Elemental Lore, Earth

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Minor Elemental

• Weapon Deflection (412)

Every 20 ranks of Earth Lore will allow the open cast version of the spell to affect an additional target.

• Elemental Defense III (414)

25 Earth Lore ranks unlocks the ability to get a 5% chance for a magical barrier to deflect a single physical (AS/DS) attack, if the caster has all 3 Elemental Defense spells active and has the knowledge to cast all of them. Every 20 additional Earth Lore ranks adds 1% to the deflection chance. Odds are reduced by 1% for every 5 levels the attacker is above the caster.

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	25	45	65	85	105	125	145	165	185	205	225	245
% chance for magical barrier	5%	6%	7%	8%	9%	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%

For creatures ≤ 5 levels above caster.

• Elemental Barrier (430)

Training in Earth Lore provides a percentage chance equal to the seed 10 summation of ranks trained to gain +10 combat effective points of critical padding for any single attack.

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	10	21	33	46	60	75	91	108	126	145	165	186	208	231
Chance for +10 critical padding	1%	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%	7%	8%	9%	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%

Major Elemental

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• Chromatic Circle (502)

Targets have a chance to incur a DS penalty (for 15 seconds or 2 attacks) of 2 per seed 1 summation of ranks to successive casts of (Minor Water?), Hurl Boulder, and attacks with impact-flaring weapons.

Elemental Lore ranks	1	3	6	10	15	21	28	36	45	55	66
DS penalty	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22
Elemental Lore ranks		78	91	105	120	136	153	171	190	210	231
DS penalty		24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	40	42

• Thurfel's Ward (503)

Training in Earth Lore will give a ranks per seed 10 summation percent chance to gain an additional +20 DS on any single attack.

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	10	21	33	46	60	75	91	108	126	145	165	186	208	231
Chance for additional +20 DS on any single attack	1%	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%	7%	8%	9%	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%

For MSTRIKEs, each individual attack of that MSTRIKE will have its own separate chance and will only gain the +20 DS for that part(s) of the MSTRIKE that pass the activation check.

• Elemental Deflection (507)

15 ranks Earth Lore unlocks the ability to reflect bolt attacks. The reflected bolt will hit a random (group/player friendly) target in the room with a -20 AS (of the original attacker) applied to the reflected attack. Success of the initial attack is not considered in whether the reflected bolt occurs. Hidden and invisible creatures will not be hit by a reflected bolt.

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	15	25	35	45	55	65	75	85	95	105	115	125
Chance for bolt reflection	5%	6%	7%	8%	9%	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%
Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	135	145	155	165	175	185	195	205	215	225	235	245
Chance for bolt reflection	17%	18%	19%	20%	21%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%	27%	28%

• Elemental Bias (508)

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

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%

• Strength (509)

Training in Earth Lore increases the AS bonus granted by this spell beginning with +1 at four ranks and maxing out with +16 at 184 ranks. Uses the Summation Chart, with four as the Seed.

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	0	4	9	15	22	30	39	49	60	72
Total AS bonus	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	85	99	114	130	147	165	184	204	225	247
Total AS bonus	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34

• Hurl Boulder (510)

Training in Earth Lore increases the damage factor (DF) by .001 per rank for ranks 1 to 50, .001 per two ranks for ranks 51 - 100 and .001 per 4 ranks for ranks greater than 100. With 200 ranks the DF bonus is 0.100.

20 ranks of Earth Lore will unlock earth element specification, which multi-casts this spell with Cone of Elements (518).

• Stone Fist (514)

Training in Earth Lore unlocks commands with this spell that are otherwise unavailable. To use Slap, Clench, and Pound on like level creatures you need to have xx, xx, and 1.8x ranks per level, respectively.

• Cone of Elements (518)

20 ranks of Earth Lore unlocks Earth specification, which uses Hurl Boulder (510), and gains from Hurl Boulder's respective lore benefits.

10 ranks of Earth Lore (along with 10 ranks of Water Lore) is required to unlock Acid specification, which uses Minor Acid (904), and gains from Minor Acid's respective lore benefits.

• Mage Armor (520)

When casting Mage Armor, focusing on earth will allow the mage to be protected by a layer of stone when stunned. Training in Elemental Lore, Earth increases the critical padding provided based on a seed 3 summation of ranks. This benefit stacks with the base benefit of the spell. 20 ranks of Earth Lore allows the caster of Mage Armor to focus on the Earth aspect with no additional mana cost penalty.

Critical Padding Benefit

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	0	3	7	12	18	25	33	42	52	63	75
Total padding† while stunned (20 MjE ranks)	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Total padding while stunned (95 MjE ranks)	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Elemental Lore, Earth ranks		88	102	117	133	150	168	187	207	228	250
Total padding while stunned (20 MjE ranks)		21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Total padding while stunned (95 MjE ranks)		26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
† Combat effectiveness numbers used.

• Time Stop (550)

Training in Earth Lore unlocks an additional use per day at 40, 115, and 190 ranks.

Wizard Base

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• Minor Elemental Edge (902)

Training in Earth Lore increases the enhancive bonus by +1 per seed 7 summation bonus.

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	0	7	15	24	34	45	57	70	84	99	115	132	150	169	189	210	232
Total skill bonus	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26

• Minor Acid (904)

10 ranks of Earth Lore unlocks an acid burn effect, which generate 2 additional acid flares at 5 and 10 seconds after the initial cast. The chance for this effect is 37% at 10 ranks, and 100% at 200 ranks.

10 ranks of Earth Lore (along with 10 ranks of Water Lore) unlocks the ability to use this spell with Cone of Elements (518).

Combined Earth and Water Lore ranks increase the damage factor of .001 per 2 ranks for ranks 1-100, and .001 per 4 ranks for ranks 101-200 (.075 max).

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	10	20	30	40	50	70	90	110	130	150	175	200
% chance for acid burn	37	47	55	60	62	67	72	77	82	87	93	100

• Prismatic Guard (905)

Training in Earth Lore will grant +1 DS per seed 5 summation bonus.

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	5	11	18	26	35	45	56	68	81	95	110	126	143	161	180	200	221	243
Additional DS	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

• Tremors (909)

Training in Earth Lore will increase the evade block parry % penalty on targets by 1 per seed 4 summation ÷ 2 from a base of 5.

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	0	9	22	39	60	85	114	147	184	225
Target EBP% penalty	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14

It will also increase the charges of the evoke version from a base of 5 by 1 at 20, 50, 90, 150, and 200 ranks, up to a maximum of 10 charges.

• Sandstorm (914)

Training in Earth Lore increases impact critical damage per seed 6 summation bonus.

Elemental Lore, Earth Ranks	6	13	21	30	40	51	63	76	90	105	121	138	156	175	195	216	238
Increase in critical rank	.2	.4	.6	.8	1	1.2	1.4	1.6	1.8	2	2.2	2.4	2.6	2.8	3	3.2	3.4

• Earthen Fury (917)

Training in Earth Lore gives cycles after the first a percentage of the bonus that the spell would normally gain from the target being prone or stunned. If the target is not stunned or prone, the roll gains (100 * Earth Lore Ranks / 202)% of the respective bonus that the target being stunned or prone would normally grant. Earth Lore is particularly effective against targets that cannot be stunned and/or knocked down.

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	101	121	142	162	182	202
% of the stunned or prone damage bonus	5%	10%	15%	20%	25%	30%	35%	40%	45%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%	100%
% shown are rounded to the nearest whole #, not all thresholds shown, all ranks improve bonus

• Core Tap (950)

Training in Earth Lore unlocks an additional use per minute at 60, 135, and 210 ranks.

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	0	60	135	210
# of uses per minute	1	2	3	4

Sorcerer Base

• Energy Maelstrom (710)

Training in Earth Lore will increase the damage of earth cycles. Any combination of Elemental Lore ranks will speed up the formation of the storm at 5, 15, 30, 50, and 75 total ranks, with the storm forming in less than 10 seconds at 75 ranks.

• Dark Catalyst (719)

At 12 ranks of a given lore, the critical rank of the relevant damage cycle is increased by one level; at 50 ranks, it is increased by 2 levels; and at 100 lore ranks, it is increased by 3 levels. This flat modifier is unaffected by the warding margin.

• Animate Dead (730)

Training in Earth Lore will increase the damage of an animate corpse explosion for earth-attuned sorcerers.

Arcane Circle

• Major Acid (1710)

Combined Earth and Water Lore ranks increase the damage factor of .001 per 2 ranks for ranks 1-100, and .001 per 4 ranks for ranks 101-200 (.075 max).

Training in Earth Lore determines the maximum possible number of opponents hit with the splash (See ball spells).

Resources

• Elemental Lore
• Elemental Lore, Air
• Elemental Lore, Fire
• Elemental Lore, Water
• Lore chart
• Elemental lore review (saved posts)