Elin:Spellcasting

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

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.

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.

As of alpha, domains cannot be changed once character generation has been completed.

Domains are important in that spells that generate in shops and as loot will be heavily weighted towards a character's elemental domains. Spells outside of a character's elemental domain can still generate, but will be much rarer.

Spells of a character's elemental domains will also gain a 1d bonus to damage or healing.

Domain	Main Stat	Elemental Effect	Notes	Flavor Text on Kill	Touch	Arrow	Bolt	Ball	Miasma	Intonation	Bit
Fire	Magic	Burning. Can destroy flammable objects	Item destruction preventable by fireproof blanket (enemies) or magic manners (player).	was burnt to ashes.	X		X	X		X
Cold	Magic	Wet, Chill (slows). Can destroy objects.	Item destruction preventable by coldproof blanket (enemies) or magic manners (player). Chill stacks to Freeze for even greater slowdown.	was frozen and turned into an ice sculpture.		X	X	X		X
Lightning	Magic	Stun. Extra damage on Wet targets.	Stun is not prevented by negate paralysis affix.	was struck by lightning and died.			X	X		X	X
Darkness	Magic	Blind		was consumed by darkness.		X	X		X	X
Mind	Charisma	Confusion, Sleep		lost his/her mind and kills him/herself.	X		X
Poison	Dexterity	Poison		was poisoned to death.		X		X	X
Nether	Endurance	Heal self for a % of damage dealt.		went to hell.	X		X				X
Sound	Perception	Dim	Dim hinders casting and prevents action if stacked to Muddled.	resonated and broke up.			X	X			X
Nerve	Learning	Paralysis		died from neurofibroma.		X	X		X
Chaos	Magic	Random status ailments.		was drawn into a chaotic vortex.			X	X		X	X
Magic	Magic			was ruined.		X		X			X
Holy	Will		Cannot be selected as an additional domain.	went to heaven.	X		X			X	X
Ether	Magic	Progress ether disease	Cannot be selected as an additional domain.	was down in ether.			X	X
Cut	Strength	Bleed	Cannot be selected as an additional domain.	was cut into thin strips.	X		X		X
Acid	Magic	Damage equipment	Cannot be selected as an additional domain, item damage prevented by acidproof affix.	melted.		X	X	X

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

Damaging

Name	Domain	Main Stat	Targeting	Effect	Notes
Meteor	Fire	Magic	Self	Summons numerous meteor clusters over a wide area.	Unlike Elona, this is an AoE that spreads outwards from the caster until stopped by a wall. Damages caster.
Shatter Hex	Holy	Will	Hostile	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.

Hexes

Name	Domain	Main Stat	Targeting	Effect	Notes
Silence	Holy	Will	Creature	Silences target, preventing spellcasting.	Magic device and special actions still work.
Weakness	Holy	Will	Creature	Halves target's PV and DV.
Elemental Scar	Magic	Magic	Creature	Reduces target's fire, ice and lightning resistances.
Bane	Holy	Will	Creature	Decreases target's luck and chance to hit.	Also strips worship bonuses if cast by an inquisitor.
Slow			Creature	Slows the target.	Minimum speed is 10.
Mist of Darkness			Ground	Creates clouds of mist that grant evasion bonuses to anything inside.	Enemies can take advantage of this.
Web			Ground	Creates webs that ensnare anything that steps in them.	Spiders are immune to snaring effect.

Defense Spells

Healing

Name	Domain	Main Stat	Targeting	Effect	Notes
Cure Minor Wounds	Holy	Will	Party	Heals.	Single-target healing also applies to mount and symbiote.
Cure Critical Wounds	Holy	Will	Party	Heals.	Single-target healing also applies to mount and symbiote.
Healing	Holy	Will	Party	Heals.	Single-target healing also applies to mount and symbiote.
Healing of <<Eris>>	Holy	Will	Party	Heals.	Single-target healing also applies to mount and symbiote.
Healing of <<Odina>>	Holy	Will	Party	Heals.	Single-target healing also applies to mount and symbiote.
Healing of <<Jure>>	Holy	Will	Party	Heals.	Single-target healing also applies to mount and symbiote.
Resurrection	Holy	Will	Self	Resurrects a random dead ally.	Can be used to bring back dead residents.
Nature's Embrace	Holy	Will	Party	Healing over time.
Restore Body	Holy	Will	Party	Restores damaged attributes.	Str, End, Dex, Cha.
Restore Mind	Holy	Will	Party	Restores damaged attributes.	Per, Ler, Will, Mag
Holy Light	Holy	Will	Party	Attempts to remove one hex and grants a weak holy veil.	Success dependent on strength vs hex strength.
Vanquish Hex	Holy	Will	Party	Attempts to remove all hexes and grants a weak holy veil.	Success dependent on strength vs hex strength. Each hex is rolled separately.

Blessings

Name	Domain	Main Stat	Targeting	Effect	Notes
Holy Veil	Holy	Will	Party	Grant a blessed veil that wards off curses.	Repels hexes by comparing strength of veil vs. strength of hex.
Cat's Eye		Perception	Self	+1 vision range, +Perception, nullifies blind.
Holy Shield		Will	Party	+PV, nullify fear and weakness.
Divine Wisdom		Learning	Self	+Magic, Learning and Literacy, nullify confusion.
Hero		Will	Party	+Strength and Dexterity, nullify fear and confusion
Elemental Shield		Will	Party	+Fire, ice and lightning resists, nullify elemental scar
Speed		Will	Self	+Speed	Does NOT nullify slow.

Utility Spells

Name	Domain	Main Stat	Targeting	Effect	Notes
Teleport		Perception	Self	Teleports self.	Can be any vacant tile on the map.
Short Teleport		Perception	Self	Teleports self.	Generally within a 5-tile radius.
Return		Perception	Self	Returns to a previously visited location.	Cast return or evac again to cancel. Valid destinations are player's home, static dungeons, Little Garden, Mansion of Little Sister, and recently visited nefia.
Evac		Perception	Self	Returns player to the world map.	Cast return or evac again to cancel.
Identify		Perception	Item	Identifies an item.	Up to miracle quality items can be identified.
Uncurse	Holy	Will	Self or Ally	Removes curses on equipped gear.	Check to succeed is made via spell strength.
Magic Map		Perception	Self	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.
Levitate		Perception	Self	Makes the player float.	Identical to float bit while in effect. Countered by gravity.
Mutation		Perception	Self	Mutates the player.	Potions are preferred because they can be blessed.
Telepathy		Perception	Self	Reveals monsters on the floor.	Will not reveal monsters considered mindless (some machines and undead) or too alien (yith).
Invisibility		Perception	Creature	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.
Incognito		Perception	Self	Grants disguise.	Primarily used to reset accidentally aggroed neutral mobs.
Broomification		Peception	Creature	+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		Charisma	Self	Summons animals to fight for you.	Summons are scaled by spell level.
Summon Undead Younger Sisters		Charisma	Self	Summons undead younger sisters to fight for you.	Summons are scaled by spell level.
Summon Shadow		Charisma	Self	Summons shadows that detonate on enemies.	Summons are scaled by spell level. Shadows appear at half health. Suicide explosions are sound-element. Handle with care, very easy to kill yourself.

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.