Hand of Tonis (505)

Hand of Tonis (505) Mnemonic [HANDTONIS] Duration 5s + 1s per 2 warding failed Attack Magic - Damage - Disabling   Subtype Warding & Bolt  Target(s) Single  Interval Instantaneous  Damage Type Hitpoint (Bolt)  State(s) Inflicted Stun (Warding)  Critical Type Unbalance (Bolt)

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

Hand of Tonis is named after Tonis, the Arkati of Speed, Travel and Thieves. There are two versions of this spell. A CS based warding attack which attempts to stun a target by stealing its breath, and an AS based bolt spell which uses the spell aiming skill and becomes available with 20 ranks Elemental Lore, Air training. This second version, commonly referred to as Tonis Bolt, hurls a churning bolt of air at the target and must be cast in a stance other than guarded or defensive.

Spell Usage

Hand of Tonis (CS) Version

• CAST or INCANT this spell to cause a hand of air to reach out and squeeze the breath from your target thereby, stunning it. The stun roundtime is determined by the endroll success margin. (ER - 100) / 2 = stun RT measured in seconds.
• Casters with 20 or more ranks of Elemental Lore, Air must cast/incant this spell in either guarded or defensive stance for the CS version.
• This spell can be cast at clouds to disperse them.
• Casting this spell at yourself from a guarded or defensive stance will cause a column of air to form around you and blow your hair in all directions: a 'hair dryer' of sorts (no mechanical effect).

Tonis Bolt (AS) Version

• Requires, minimally, 20 ranks of Elemental Lore, Air.
• Must be cast or incanted from a stance other than guarded or defensive.
• In addition to Hitpoint damage, this spell has the potential to cause Unbalance critical injuries, knockdowns and stuns.

Air Lore Ranks / Increased Damage Factor Table

Training in Elemental Lore, Air increases the spell's damage factor (DF). Since the initial 20 ranks of EL:Air are required for the bolt version, they are excluded from the DF bonus.

Air Lore Ranks	DF Increase
1 to 20	No bonus
21 to 70	0.001 per rank
71 to 120	0.001 per two ranks
121 to 200	0.001 per four ranks

• Note: Damage factor truncates at three decimal places.

Bolt Spell Table

Armor Group DFs and AvDs

Spell	AG	Cloth	Leather				Scale				Chain				Plate
	AsG	1	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Hand of Tonis	DF	.520	.420				.330				.330				.210
	AvD	52	44	43	42	41	39	37	35	33	44	40	36	32	52	46	40	34

External Links

• Major Elemental Spell Circle: Hand of Tonis, on Play.net

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