Elemental Bias (508)

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Elemental Bias (508)
Mnemonic [ELEMBIAS]
Base Duration 1200 sec
Added Duration 60 sec per rank
Span Stackable
Defensive Magic  
Subtype TD 
Target Defense +20 TD (elemental
Availability Self-cast 
Major Elemental Spells
Sleep (501) Attack
Chromatic Circle (502) Attack
Thurfel's Ward (503) Defensive
Slow (504) Attack
Hand of Tonis (505) Attack
Celerity (506) Utility
Elemental Deflection (507) Defensive
Elemental Bias (508) Defensive
Strength (509) Offensive
Hurl Boulder (510) Attack
Floating Disk (511) Utility
Cold Snap (512) Attack
Elemental Focus (513) Offensive
Stone Fist (514) Attack
Rapid Fire (515) Utility
Mana Leech (516) Utility
Charge Item (517) Utility
Cone of Elements (518) Attack
Immolation (519) Attack
Mage Armor (520) Defensive
Meteor Swarm (525) Attack
Elemental Disjunction (530) Attack
Haste (535) Utility
Temporal Reversion (540) Defensive
Time Stop (550) Utility

Description

Elemental Bias is a defensive enhancement spell. It provides a bonus of +20 to elemental target defense.

For each rank of Major Elemental spells known:

  • the duration of the spell is extended by 60 seconds from its base 1200 second duration.

The spell is selfcast only.

The spell can be imbedded using Magic Item Create (420).

Lore Benefit

25 ranks of Elemental Lore, Earth unlocks the ability to boost elemental TD by 20 or spiritual TD by 10 when warding against a spell attack. The base chance for the boost is 5%, and an additional 1% chance is gained for every 10 lore ranks.

% chance to activate = trunc[5 + ((Elemental Lore, Earth ranks - 25) ÷ 10)]
Elemental Lore, Earth ranks 25 35 45 55 65 75 85 95 105 115 125 135
Chance for elemental TD boost 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% 13% 14% 15% 16%
Elemental Lore, Earth ranks 145 155 165 175 185 195 205 215 225 235 245
Chance for elemental TD boost 17% 18% 19% 20% 21% 22% 23% 24% 25% 26% 27%

Messaging

Initial cast
You feel more magically aware.
Activation
Your magical awareness grows more acute for an instant!
Wearing off
You feel your extra magical awareness leave you.

Alchemy Recipes

A gold-flecked clear potion
Eastern version Western version
  1. Add water
  2. Add powdered green sphene
  3. Add s'ayanad crystal
  4. Simmer
  5. Add madrinol skin from snow madrinols
  6. Boil
  7. Infuse
  8. Chant Elemental Bias (508)
  1. Add water
  2. Add powdered gold nugget
  3. Add s'ayanad crystal
  4. Simmer
  5. Add vruul skin from lesser vruul
  6. Boil
  7. Infuse
  8. Chant Elemental Bias (508)

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