Elin:Spellcasting

Some of the text on this page is from the Alpha build of the game.

Read books to learn spells. Casting spells costs spell stock and MP. Spell stock is recovered by reading books.

Domains

Domain	Main Stat	Elemental Effect		Flavor Text on Kill
Fire	Magic	Burning, Can destroy flammable objects		was burnt to ashes.
Cold	Magic	Wet		wass frozen and turned into an ice sculpture.
Lightning	Magic	Paralysis		was struck by lightning and died.
Darkness	Magic	Blind		was consumed by darkness.
Mind	Charisma	Confusion		lost his/her mind and kills him/herself.
Poison	Dexterity	Poison		was poisoned to death.
Nether	Endurance			went to hell.
Sound	Perception	Dim		resonated and broke up.
Nerve	Learning	Paralysis		died from neurofibroma.
Chaos	Magic	Random status ailments.		was drawn into a chaotic vortex.
Mana	Magic			was ruined.
Holy	Will			went to heaven.
Ether	Magic			was down in ether.
Cut	Strength	Bleed		was cut into thin strips.
Acid	Magic			melted.

Attack Spells

Attack spells are available in all elements. Each one has a chance to apply the status ailment associated with it.

Ball

^{Starting damage: 1d3}

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

Bolt

^{Starting damage: 1d7}

^{Spell Level Scaling: Success Chance, Dice Value (d#)}

^{Main Stat Scaling: Number of Dice (#d)}

^{Casting Scaling: Success Chance}

A line aoe penetrating enemies for 12 tiles.

Touch

^{Starting damage: 1d4}

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A melee range single target spell.

Dart

^{Starting damage: 1d13}

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A single target ranged spell.

Intonation

^{Spell Level Scaling: Increases amount of attacks that are enchanted. Increases elemental resist of the appropriate element.}

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Changes the damage done by the wielder's weapon to the appropriate type of damage for a certain number of hits, and provides elemental resistance to the same element.

Applies to melee, bow/gun, and thrown attacks.

This allows weapons to bypass PV and the damage to be rolled against elemental resistances instead.

Miasma

^{Starting damage: 1d5 x 5}

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A damage over time spell. Cannot be stacked.

Each tick of damage causes the spell to spread to any adjacent enemies, with the same remaining turns.

Furthermore, Miasma has a very high chance to apply the related status ailment, and bypasses the status resistances innate to elite enemies.

Bit

^{Spell Level Scaling:}

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Summons a companion that casts the appropriate element dart spell. Can move. Lasts only for a certain duration.

Meteor

^{Domain: Magic}

^{Starting Damage: 1d4}

^{Spell Level Scaling:}

^{Main Stat Scaling: Number of Dice (#d)}

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Summons meteors.

Hexes

Weakness

^{Spell Level Scaling: Success Chance}

^{Main Stat Scaling: Will}

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Halves DV/PV of the target for a certain number of turns.

Bane

^{Spell Level Scaling: Success Chance}

^{Main Stat Scaling: Will}

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Reduces the target's Luck and To Hit. Inquisitors also strip the target of any faith-related bonuses.

Defense Spells

Holy Veil

^{Spell Level Scaling:}

^{Main Stat Scaling: Will}

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Resistance to Fear

Utility Spells

Return

Returns the player to the appropriate location. Can return players to My Home, The Mansion of Younger Sister, recently cleared dungeons, well as the lowest floors cleared of certain static Nefia.

Teleport

^{Spell Level Scaling:}

^{Main Stat Scaling: Perception}

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Teleport to a random location.

Short Teleport

^{Spell Level Scaling:}

^{Main Stat Scaling: Perception}

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Teleport to a nearby random location.

Uncurse

^{Spell Level Scaling: Success Chance.}

^{Main Stat Scaling: Will}

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Removes curse from cursed equipment. Has a small chance to removed the "Doomed" effect from equipment. May scale with level or casting.

Testing

Testing Notes:

Domains give each spell of that element an additional damage dice.

Each 10 points of main stat for each spell effects the number of dice rolled (Example, Mind Bolt at level 1, never been used, went from 1d7 to 2d7 when going from 9 to 10 charisma)

Each level of the spell increases cast chance by 1% (or thereabouts)

Each other level (level 3, 5, etc) increases dice value (Example, above mind bolt went from 2d7 to 2d8 at spell level 3, with no increase to casting skill or stat)

For non-damage spells, spell level increases cast chance and duration.

Talismans

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

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.

Talismans do not consume MP, and have a 100% chance to trigger if the weapon attack hits and the melee hit does not drop the target instantly to critical health.

Talisman damage is rolled after weapon damage.

Casting in this manner does not give the player casting or spell experience, and talisman stock is gained at 1/2 the base rate of reading the book, with no bonuses from memorization.