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This spell will destroy all of the air around the target(s) in a specific area, subjecting them to 'vacuum' injuries. As the air rushes back into the area (a moment later), the target(s) will not only be subjected to the force of the returning air, but it is likely that surrounding objects will fly at them, potentially striking them and doing added damage. This spell can be truly devastating.
| name = Implosion
| number = 720
| mnemonic = IMPLOSION
| duration = Instantaneous
| type = Attack
| subtype = [[Maneuver]]
| target = Single or Room
| interval = One-shot
| navigation = {{Sorcerer base navigation}}
| ctype = Impact
}}
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<section begin=description /><noinclude>'''Implosion''' creates</noinclude><includeonly>Creates</includeonly> a violent tear in the fabric of the material word, causing an evacuation of all of the air around the target(s), subjecting them to vacuum injuries.<section end=description /> This is especially horrific to the target who is next to the empty fissure, but can be damaging and disorienting to others within the vicinity.


== Focused Implosion ==
== Spell Cast ==


{{boldmono|[[PREP]] 720}} then {{boldmono|[[CAST]] {target}}} to cast at a single target.
This is the version of the spell most often used. When targeted at a particular creature or player, the spell will create a temporary void that does immediate damage. The damage done is based on a hidden random roll, your level in relation to the level of your target, Sorcery spell ranks, and [[Spell Aiming]] training. In addition to the damage done by the void itself, the spell will cause loose items on the ground to be sucked inside, adding to the damage done.


When casting, the spell requires a target in which the spell should be anchored around.  This target is automatically knocked [[prone]] and [[stunned]] if not immune to those status or over 10 levels higher than the caster.  After the knockdown, an [[SMRv2]] attack is made against the target.  On hit, the target is hit with a large concussion damage round as well as 2 cycles of [[Vacuum critical table|vacuum]] damage, both of which have very high possible critical caps.  If the creature survives, it has the [[Disoriented (status)|disoriented]] status effect.
This spell will always stun a stunnable target, but it also has a chance of stunning additional targets in the room on a focused cast. Up to six targets can be stunned with no training. Training in [[Multi-Opponent Combat]] will increase the number of targets stunned by one per rank. Having training in [[Multi-Opponent Combat]] will increase the number of certain stuns. This means that each rank will ensure that at least one other stunnable creature in the room is stunned from the focused implosion cast.


Following the assault on the target, the effects of the void ripple to the rest of the room, causing a [[Major Elemental Wave (435)|major elemental wave]] of [[Vacuum critical table|vacuum]] damage to targets chosen by the [[Multi-target spell|multi-target]] system.  This cast can always hit flying targets.  Each creature hit by the wave will have the [[Disoriented (status)|disoriented]] status effect.
While this spell is generally not very powerful at lower levels, it becomes quite potent for most sorcerers around their 40's. One unfortunate side-effect of its relatively large percentage of instant kills is that often a body will not be left behind, meaning the sorcerer receives no treasure from that kill.


This spell has a 30 second cooldown.
Training in [[Elemental Mana Control]], [[Spiritual Mana Control]], and [[Mental Mana Control]] will reduce the cost of a focused cast by up to six mana, taking it down to 14. Generally, a sorcerer hunting a like-leveled opponent who is fully 2x in two of these mana controls will have a cost of 16 mana per cast. Hunting targets above one's own level will increase the mana per cast, mitigating this training. No matter what, the cost will never exceed 20 mana.


=== Instant Vaporization Chance ===
Casting this spell on stunned, bound, or prone targets will increase its damage and chance of instantly killing that target.


Training in [[Sorcerous Lore, Demonology]] provides a chance for target to be completely vaporized by the void, leading to instant death on a seed 1 summation of ((Sorcerous Lore, Demonology ranks - 10) / 2). If the SMR margin is less than 50, this chance is reduced by 2% of the base chance per each marginal point. For example, if the caster had a base 10% chance to kill the target, but the SMR result was 140, the death chance would be reduced to 8% (losing 20% of base). With a warding result of 125, the chance would be reduced to 5%.
== Unfocused Implosion ==
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== Voidweaver Buff ==


For every creature killed by either the targeted attack or the area wave attack, the caster gets 1 stack of the Voidweaver buff.
This version of the spell is untargeted. When cast, the spell creates a longer-lasting void in the room that will pulse four times, doing damage and potentially instantly killing anything in the immediate and adjacent rooms. Each pulse becomes more powerful than the last, meaning that the most devastating results generally come from the last two pulses.


Each subsequent cast by that caster consumes a stack of the buff and applies (level / 15)x [[Acuity flares|acuity flare]] and 1s cast RT to the cast spell.
When the spell is initially cast, it will cause any loose items to be sucked into the void. It will also automatically suck in any bound, prone, or stunned targets without a warding roll or level check. As items are sucked into the void upon its initial opening, they may strike targets in the room. If those targets are stunned from the damage, they will immediately be sucked into the void.


Training in [[Sorcerous Lore, Demonology]] grants an additional stack of the buff at 90 ranks, and another additional stack at 180 ranks.
This version of the spell will always cost 20 mana.


== Messaging ==
== Implosion and the Justice System ==
<pre{{log2}}>
You gesture at a cardboard cutout big ugly kobold.
With an abrupt and splitting report, the very air behind a cardboard cutout big ugly kobold collapses inward, leaving behind a sucking void of fathomless, unutterable darkness.
The cutout big ugly kobold violently recoils from the void, flattening itself to the ground!
[SMR result: 522 (Open d100: 92, Bonus: 55)]
Caught in its ambit, a cardboard cutout big ugly kobold is jerked back toward the void's sucking maw!
The void's inexorable draw ravages a cardboard cutout big ugly kobold for 400 damage!
... 65 points of damage!
Right arm explodes into thousands of pieces!
... 70 points of damage!
Blow to abdomen breaks the cutout big ugly kobold almost in two!
The cutout big ugly kobold keels over and twitches on the ground a few times before dying.


A nauseating, subsonic thrum accompanies a sudden fracturing around the void as it splits wider and warps the air around it!
The casting of a focused implosion in town will automatically garner a warrant for arrest. Casting an unfocused version of this spell within town limits will not only result in a warrant, but it will also rebound upon the caster. This rebound effect is turned off when the justice system has been turned off due to town invasions. The spell becomes completely legal under these circumstances.
[SMR result: 314 (Open d100: 19)]

A cardboard cutout white spider is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void and is knocked to the ground.
== Implosion and Registered Items ==
... 70 points of damage!

A cardboard cutout white spider is disoriented.
Items that have been registered under the new registration system (implemented with Gemstone IV) will not be sucked into the void, thereby reducing the chances that these items will be accidently lost. This protection does NOT extend to implosions cast by hostile creatures. These implosions will ignore the registration status of items.
[SMR result: 576 (Open d100: 197)]
A cardboard cutout ice spider is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void and is knocked to the ground.
... 60 points of damage!
Eye bursts and decompression takes most of the cutout ice spider's head with it!
The cutout ice spider's body jerks one last time and dies.
[SMR result: 116 (Open d100: 31)]
A cardboard cutout war griffin is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void.
... 10 points of damage!
Blood vessels in eyes burst!
A cardboard cutout war griffin is disoriented.
[SMR result: -99 (Open d100: 139)]
A cardboard cutout roa'ter is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void, but is unaffected.
[SMR result: 398 (Open d100: 40)]
A cardboard cutout wraith is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void and is knocked to the ground.
... 70 points of damage!
Amazing strike enters one side and exits the other, neatly cutting the cutout wraith in half!
To your horror the two parts rejoin a moment later.
A cardboard cutout wraith is disoriented.
[SMR result: 408 (Open d100: 10)]
A cardboard cutout skeleton is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void and is knocked to the ground.
... 70 points of damage!
A cardboard cutout skeleton is disoriented.
[SMR result: 327 (Open d100: 30)]
A cardboard cutout ghostly pooka is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void and is knocked to the ground.
... 55 points of damage!
A mighty attack shatters the left hand into a thousand fragments.
To your horror, the fragments turn to vapor and reform the hand.
A cardboard cutout ghostly pooka is disoriented.
[SMR result: 286 (Open d100: 45)]
A cardboard cutout snake is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void.
... 60 points of damage!
Head is vaporized by decompression!
You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the cutout snake's body and rises into the heavens.
A cardboard cutout snake's tail trembles then falls to the ground as the rest of its body goes limp.
As the sundered edges of the void seal once more, scant motes of darkness tease at the edge of your vision. You feel a lingering connection to the void, empowered by the death you have wrought for 4 spellcasts to come.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
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Latest revision as of 11:34, 22 January 2025

Implosion (720)
Mnemonic [IMPLOSION]
Duration Instantaneous
Attack Magic  
Subtype Maneuver 
Target(s) Single or Room 
Interval One-shot 
Damage Type {{{dtype}}} 
State(s) Inflicted {{{status}}} 
Critical Type Impact 
Sorcerer Base Spells
Blood Burst (701) Attack
Mana Disruption (702) Attack
Corrupt Essence (703) Attack
Phase (704) Utility
Disintegrate (705) Attack
Tenebrous Tether (706) Attack
Eye Spy (707) Utility
Limb Disruption (708) Attack
Grasp of the Grave (709) Attack
Energy Maelstrom (710) Attack
Pain (711) Attack
Cloak of Shadows (712) Defensive
Balefire (713) Attack
Scroll Infusion (714) Utility
Curse (715) Attack
Pestilence (716) Attack
Evil Eye (717) Attack
Torment (718) Attack
Dark Catalyst (719) Attack
Implosion (720) Attack
Minor Summoning (725) Utility
Animate Dead (730) Utility
Ensorcell (735) Utility
Planar Shift (740) Utility

Implosion creates a violent tear in the fabric of the material word, causing an evacuation of all of the air around the target(s), subjecting them to vacuum injuries. This is especially horrific to the target who is next to the empty fissure, but can be damaging and disorienting to others within the vicinity.

Spell Cast

PREP 720 then CAST {target} to cast at a single target.

When casting, the spell requires a target in which the spell should be anchored around.  This target is automatically knocked prone and stunned if not immune to those status or over 10 levels higher than the caster.  After the knockdown, an SMRv2 attack is made against the target.  On hit, the target is hit with a large concussion damage round as well as 2 cycles of vacuum damage, both of which have very high possible critical caps.  If the creature survives, it has the disoriented status effect.

Following the assault on the target, the effects of the void ripple to the rest of the room, causing a major elemental wave of vacuum damage to targets chosen by the multi-target system.  This cast can always hit flying targets.  Each creature hit by the wave will have the disoriented status effect.

This spell has a 30 second cooldown.

Instant Vaporization Chance

Training in Sorcerous Lore, Demonology provides a chance for target to be completely vaporized by the void, leading to instant death on a seed 1 summation of ((Sorcerous Lore, Demonology ranks - 10) / 2). If the SMR margin is less than 50, this chance is reduced by 2% of the base chance per each marginal point. For example, if the caster had a base 10% chance to kill the target, but the SMR result was 140, the death chance would be reduced to 8% (losing 20% of base). With a warding result of 125, the chance would be reduced to 5%.

Sorcerous Lore, Demonology ranks 12 16 22 30 40 52 66 82 100 120 142 166 192
Chance for instant death 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% 13%

Voidweaver Buff

For every creature killed by either the targeted attack or the area wave attack, the caster gets 1 stack of the Voidweaver buff.

Each subsequent cast by that caster consumes a stack of the buff and applies (level / 15)x acuity flare and 1s cast RT to the cast spell.

Training in Sorcerous Lore, Demonology grants an additional stack of the buff at 90 ranks, and another additional stack at 180 ranks.

Messaging

You gesture at a cardboard cutout big ugly kobold.
With an abrupt and splitting report, the very air behind a cardboard cutout big ugly kobold collapses inward, leaving behind a sucking void of fathomless, unutterable darkness.
The cutout big ugly kobold violently recoils from the void, flattening itself to the ground!
[SMR result: 522 (Open d100: 92, Bonus: 55)]
Caught in its ambit, a cardboard cutout big ugly kobold is jerked back toward the void's sucking maw!
The void's inexorable draw ravages a cardboard cutout big ugly kobold for 400 damage!
   ... 65 points of damage!
   Right arm explodes into thousands of pieces!
   ... 70 points of damage!
   Blow to abdomen breaks the cutout big ugly kobold almost in two!
The cutout big ugly kobold keels over and twitches on the ground a few times before dying.

A nauseating, subsonic thrum accompanies a sudden fracturing around the void as it splits wider and warps the air around it!
[SMR result: 314 (Open d100: 19)]
A cardboard cutout white spider is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void and is knocked to the ground.
   ... 70 points of damage!
A cardboard cutout white spider is disoriented.
[SMR result: 576 (Open d100: 197)]
A cardboard cutout ice spider is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void and is knocked to the ground.
   ... 60 points of damage!
   Eye bursts and decompression takes most of the cutout ice spider's head with it!
The cutout ice spider's body jerks one last time and dies.
[SMR result: 116 (Open d100: 31)]
A cardboard cutout war griffin is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void.
   ... 10 points of damage!
   Blood vessels in eyes burst!
A cardboard cutout war griffin is disoriented.
[SMR result: -99 (Open d100: 139)]
A cardboard cutout roa'ter is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void, but is unaffected.
[SMR result: 398 (Open d100: 40)]
A cardboard cutout wraith is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void and is knocked to the ground.
   ... 70 points of damage!
   Amazing strike enters one side and exits the other, neatly cutting the cutout wraith in half!
   To your horror the two parts rejoin a moment later.
A cardboard cutout wraith is disoriented.
[SMR result: 408 (Open d100: 10)]
A cardboard cutout skeleton is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void and is knocked to the ground.
   ... 70 points of damage!
A cardboard cutout skeleton is disoriented.
[SMR result: 327 (Open d100: 30)]
A cardboard cutout ghostly pooka is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void and is knocked to the ground.
   ... 55 points of damage!
   A mighty attack shatters the left hand into a thousand fragments.
   To your horror, the fragments turn to vapor and reform the hand.
A cardboard cutout ghostly pooka is disoriented.
[SMR result: 286 (Open d100: 45)]
A cardboard cutout snake is buffeted by the turbulent winds spiraling inward to the void.
   ... 60 points of damage!
   Head is vaporized by decompression!
You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the cutout snake's body and rises into the heavens.
A cardboard cutout snake's tail trembles then falls to the ground as the rest of its body goes limp.
As the sundered edges of the void seal once more, scant motes of darkness tease at the edge of your vision.  You feel a lingering connection to the void, empowered by the death you have wrought for 4 spellcasts to come.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

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