Cold Snap (512)

Cold Snap (512) Mnemonic [COLDSNAP] Duration Standard Mana Cost 10 Attack Magic - Disabling   Subtype Warding  Target(s) Multi-target  State(s) Inflicted Rooted, Immobilized

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

Cold Snap is a multi-target warding spell that partially encases targets in ice, inflicting the rooted status effect. This causes a target to have -50 melee AS, -25 ranged AS, -25 DS, and be unable to initiate maneuvers.

If cast a second time against targets that are already affected, the spell completely freezes them, inflicting the immobilized status effect and refreshing the duration. Cold Snap has standard multi-target disabling spell targeting and so will prefer targets that have not yet been rooted. However, if it is cast using CHANNEL, it will first seek out already rooted targets to freeze them.

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).

Targets fully frozen in ice will have a chance, based on Elemental Lore, Water, to shatter when an applicable bolt spell is CHANNELed.

If a target is already affected by Cold Snap, a number of subsequent casts (based on water lore, see below) of Minor Water will be converted to Minor Cold.

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

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

Usage

• PREP 512 | CAST or INCANT 512 to cast this spell against creatures in the room. For INCANT, a target must be visible in the room
  
  
• PREP 512 | CAST or INCANT 512 again to attempt to immobilize all targets that are rooted, but targets that were not rooted on the first cast will be warded first
• PREP 512 | CHANNEL to attempt to immobilize all targets that are rooted (for second cast), targets that are already rooted will be warded first
• PREP 512 | EVOKE to cast this spell, potentially targeting both creatures and other player characters
  
  
• INCANT 512 OPEN to open cast this spell once using INCANT (when a target is not visible)
• INCANT 512 EVOKE to evoke this spell once using INCANT

Mana Control Benefit

Potential targets for most open cast spells are set at a base maximum of 3, with additional targets possible for each 50 skill bonus of the appropriate mana control for this spell.

Mana Control ranks	0	10	24	50	100	150	200
Maximum number of targets	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

Skill bonus converted to ranks.

Lore Benefits

Training in Elemental Lore, Water provides these benefits:

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 (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.

Elemental Lore, Water ranks	1	3	6	9	13	17	20	25	30	38	50
Chance for shattering	1%	3%	10%	15%	20%	25%	30%	35%	40%	45%	50%
Elemental Lore, Water ranks		65	80	95	110	125	140	155	170	185	200
Chance for shattering		55%	60%	65%	70%	75%	80%	85%	90%	95%	100%

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.

Elemental Lore, Water ranks	10	21	33	46	60	75	91	108	126	145	165	186	208	231
Casts of Minor Water converted to Minor Cold	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14

Messaging

A blubbery humpbacked merrow raises one ill-made limb to point at you!
An airy mist rolls into the area, carrying a harsh chill with it.
  CS: +498 - TD: +362 + CvA: -41 + d100: +16 == +111
  Warding failed!
A blubbery humpbacked merrow's appearance of sharpened focus fades.
The mist leaves your lower half encased in a thick block of ice.

Alchemy Recipes

A translucent pale blue dust
Eastern version	Western version
Add powder solution Add 3 doses of tegu tailspike from three-toed tegus Add powdered polished blue coral Boil Add 2 doses of s'ayanad crystal Add blue mist-shrouded crystal Simmer Infuse Chant Cold Snap (512)	Add powder solution Add myklian scale from myklians Add powdered polished blue coral Boil Add 2 doses of s'ayanad crystal Add blue mist-shrouded crystal Simmer Infuse Chant Cold Snap (512)

Resources

• Elemental lore review (saved posts)
• Spell Disabler Review
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