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{{spell
| mnemonic = COLDSNAP
| type = Attack
| duration = (margin / 5) + 3, min 8s, max 25s
| subtype = [[Warding]]
| target = Ungrouped, base 4 targets
| interval = None
| status = [[Rooted]], [[Immobilized]]
| dtype = None
| ctype = None
| navigation = {{Major elemental navigation}}
}}
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'''Cold Snap''' is an [[open cast]] [[warding]] spell that causes targets to become [[rooted]]. The root status effect causes a target to have -50 [[attack strength]] (AS) to melee attacks, -25 AS to ranged attacks, and -25 [[defensive strength]] (DS) (but does not stack with the DS penalties from other status conditions such as being knocked down). Most importantly, rooted creatures cannot perform maneuvers. The spell will affect a base of up to 4 targets, increasing with training in [[#Increased Targets|Elemental Lore, Water]].  The duration of the root is{{boldmono| (warding margin / 5) + 3}}, minimum of 8 seconds and maximum of 25 seconds.

Casting the spell a second time will completely encase any already affected target that fails to ward in an ice block, [[Immobilized (status)|immobilizing]] them and refreshing the duration.  Targets encased in ice will have a chance, based on [[#Shattering|Elemental Lore, Water]], to shatter when an applicable bolt spell is [[CHANNEL]]led.

If an affected target receives any fire damage (i.e. from 906, 908, 111, etc), the effect ends (since it's melting the ice) and the target receives a steam critical, similar to how trolls react to fire.

If a target is drenched from [[Minor Water]] (903 or [[518]]) [[soaking]], or if the spell is cast in a watery room, the affected target(s) suffer -25 penalty to [[target defense]] (TD).

[[Non-corporeal]] targets are better able to defend against the spell, and thus receive a TD bonus of {{mono|creature level/10}}.  Creatures that are made of fire or emanate heat are immune to Cold Snap.

== Usage ==
* {{boldmono|[[PREP]] 512 {{!}} [[CAST]] }}or {{boldmono|[[INCANT]] 512 }}to cast this spell against anything not grouped to the caster, attempting to root all targets.  For {{mono|INCANT}}, a target must be visible in the room<br><br>
* {{boldmono|[[PREP]] 512 {{!}} [[CAST]] }}or {{boldmono|[[INCANT]] 512 }}to attempt to immobilize all targets that are rooted, but targets that were not rooted on the first cast will be warded first 
* {{boldmono|PREP 512 {{!}} [[EVOKE]] }}to cast the spell against those that have already been rooted first (for second cast)<br><br>
* {{boldmono|INCANT 512 OPEN }}to open cast this spell once using {{mono|INCANT}} (when a target is not visible)
* {{boldmono|INCANT 512 EVOKE }}to evoke this spell once using {{mono|INCANT}}

== Lore Benefits ==
Training in [[Elemental Lore, Water]] provides three benefits:

===Increased Targets===
Water Lore increases the possible number of targets by +1 per seed 5 [[summation]] of ranks. 
<section begin=Water Lore Target Bonus/>
:{| {{prettytable|text-align:center;}} 
|- 
!align="right"|Elemental Lore, Water ranks||0||5||11||18||26||35||45||56||68||81
|- 
|align="right"|Possible targets||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13
|-
|colspan="20"|
|-"
!align="right" colspan="2"|Elemental Lore, Water ranks||95||110||126||143||161||180||200||221||243
|- 
|align="right" colspan="2"|Possible targets||14||15||16||17||18||19||20||21||22
|}
<section end=Water Lore Target Bonus/>

===Shattering===
If a target is encased in ice (i.e., failed Cold Snap warding twice) and the caster CHANNELs a bolt that causes a rank 5+ impact (505(?), 510, 1709) critical, there is a{{mono| (Water Lore [[skill bonus]] / 3) }}chance that the injury location will shatter, completely destroying it and causing 50% of the target's max health in concussion damage.
<section begin=Water Lore Shatter Bonus/>
:{| {{prettytable|text-align:center;}} 
|- 
!align="right"|Elemental Lore, Water ranks||1||3||6||9||13||17||20||25||30||38||50
|- 
|align="right"|Chance for shattering||1%||3%||10%||15%||20%||25%||30%||35%||40%||45%||50%
|-
|colspan="12"|
|- 
!align="right" colspan="2"|Elemental Lore, Water ranks||65||80||95||110||125||140||155||170||185||200
|- 
|align="right" colspan="2"|Chance for shattering||55%||60%||65%||70%||75%||80%||85%||90%||95%||100%
|}
<section end=Water Lore Shatter Bonus/>
::''Not all thresholds shown''

===Minor Cold (1709)===
Water Lore training makes it possible to cast Minor Water (903) at the target, which will be converted to [[Minor Cold (1709)]], for a number of casts equivalent to the bonus level of a seed 10 [[summation]] of ranks, while still costing 3 mana. 
<section begin=Water Lore Bonus/>
:{| {{prettytable|text-align:center;}} 
|- 
!align="right"|Elemental Lore, Water ranks||10||21||33||46||60||75||91||108||126||145||165||186||208||231
|- 
|align="right"|Casts of Minor Water converted to Minor Cold||1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14
|}
<section end=Water Lore Bonus/>

== Messaging ==
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== Resources ==
*[[Elemental_lore_review_(saved_posts)#Ice_Patch_(512)|Elemental lore review (saved posts)]]