Stone Skin (520)

This spell is deprecated and is no longer implemented. Information in this article is presented for historical reference only.

Stone Skin manipulates the elemental forces within a wizard's body, forming a layer of hard stone that shifts with their movements. This self-cast spell provides additional protection from physical attacks in the form of hitpoint damage absorption.

The total damage that can be absorbed is termed the shatter point. When the absorbed damage reaches this threshold the stone crumbles away ending the spell. Training in Elemental Lore, Earth adds a bonus to the shatter point.

Shatter Point

The shatter point is a measure of the total hitpoint damage absorbed before the stone skin is completely destroyed. The two factors that determine the shatter point are Major Elemental spells (1 point per rank) and Earth Lore (1 point per 2 ranks).

Shatter Point = MjE ranks + trunc(Earth Lore ranks ÷ 2)

Note: MjE and Earth Lore ranks are NOT capped by level.

Lore Benefits

Training in Elemental Lore, Earth provides two benefits:

Additional Damage Absorption

Earth Lore increases the amount of damage that the spell can absorb by 1 point per 2 ranks.

Shatter Point Thresholds

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	10	20	30	40	50	60	80	100	120	140	160	180	200	220	240
+ to Shatter Point damage absorption	5	10	15	20	25	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120

Not all thresholds shown

Reactive Vibration Flares

Earth Lore provides a % chance for reactive vibration flares to occur when struck with an AS/DS attack, based on a seed 1 summation of ranks when attacked by creatures or a seed 9 summation when attacked by players.

Vibration Flares Against Creature Attackers

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	1	3	6	10	15	21	28	36	45	55	66
Chance for reactive vibration flares	1%	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%	7%	8%	9%	10%	11%
Elemental Lore, Earth ranks		78	91	105	120	136	153	171	190	210	231
Chance for reactive vibration flares		12%	13%	14%	15%	16%	17%	18%	19%	20%	21%

Vibration Flares Against Player Attackers

Elemental Lore, Earth ranks	9	19	30	42	55	69	84	100	117	135	154	174	195	217	240
Chance for reactive vibration flares	1%	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%	7%	8%	9%	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%

Earth Lore is also a factor in the formula used to determine stone skin 'hardness' messaging.

Hardness Levels

Each time the spell is cast a descriptive message (see list below) indicating a level of hardness is displayed. However, there is no mechanical significance to stone skin's hardness. Damage absorption is based solely on the shatter point. Since the exact formula for the shatter point is known, the below formula which contains a large variable is of very limited usefulness.

• A layer of brittle, shifting stone forms around you.
• A layer thin, shifting stone forms around you.
• A layer of thick, shifting stone forms around you.
• A layer of hard, shifting stone forms around you.
• A layer of very hard, shifting stone forms around you.

Hardness level messaging = 10 + (Major Elemental Ranks ÷ 2) +
[random number between 0 and 50, but if < (Earth Lore Ranks ÷ 6), use (Earth Lore Ranks ÷ 6) instead]

Note: The ranges for each level are not known.

Damage Absorption

With each successful attack a random amount of damage is absorbed. The formula for determining this value is not known. However, there is a minimum absorption of 2 hitpoints per attack when possible. There are three exceptions to this 2 pt. minimum.

1. When there is only 1 absorption point remaining until the shatter point is reached.
2. When the attack resolution results in 2 hitpoints of damage. In this case only 1 point of damage is absorbed (all successful attacks will inflict a minimum of 1 hitpoint).
3. When the attack resolution results in 1 hitpoint of damage. When this occurs, even though the spell messaging indicates that 1 pt. of damage is absorbed, there is no actual absorption.

Messaging

Initial cast

A layer of thin, shifting stone forms around you.

Wearing off

The layer of stone surrounding you crumbles away.

Resources

• Elemental lore review (saved posts)

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