Floating Disk (511)

Floating Disk (511) Mnemonic [FLOATDISK] Duration Special Utility Magic   Subtype Container  Availability All

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

Floating disk can be used hold objects for the character and will follow the character as he travels. It has a hard item limit of 8 items (this includes items inside other items) for non-wizards. Wizards can increase the item limit by training in Elemental Lore, Air. It has a hard weight limit of 500 pounds that can not be increased.

Unlike most spells, floating disk has an indefinite duration. As long as the character remains logged in the disk should remain. If you log out or are disconnected, the disk will remain around for a few minutes in case you are able to reconnect. If you do not reconnect the disk will vanish and all items will be deposited on the ground. Any items lost in this manner will not be replaced by staff so they advise players to never place precious items in a disk.

Wizards can hold certain gems or items in their left hand while casting this spell to affect the description of the disk. The gem will be lost. If no gem or item is used a somewhat random description will be added to the disk, though a wizard's attunement has some effect on this. If a wizard would like a plain disk he should cast the spell at himself instead of just casting in an open manner. Non-wizards will always receive a disk with the plain description no matter the method used (wizard cast, Black crystal, scroll, etc.)

Disks do not respond to many verbs. You can OPEN and CLOSE your disk. You can also TURN your disk to empty the entire contents onto the ground at once. Disks can be unsummoned via the DISMISS verb.

Ambushers sometimes use disks to signal that they are hunting in a stealthy fashion. Thus, if one sees a disk and a creature in the same space, it is quite possible that there is a hidden ambusher there also. Common courtesy may then suggest that one heeds this.

Gems' Effects on Disks

(Hypothesis: Without using gems attuned wizards have a propensity to get certain special disks. Possibility: air=translucent, fire=fiery red, water=icy blue, earth=earth brown, lightning=sparkling.)

• Spinels

• blue spinel | icy blue or frost white
• red spinel | fiery red or scorched
• yellow spinel | iridescent
• violet spinel | sparkling or iridescent
• pink spinel | earth brown or granite

• Jaspers

• red jasper | revolving, spinning
• black jasper | cracked, revolving
• yellow jasper | spinning, pulsating

• Diamonds

• yellow diamond | yellow
• uncut diamond | white

• Pearls

• tiny white pearl | white
• tiny black pearl | black

• Opals

• white opal | white

• Topaz

• blue topaz | blue
• golden topaz | yellow
• pink topaz | pink

• Tourmalines

• clear | clear
• black | black
• clear | clear
• pink | pink
• blue | blue
• green | green

• Sapphires

• violet | violet
• yellow | yellow
• clear | clear

• Polished Corals

• red | red
• blue | blue
• black | black

• Zircons

• clear | clear
• brown | brown
• green | green
• yellow | yellow

• Misc

• golden amber | golden
• aquamarine gem | aquamarine
• blue lapis lazuli | blue
• mottled agate | mottled
• piece of green jade | green
• rose quartz | rose
• banded sardonyx stone | lopsided or slim

• Not Used

• amethyst
• bright chrysoberyl gem
• carnelian quartz
• dark red-green bloodstone
• fire opal
• golden beryl gem
• green malachite stone
• green garnet
• piece of citrine quartz
• pink rhodocrosite stone
• quartz crystal
• rock crystal
• star diopside
• star sapphire
• turquoise stone

Colors Available
White	Clear	Black	Granite	Purple	Violet	Red	Pink	Rose	Golden	Yellow	Aquamarine	Green	Blue	Earth Brown
Other Effects
Cracked	Iridescent	Pulsating	Revolving	Scorched	Sparkling	Spinning	Mottled	Lopsided	Slim

Messaging

Initial cast:

A small circular container suddenly appears and floats rather serenely over to you.

Wearing off:

The <color> <person>'s disk disintegrates, dropping everything on the ground.

External Links

• Major Elemental Spell Circle: Floating Disk, on Play.net