

| Wet, Chill (slows). Can destroy objects.

Chill stacks to Freeze for even greater slowdown.

|Stun is not prevented by negate paralysis affix.  

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|Confusion, Sleep

|Heal self for a % of damage dealt.

|Dim hinders casting, prevents action if stacked to Muddled, and gives incoming attacks +25% crit chance.

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|Learning

|Random status ailments.

Bleed can be prevented with Sperb(15) or higher cut resistance.

|Cannot be selected as an additional domain. Used in a very few attacks, such as suicidal explosion, flam explosions, etc.

'''Touch''': Melee range, single target, low mana cost.

'''Arrow:''' A single target ranged spell.

'''Bolt:''' A beam that pierces enemies and travels for 12 tiles. Can hit caster if it's stopped by an adjacent wall.

'''Ball:''' A 5x5 sphere Aoe centered about the caster. Damage reduces with distance from the origin.

'''Miasma:''' A damage over time spell. Cannot be stacked. Spreads to adjacent enemies when it ticks. Tick rate is based on global time. Bypasses elite status resistances. Can be cleansed with holy light or vanquish hex.

'''Intonation:''' Changes damage dealt by the wielder's physical attacks to that element and provides resistance to it. Successful strikes consume a charge. Applies to melee, bow/gun, and thrown attacks.

'''Bit:''' Summons a magical wisp of that element that casts the associated arrow spell. Can move and is innately immune to its element.

==Attack Spells==

If more information about specific numbers is wanted, reference: [[Elin:Code Analysis/Combat#Spellcasting/Damaging Spells|Spell damage formula]]

|Magic

|Unlike Elona, this is an AoE that spreads outwards from the caster until stopped by a wall. Damages caster.

|Removes all hexes on target and damages surrounding enemies.

Requires at least one hex on target to work.

|Bugged? Does not appear to damage either target or surrounding enemies.

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|Magic

|Causes earthquakes over a wide area.

===Hexes===

As with all hexes the creature can resist the application and the spell will "splash" and not stick. This is based on the creatures will stat versus your spell level. The given spell however if successfully casted on the creature has its effectiveness reduced in proportion<ref name=":0">the proportionality seems to have diminishing returns as the higher the resist stat becomes it approaches a flat floor of -5 for elemental scar (possibly meaning it reverts to its level 1 spell strength).</ref> to the spells given counter attribute. We will call this the resist stat. This goes both ways. If the enemy successfully lands a hex on the player or party member the effectiveness is reduced proportionally<ref name=":0" /> to the player's stat.

Example:

If Elemental Scar is successfully cast on an enemy with 869 endurance and the spell reduces the Fire/Cold/Lightning resistance by 32, the end result is a reduction of only -7

|Silences target, preventing spellcasting.

Willpower directly influences the power of the healing spell. If interested in reading more, reference:

|Single-target healing also applies to mount and symbiote.

|Single-target healing also applies to mount and symbiote.

|Healing of 《Odina》

Allies in the party have priority to be revived.

|Str, End, Dex, Cha.

|Attempts to remove all hexes and grants a weak holy veil.

|Success dependent on strength vs hex strength. Each hex is rolled separately.

All below blessings scale with spell level as the PC and with character level as an NPC

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|Grant a blessed veil that wards off curses.

|Repels hexes by comparing strength of veil vs. strength of hex. This includes miasmas.

| Cat's Eye

| +1 vision and attack range, +Perception, nullifies blind.

|Heavily scales in duration, will not provide extra vision.

| +PV, nullify fear and weakness.

| +Magic, Learning and Literacy, nullify confusion.

| +Fire, ice and lightning resists, nullify elemental scar

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|Overrides slow, but does NOT nullify slow. Gets multiplied by the Lonely Soul feat.

|Cast return or evac again to cancel. Valid destinations are player's home, static dungeons, Little Garden, and recently visited nefias.

|Returns player to the world map.

|Identifies an item.

|Up to miracle quality items can be identified.

|Some items appear to not work with the spell, such as tents and items that weigh equal or less than 0.1s. This effect stacks, presumably until the 0.1s mark.  Warning: closing the interface after using the spell ends the spell.

|Effect is centered about player's position and grows with spell level. Will not reveal fully walled-in tiles, so cannot be used to detect buried ore deposits.

|Identical to float bit while in effect. Countered by gravity.

| Reveals monsters on the floor.

| Effect also applies to mount and symbiote. Any action immediately ends invisibility. Some monsters innately see invisible, others will toss liquids in an attempt to reveal you.

| +45 speed, +20 DV, -10 Str, End, Dex, Fire resistance.

| Riding/hosting does not consume a turn. Any other transformations are cancelled. Witches have a bonus to riding brooms. Duration does not run out while creature is being ridden.

|Summon Animal

| Summons are scaled by spell level. Shadows appear at half health. Suicide explosions are sound-element. Handle with care, very easy to kill yourself unless you have sufficient magic control skills.

(All talisman information tested with Sword Sage, and the Talisman Mastery feat.)

By using a Calligraphy Kit, spellbooks can be bound to melee weapons in the form of Talismans.

Sword Sages have the calligraphy tool from the start, and other classes can also purchase it at the furniture store in Mifu Village or obtain it through crafting.  

How to use the calligraphy tool: Use the calligraphy tool→select a weapon and an attack magic book.

Talismans "cast" the spell as if the player had used it themselves, at the same spell level, domain bonus and same stat bonus that the player would ordinarily have from traditional casting.  

Talisman damage is rolled after weapon damage.

Talisman stock is gained at 1/2 the base rate of reading the book, with no bonuses from memorization.