Elin:Spellcasting

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Read spell books to gain stock in spells.

Please check this page for prices of spellbooks and magic rods.

Overview

Using a spell

When a spell is used, the user consumes one stock of the spell and MP to attempt to cast it.

Successful casting activates the spell, but failure to cast causes the spell to be inactivated.

• Casting skill affects the success rate of spellcasting.
• The PC's casting rate is reduced when mounted or parasitized by a pet.
• PC's casting rate will be reduced when heavily armed and shield equipped.
  • Learning the Heavy Cast feat reduces these penalties.
• When confused or dim, casting rate decreases.
• When used on the entire party by holding down the spell icon, casting success rate decreases.

Domains

Characters will be assigned elemental domains at generation according to class.

Attack spells of the player's domains will be considerably more likely to spawn as loot or in shop inventories. This weighting only applies to attack spells and not healing or support spells.

• 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 Mages' Guild and raising your rank.
• NPCs also have their own domains, but they have no effect.

Spell Level

Spellcasting gains experience for that spell and increases its spell level.

The higher the spell's level, the more powerful the effect, but the amount of MP consumed to use the spell will also increase proportionally.

Every spell has a related attribute, and the amount of spell experience gained increases to the extent that the related attribute exceeds the spell level.

Conversely, if the spell level exceeds the related attribute, the amount of spell experience gained is greatly reduced by the difference.

• The more MP consumed by a spell, the more spell experience you gain.
  • The MP consumed is calculated before mana management and Maconomy stance are taken into account.
• If you have the “Old Fox Lineage” (Nefu's feat), you gain more spell experience.

Spell Power

Spell power is a factor that relates to the strength of a spell.

Spell power varies depending on the spell level, related attribute, enhancements of Enhance spell and Anti Magic.

• The calculation of spell effects uses different formulas for different spells.
  • Offensive and restorative spells use the spell power and related attribute to calculate dice and bonuses, so the higher the attribute, the more effective the spell.
  • Buff spells do not use the related attribute to calculate their effect, so they must be used repeatedly to raise their spell level in order to increase their effectiveness.

• Enhance spell enchantment increases the power of spells.
• Anti-Magic enchantment decreases the power of spells. (Increases if the enchantment is negative)

Spell misfiring

Ranged attack spells such as bolt and ball can misfire and damage allies.

• The Control Magic skill inhibits spells from misfiring on allies and reduces the damage from misfires.
  • The PC's Control Magic Skill also applies to spells and abilities used by pets.
  • If the power of the spell is too high compared to the Control Magic skill, it will not suppress misfires.
• Eulderna' s Magic Precision Feat greatly suppresses spell misfires.

Mana Overflow

If the MP consumption is insufficient when using spells, mana overflow damage corresponding to the negative amount of MP will occur.

• The Magic Capacity skill reduces mana overflow damage.
• Eulderna's and Elea's Bonded With Mana feat significantly reduce mana overflow damage.
• NPCs other than the player take 1/5 of their maximum mana as damage when they exceed their maximum mana, and if that damage is less than 10, it is negated.
  • This reduction stacks with feat-based mana overflow damage reduction.

Mana Recovery

Consumed mana will recover naturally over time.

There is a 1/8 chance of recovery at the end of each turn, and the amount recovered is determined by the “Meditation” skill.

The Meditation skill grows when mana recovers naturally.

• The Rest ability recovers health and mana more quickly.
• The Absorb Mana instantly recovers mana.

• Mana will not recover naturally under certain status abnormalities such as overwork, illness, suffocation, and poisoning.
• Rest Shrines and Cursed Ether Antibody have the effect of instantly recovering mana.

Obtaining Spellstocks

By reading a spellbook, you can learn its spells and obtain magic spell stocks.

Spellbooks can be purchased from NPCs in each town, such as sorcerers and magic store owners, or by exploring Nefia.

• The skill of reading is required to read spells of high difficulty.
  • Failing to read a book results in one of the following penalties: confusion, mana reduction, summoning of monsters, or teleportation.
  • Book blessings/curses affect the difficulty of decoding and the price of items, but do not affect the amount of stock obtained, unlike in Elona.

• Memorization skill affects the number of spells read and the number of stocks obtained from reading spell books.
  • It also affects the acquisition of stock through spell dreams and absorption through mana batteries.
• If you run out of spells, you will not be able to use those spells until you acquire them again. Spell level is inherited, so there is no need to start training from the beginning.

Magic Dream

In the magic dream of sleep event, you can acquire spells of your domain element.

The probability of magic dreams occurring is increased for characters who possess class feats of magic mastery and Dream Waker feat.

• The spells available in magic dreams are limited to those for which a spellbook exists and the PC's stock is 0.
  • If you possess the Feat of Dream Waker, you will be able to obtain it regardless of your stock.
• If you possess the Feat of Dream Waker, the types of spells from which you can obtain the stock will increase according to the level of the Feat.
  • At level 1, you can obtain touch, arrow, bolt, and ball, and at level 3, intonation, bit, sword and miasma are added.

Mana Battery

The Ether Disease of the Mana Battery absorbs the number of uses of the spell rod you obtain and converts it to its spellstock.

• *Identify* or *Uncurse* spells can only be obtained from the stock by absorption with the mana battery.
• You cannot obtain wish stock by absorbing rod of wish.

NPC Spellcasting

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 throughGene Engineering.
• NPCs also do not level up individual spells by repeatedly casting them.
  • NPC's spell levels are determined by their character level instead.
  • The power of spells is determined by comparing the character's level to the spell's associated ability, whichever has the higher power.
  • NPCs' spell powers also fluctuate due to magic enhancements and anti-magic enchantments.

• NPCs are not limited to the types of spells available as spellbooks. They can use spells unavailable to the player, such as Mind Arrow.
  • However, the following spells will not be learned as random abilities, even by evolved monsters or adventurers.
  • Sword, meteor, earthquake, healing of Elis/ Odina/Jure, resurrection, wish, phoenix, Brightness of Life.

Attack Spells

Attack spells of the player's domains will be considerably more likely to spawn as loot or in shop inventories. This weighting only applies to attack spells and not healing or support spells.

See Elements for more details.

If more information about specific numbers is wanted, reference: Spell damage formula

Damaging(General)

Name	Range	Effect
Touch	Melee, 1 tile	Low mana cost. Additional effects of the element are likely to occur.
Sword	Melee, 1 tile	Penetrates 2 ranks of the target's resistance. (e.g. Immunity -> Strong Resistance). Resistance ranks are only penetrated down to 0. Hard to cause status abnormality of additional effects from element damage. Damage is increased by long sword skill.
Arrow	Ranged, 1 tile
Bolt	12 straight tiles (piercing)	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	Ranged, 1 tile	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	Self	Changes damage dealt by the wielder's physical attacks to that element and provides resistance to it. Resistance bonus scales on Charisma. Successful strikes consume a charge. Applies to melee, bow/gun, and thrown attacks.
Bit	Ground	Summons a magical wisp of that element that casts the associated arrow spell. Can move and is innately immune to its element.

Availability of spellbooks

Domain	Spell name	Main Attribute	Touch	Sword	Arrow	Bolt	Ball	Miasma	Intonation	Bit
Fire	Fire	MAG	X			X	X		X
Cold	Ice	MAG			X	X	X		X	X
Lightning	Lightning	MAG				X	X		X	X
Darkness	Shadow	MAG		X	X	X		X	X
Mind	Mind	CHA	X			X				X
Poison	Poison	DEX		X	X		X	X
Nether	Death	END	X			X			X	X
Sound	Sound	PER				X	X			X
Nerve	Nerve	LER			X	X		X
Chaos	Chaos	MAG				X	X		X	X
Magic	Magic	MAG		X	X		X			X
Holy	Light	WIL	X			X			X	X
Ether	Ether	MAG				X	X			X
Cut	Blood	STR	X			X		X
Acid	Acid	MAG			X	X	X
Impact	Impact	END
Void	Void	END

Random adventurers and some NPCs may learn spells for which spellbooks are not sold.

Damaging(Unique)

Name	Domain	Main Attribute	Targeting	Spellbook?	Effect	Notes
Meteor	Fire	Magic	Self	Yes	Summons numerous meteor clusters over a wide area. Causing pillars of fire.	Unlike Elona, this is an AoE that spreads outwards from the caster until stopped by a wall. Damages caster.
Shatter Hex	Holy	Magic	Hostile	Yes	Removes all hexes on target and damages surrounding enemies. Requires at least one hex on target to work.	Damage varies depending on the number of hexes removed.
Earthquake	Impact	Magic	Self	Yes	Causes earthquakes over a wide area (11 tile radius).	Increased damage for targets in gravity Half damage for levitated targets
Acid Sea	Acid	Magic	Ground	No	Spreads puddles that deal acid damage when stepped on within a 3-tile radius centered on the selected tile.	Cannot be learned by players. Puddles can be destroyed with ice spells.

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 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 to the player's stat.

Example:

If Elemental Scar is successfully cast on an enemy with 44 endurance and the spell reduces the Fire/Cold/Lightning resistance by 32, the end result is a reduction of only -24

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

If Elemental Scar is successfully cast on an enemy with 1408 endurance and the spell reduces the Fire/Cold/Lightning resistance by 32, the end result is a reduction of only -6

Name	Main Attribute	Resist Attribute	Targeting	Spellbook?	Effect	Notes
Silence	Will	Will	Creature	Yes	Silences target, preventing spellcasting.	Magic device and special actions still work.
Weakness	Will	Will	Creature	Yes	Halves target's PV and DV.
Elemental Scar	Magic	Endurance	Creature	Yes	Reduces target's fire, cold and lightning resistances.
Nightmare	Magic	Learning	Creature	Yes	Reduces target's mind, nether and darkness resistances.
Bane	Will	Learning	Creature	Yes	Decreases target's luck and chance to hit.	Also strips worship bonuses if cast by an inquisitor. Excommunication negates the target's faith bonus.
Slow	Will	N/A	Creature	Yes	Slows the target.	Hardcoded minimum character speed is 10. Overrides haste (Speed).
Mist of Darkness	Will	N/A	Ground	Yes	Creates clouds of mist that grant a 50% chance of evasion bonuses to anything inside.	Randomly generated within a radius of 3 tiles centered on the selected point. Disappears after a turn. Enemies can take advantage of this. Mist can be destroyed with ice spells.
Web	Will	N/A	Ground	Yes	Creates webs that ensnare anything that steps in them. Captured creatures cannot move until they shake off the spider web, which prevents teleportation.	Randomly generated within a radius of 3 tiles centered on the selected point. Very inaccurate Spiders are immune to snaring effect. Spider webs can be destroyed with ice spells.
Gravity	Magic	N/A	Creature	Yes	Gravitates the target, making it unable to levitate.	It has the hidden effect of negating teleport, decreasing speed by 30% and greatly increasing earthquake damage.
Berserk	Will	N/A	Creature	No	Causes the target to berserk.	Cannot be learned by the player. Only available as potion of Berserk. Berserk has a disadvantageous effect, but since it's considered a buff by the game it cannot be resisted

Defense Spells

Spells whose target is a party can be cast on the entire party, including the caster, by long-pressing the icon.

You can also cast a spell on others by holding it in your hand and then right-clicking on the target.

Single-target healing also applies to mount and symbiote.

Healing

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

Name	Domain	Main Attribute	Targeting	Spellbook?	Effect	Notes
Cure Minor Wound	Holy	Will	Single/Party	Yes	Heals HP and some bad statuses.
Cure Major Wound	Holy	Will	Single/Party	No		Cannot be learned by the player. Only available as potion of Cure Major Wound.
Cure Critical Wound	Holy	Will	Single/Party	Yes
Healing	Holy	Will	Single/Party	Yes
Healing of 《Eris》	Holy	Will	Single/Party	Yes
Healing of 《Odina》	Holy	Will	Single/Party	Yes
Healing of 《Jure》	Holy	Will	Single/Party	Yes	Fully heals HP and some bad statuses.	Spellbook not sold in the common store. Cannot be duplicated or sold to stores.
Resurrection	Holy	Will	Self	Yes	Resurrects a random dead ally.	Can be used to bring back dead residents. Allies in the party have priority to be revived. Requires a cooldown time of about 1 day before it can be used again.
Nature's Embrace	Holy	Will	Single/Party	Yes	Healing over time. activates every 4 ticks for character with 100 speed.	Heals 8 times for minimum
Restore Body	Holy	Will	Single/Party	Yes	Restores weakened attributes and cure bad conditions.	Attributes: STR, END, DEX, CHA. Conditions: Blind, Poison, Bleed
Restore Mind	Holy	Will	Single/Party	Yes	Restores weakened attributes and cure bad conditions.	Attributes: PER, LER, WIL, MAG. Conditions: Fear, Dim
Holy Light	Holy	Will	Single/Party	Yes	Attempts to remove one hex and grants a weak holy veil.	Success dependent on strength vs hex strength.
Vanquish Hex	Holy	Will	Single/Party	Yes	Attempts to remove all hexes and grants a weak holy veil.	Success dependent on strength vs hex strength. Each hex is rolled separately.

Blessings

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

Name	Main Attribute	Targeting	Spellbook?	Effect	Notes
Holy Veil	Will	Single/Party	Yes	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	Perception	Self	Yes	+1 vision and attack range, +Perception. Immunity to blind.	Heavily scales in duration, will not provide extra vision.
Holy Shield	Will	Single/Party	Yes	+PV. Immunity to fear and weakness.
Divine Wisdom	Learning	Self	Yes	+Magic, Learning and Literacy. Immunity to confusion.
Hero	Will	Single/Party	Yes	+Strength and Dexterity. Immunity to fear and confusion
Elemental Shield	Will	Single/Party	Yes	+Fire, Cold and Lightning resists. Immunity to elemental scar	Overrides elemental scars.
Speed	Will	Self	Yes	+Speed	Overrides slow, but does NOT grant immunity to slow. Gets multiplied by the Lonely Soul feat.
Phoenix	Will	Single/Party	Yes	Grant the Rebirth status to the target.	Spellbook not sold in the common store. (Cannot be duplicated).
Brightness of Life	Will	Single/Party	No	Grant the Brightness of Life status to the target.	Cannot be learned by the player.

Utility Spells

Utility

Name	Main Attribute	Targeting	Spellbook?	Effect	Notes
Teleport	Perception	Self	Yes	Teleports self.	Can be any vacant tile on the map.
Short Teleport	Perception	Self	Yes	Teleports self.	Generally within usually a 5-tile radius.
Mass Teleport	Perception	Self	Yes	Teleports self with your pets and minions.	Can be any vacant tile on the map.
Return	Perception	Self	Yes	Returns to a previously visited location.	Cast return or evac again to cancel. Valid destinations are player's home, static dungeons, Little Garden, and recently visited nefias.
Evacuation	Perception	Self	Yes	Returns player to the world map.	Cast return or evac again to cancel.
Identify	Perception	Item	Yes	Identifies an item.	Up to miracle quality items can be identified. Hold down the spell icon to appraise every item in the player's inventory.
*Identify*	Perception	Item	No	Identifies an item.	Stock can only be obtained by absorbing it from rods with the Mana Battery ether disease. Identifies any item. Hold down the spell icon to appraise every item in the player's inventory. Very hard and expensive (~125 mana) to cast as memorized spell.
Lighten	Learning	Item	No	Reduces weight of an item by 10%.	Only available as scroll of Flying. 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.
Uncurse	Will	Creature	Yes	Removes curses on equipped gear.	Success chance depends on spell strength (Rod/scroll status or spell level versus cursed/doomed item status). Blessed rods of uncurse apply to every item in the player's inventory. Doomed items may take several attempts to uncurse. A blessed rod/scroll is adviced.
*Uncurse*	Will	Creature	No	Removes curses on equipped gear.	Stock can only be obtained by absorbing it from rods with the Mana Battery ether disease. More powerful curses (doomed) can be uncursed. Blessed rods of uncurse apply to every item in the player's inventory.
Magic Map	Perception	Self	Yes	Reveals map.	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. Note: A cursed scroll will confuse the player.
Levitate	Perception	Self	Yes	Makes the player float.	Identical to float bit while in effect. Countered by gravity. Float makes you not trigger traps and take less damage from earthquake.
Mutation	Perception	Self	Yes	Randomly mutates the player.	Potions are preferred because they can be blessed to cause a positive mutation.
Telepathy	Perception	Self	Yes	Reveals monsters on the floor.	Will not reveal monsters considered mindless (some machines and undead) and Yith(race)
Invisibility	Perception	Single/Party	Yes	Grants invisibility and +stealth.	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.
See Invisible	Perception	Self	Yes	Grants see invisible.	The ability to see invisible (through whatever means) is not shared with allies.
Incognito	Perception	Self	Yes	Grants disguised status	Primarily used to reset hostile status of neutral NPCs. If at negative Karma, Incognito can be used to avoid being attacked in settlements and to buy from vendors. Does not prevent NPCs turning hostile after casting when commiting a crime.
Water Breathing	Will	Single/Party	No	Nullifies suffocation. +Swimming	Cannot be learned by the player. Only available as potion of Water Breathing.
Broomification	Perception	Creature	Yes	Nullify other transmutation +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. Witches get bonus to riding brooms. Only Rodwyn sells Broomification spellbooks and they can't be found randomly.
Putitification	Perception	Creature	No	Nullify other transmutation -5 STR, END, +5 CHA, +10 Acid Resistance	Cannot be learned by the player. Only available as potion of Putitification.
Catification	Perception	Creature	No	Nullify other transmutation Speed +20, Stealth +20, Machine Bane +10, Fish Bane +10 Flurry +20, Chase +20, Fire Resistance -5, Sound Resistance -5	Cannot be learned by the player. Only available as potion of Catification. Bonuses are fixed values. Only the duration is affected by spell power. When you defeat an enemy while in Catification, there is a high chance that the corpse will drop Remnants of What Once Was Life.
Wish	Luck	Self	Yes	Wishing	Not sold in general stores (Cannot be duplicated).

Summon

• Summons last until killed.
• Summons are generated with 0 interest and no fur. They will regrow fur. Fur level depends on creature level above their default level.
• Summons are scaled by spell level.

Name	Main Stat	Targeting	Spellbook?	Effect	Notes
Summon Animal	Charisma	Self	Yes	Summons allied animals
Summon Undead Younger Sisters	Charisma	Self	Yes	Summons allied undead younger sisters
Summon Shadow	Charisma	Self	Yes	Summons allied shadows that detonate on enemies.	Shadows appear at half health. Suicide Bomb explosions are sound-element. Handle with care, very easy to kill yourself unless you have sufficient Control Magic skills. Shadows may use self-destruct if 50% or lower.
Summon Monster	Charisma	Self	Yes	Summons random monsters	Spellbook not sold in the common store. (Cannot be duplicated).
Summon Pawn	Charisma	Self	Yes	Summons pawns
Summon Fire	Charisma	Self	No	Summons fire element monsters	Cannot be learned by the player.
Summon Tentacle	Charisma	Creature	No	Summons tentacles
Summon Yeek	Charisma	Self	No	Summons Yeeks
Summon Orc	Charisma	Self	No	Summons Orcs
Summon Octopus	Charisma	Self	No	Summon Octopus
Summon Fish	Charisma	Self	No	Summon Aquatic creatures
Summon Offspring	Charisma	Self	No	Summon Offsprings of Shub-Niggurath
Summon Tidal Wave	Charisma	Self	No	Summon Tidal Wave

Talismans

See also Sword Sage Page.

By using Calligraphy tool (selecting Calligraphy tool → select a melee weapon and an attack spellbook), you can grant (load) melee weapons with spell books for ball, bolt, arrow, touch, earthquake, and meteor as talismans.

The number of times a spell book can be used is converted into talisman stock, and spells can be cast in exchange for stock when a weapon attack hits.

Spells cast with talismans can be cast without casting or consuming MP, allowing even races and classes that are not naturally skilled at magic to use magic.

By casting spells multiple times in a single turn, you can deal explosive damage.

Sword Sage has a large bonus when using talismans (increased talisman effects, increased talisman stock).

Loading talisman

• Calligraphy tool is possessed by Sword Sage from the start, and can be obtained by other classes from furniture shops in Mifu Village.
• Calligraphy tool requires several turns to use. They may be interrupted if damage is taken during use.
• The use of Calligraphy tool does not require a reading skill check, so even spell books that cannot be read can be used as talisman.
• The stock of talisman increases at a rate of 1/2 when a spell book is read, but unlike spells, there is no bonus for memorization.
• Number of talisman that can be loaded cannot be stacked. If you try to attach additional talisman to a weapon, the original talisman will be overwritten, even if they are the same spell.

Activation of talisman

• If the target is not knocked down by melee damage, it activates with a 100% chance after a weapon attack hits. Once the activation conditions are met, it cannot be stopped.
• Spells activated by talisman do not consume MP and do not require a casting check. Even spells with a low casting success rate will always activate.
• Activating an talisman consumes 1 stock.(Enchantments that save talisman have a chance to prevent consumption from the stock.
• When a talisman is used, experience is gained for the spell used and the corresponding attribute. However, no experience is gained for the casting skill.
• The damage of talisman is based on the player's spell power. It is affected by spell level, corresponding attributes, and magic enhancement/anti-magic enchantments.
• The damage of talisman is rolled after weapon damage.
• Among the additional attacks from dual wielding, furry, and whirlwind enchantments, only the first attack that hits will activate the talisman.
• Additional attacks from abilities such as Swarm and Bladestorm will activate talisman on all attacks.
• Spells with a range of 1, such as swords and touch, will not activate on distant opponents even when used in combination with weapons that can attack from a distance, such as spears.