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{{defensive_spell
 |mnemonic = MAGEARMOR
 |base_dur = 1200 sec
 |add_dur = 60 sec per [[Major Elemental]] rank
 |span = [[Stackable]]}}
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 |type = Special
 |availability = [[Self-cast]]}}
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'''Mage Armor''' manipulates the elemental forces within a [[wizard]]'s body, forming a layer of elemental energy that shifts with their movements. This self-cast spell provides additional protection from physical attacks in the form of [[critical padding]].

The base amount of padding for native casters is somewhat at 20 [[Major Elemental]] ranks, increasing every 15 [[Major Elemental]] ranks to a max of heavy padding at 95 ranks.  Non-native casters can only achieve light critical padding with this spell, and elemental aspects are not available to non-native casters.  (The padding table is available in the [[#Earth Aspect|Earth Aspect section]] below.)

:{| {{prettytable|text-align:center;}}
!style="text-align:right"|Major Elemental ranks||20||35||50||65||80||95
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|style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap"|Critical padding added (always available)||5||6||7||8||9||10
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The critical padding provided by this spell and its aspects stack with other forms of padding.

==Aspects==
The armor can be further enhanced by focusing on specific elements to further shore up defenses via{{boldmono| CAST <Element>}}.  Focusing on an element will produce additional defenses based on lore training in the respective Elemental Lore.

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! style="width:8em"|Aspect || Base Benefit 
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![[#Fire Aspect|Fire]] 
|Provides a +15 [[stance]] bonus
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![[#Water Aspect|Water]] 
|Boosts the mage's defenses against dispel attacks, negating one dispel every 30 seconds
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![[#Earth Aspect|Earth]]
|Provides an additional "somewhat" level of critical padding when the mage is stunned
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![[#Air Aspect|Air]] 
|Increases mage's carrying capacity by 10 pounds
|-
![[#Lightning Aspect|Lightning]] 
|Stuns all enemies in the room for 2 rounds when the mage becomes stunned, with a 30 sec. cooldown
|}
===Lore Benefits===
====Fire Aspect====
(orginal: Focusing on fire allows the mage to gain higher stance bonuses while remaining in a lower stance when channelling spells. The base benefit of this aspect is a +15 stance bonus. Training in Elemental Lore, Fire will increase the stance bonus based on a seed 1 summation. Obtaining 15 ranks in fire will grant a +20 stance bonus, allowing the mage to remain in advanced stance while obtaining all benefits of offensive. The maximum benefit (base+bonus) of +36 is obtained at 231 fire ranks.)


Focusing on fire allows the mage to gain higher stance bonuses while remaining in a lower stance when channelling spells.  The base benefit of this aspect is a 15% stance bonus.  

Training in [[Elemental Lore, Fire]] will increase the stance bonus based on a seed 1 [[summation]] of ranks.  Obtaining 15 ranks in fire will grant a 20% stance bonus, allowing the mage to remain in advanced stance while obtaining all benefits of offensive. The maximum benefit (base+bonus) of +36 is obtained at 231 fire ranks.

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|+'''Stance Adjustment'''
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!style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap"|Elemental Lore, Fire ranks||0||1||3||6||10||15||21||28||36||45||55
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|style="text-align:right"|Total Stance Adjustment||15%||16%||17%||18%||19%||20%||21%||22%||23%||24%||25%
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| colspan=12|
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!style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap"|Elemental Lore, Fire ranks||66||78||91||105||120||136||153||171||190||210||231
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|style="text-align:right"|Total Stance Adjustment||26%||27%||28%||29%||30%||31%||32%||33%||34%||35%||36%
|}
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====Water Aspect====
Focusing on water will allow a mage to negate dispelling attacks.  The base benefit of this aspect is the negation of one dispel every 30 seconds.

Training in [[Elemental Lore, Water]] will reduce the 30 second cooldown one additional second based on seed 1 [[summation]] of ranks.  The maximum benefit of this aspect is a 21 second reduction, to a minimum of 9 seconds, obtained at 231 water lore bonus.

:{| {{prettytable|text-align:center;}}
|+'''Dispel Nullification Cooldown'''
|-
!style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap"|Elemental Lore, Water ranks||0||1||3||6||10||15||21||28||36||45||55
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|style="text-align:right"|Dispel Cooldown (in seconds)||30||29||28||27||26||25||24||23||22||21||20
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|colspan=12|
|-
!style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap"|Elemental Lore, Water ranks||66||78||91||105||120||136||153||171||190||210||231
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|style="text-align:right"|Dispel Cooldown (in seconds)||19||18||17||16||15||14||13||12||11||10||9
|}

====Earth Aspect==== 
{| style="float:right;"
| {{Padding weighting table|type=Padding}}
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Focusing on earth will allow the mage to be protected by a layer of stone when [[stunned]].  The base benefit of Earth Aspect starts at 6 additional points (somewhat), which is added to the base spell benefit (also somewhat, but 5 points), for a total of 11 points (very heavy padding).

Training in [[Elemental Lore, Earth]] increase the critical padding provided based on seed 3 [[summation]] of ranks.  This benefit stacks with the base benefit of the spell, so a stunned mage with 95 Major Elemental ranks (10 base points) could potentially see phenomenal levels of padding (31) at 150 Fire Lore ranks.

:{| {{prettytable|text-align:center;}}
|+'''Critical Padding Benefit
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!style="text-align:right"|Elemental Lore, Earth ranks||0||3||7||12||18||25||33||42||52||63||75
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|style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap"|Padding while stunned (20 MjE ranks)||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18||19||20||21
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|style="text-align:right"|Padding while stunned (95 MjE ranks)||16||17||18||19||20||21||22||23||24||25||26
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|colspan=12|
|-
!style="text-align:right;" colspan=2|Elemental Lore, Earth ranks||88||102||117||133||150||168||187||207||228||250
|-
|style="text-align:right" colspan=2|Padding while stunned (20 MjE ranks)||22||23||24||25||26||27||28||29||30||31
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|style="text-align:right" colspan=2|Padding while stunned (95 MjE ranks)||27||28||29||30||31||32||33||34||35||36
|}

====Air Aspect==== 
Focusing on air allows the mage to increase his carrying capacity (CC).  The base benefit of this aspect is an extra 10 pounds of CC.
  
Training in [[Elemental Lore, Air]] will increase the CC bonus based on a seed 1 [[summation]] of ranks.  The maximum benefit of this aspect is 31 lbs at 231 air lore bonus.

:{| {{prettytable|text-align:center;}}
|+'''Carrying Capacity Increase'''
|-
!style="text-align:right"|Elemental Lore, Air ranks||0||1||3||6||10||15||21||28||36||45||55
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|style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap"|Carrying Capacity Increase (in lbs)||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18||19||20
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|colspan=12|
|-
!style="text-align:right"|Elemental Lore, Air ranks||66||78||91||105||120||136||153||171||190||210||231
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|style="text-align:right"|Carrying Capacity Increase (in lbs)||21||22||23||24||25||26||27||28||29||30||31
|}

====Lightning Aspect====
Focusing on lightning allows the mage to AoE stun all enemies in the room for two rounds every 30 seconds when the mage becomes stunned.

Training in [[Elemental Lore, Air]] and [[Elemental Lore, Water]] will reduce the 30 second cooldown one additional second based on seed 3 [[summation]] of combined ranks. The maximum benefit of this aspect is a 20 second reduction, or a 10 second cooldown at 250 ranks.

:{| {{prettytable|text-align:center;}}
|+'''AoE Stun Cooldown'''
|-
!style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap"|Combined Elemental Lore, Water/Air ranks||0||3||7||12||18||25||33||42||52||63||75
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|style="text-align:right"|Stun Cooldown (in seconds)||30||29||28||27||26||25||24||23||22||21||20
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|colspan=12|
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:right"|Combined Elemental Lore, Water/Air ranks||88||102||117||133||150||168||187||207||228||250
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:right"|Stun Cooldown (in seconds)||19||18||17||16||15||14||13||12||11||10
|}
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==Messaging==

'''Initial cast
<div {{log|margin-right=35%}}>A layer of raw elemental energy forms around you.</div>

'''Fire Aspect
<div {{log|margin-right=35%}}>You shift the focus of the surrounding energies into fire.</div>

'''Water Aspect
<div {{log|margin-right=35%}}>You shift the focus of the surrounding energies into water.</div>

'''Earth Aspect
<div {{log|margin-right=35%}}>You shift the focus of the surrounding energies into earth.</div>

'''Air Aspect
<div {{log|margin-right=35%}}>You shift the focus of the surrounding energies into air.</div>

'''Lightning Aspect
<div {{log|margin-right=35%}}>You shift the focus of the surrounding energies into lightning.</div>

== Resources ==
*[[Mage Armor (520) (saved posts)]]
*[[Stone Skin (520)|Stone Skin - the Previous 520 spell]]
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