Empathic Assault (1110)

Empathic Assault (1110) Mnemonic [EMPASSAULT] Duration Instantaneous Attack Magic - Damage   Subtype Bolt & Warding  Target(s) Single  Interval One-shot (special)  Damage Type Hitpoint  Critical Type Plasma

Empath Base Spells Harm (1101) Attack Heal (1101) Healing Limb Repair (1102) Healing System Repair (1103) Healing Head Repair (1104) Healing Organ Repair (1105) Healing Bone Shatter (1106) Attack Adrenal Surge (1107) Utility Empathy (1108) Attack Empathic Focus (1109) Defensive Empathic Assault (1110) Attack Limb Scar Repair (1111) Healing System Scar Repair (1112) Healing Head Scar Repair (1113) Healing Organ Scar Repair (1114) Healing Wither (1115) Attack Rapid Healing (1116) Healing Empathic Link (1117) Attack Herb Production (1118) Utility Strength of Will (1119) Defensive Sympathy (1120) Attack Troll's Blood (1125) Healing Intensity (1130) Defensive Solace (1140) Healing Regeneration (1150) Healing

Empathic Assault is a bolt spell that uses Spell Aiming skill to resolve the initial plasma strike. If successful, the target will be subject to additional warding cycles over time that deal non-critical HP damage. The first warding cycle occurs immediately after the spell hits, with subsequent cycles (if any) occurring every 6 seconds afterwards. Some targets such as undead and constructs are only vulnerable to the initial bolt, being immune to the empathic connection and subsequent warding attacks. Attack strength for bolt spells is determined by the caster's stance, Dexterity stat bonus, Spell Aiming skill, and other modifiers such as Heroism (215), Bravery (211), or Intensity (1130).

Mana Control Benefit

Mental Mana Control (MMC) increases the damage of each wave by a seed 1 summation of (MMC ranks / 2).

Mental Mana Control ranks	2	6	12	20	30	42	56	72	90	110	132	156	182	210	240
Increase in damage	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15

Lore Benefits

Mental Lore, Manipulation

Mental Lore, Manipulation reduces the target's TD cumulatively per warding cycle, based on Seed 1 of the summation chart. The maximum benefit is -13 TD at 91 ranks. There is a small, random pushdown (up to 5) even with no lore ranks. If a character's lore benefit provides a greater bonus, it is used; otherwise, the random number is used. The pushdown is added again for each additional cycle of the spell.

Random pushdown may supersede summation benefit if the random # is greater

Mental Lore, Manipulation ranks	0	1	3	6	10	15	21	28	36	45	55	66	78	91
TD pushdown	≤5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

Mental Lore, Telepathy

Mental Lore, Telepathy increases the number of warding cycles at 5, 20, 40, 65, and 100 ranks. A total of two warding cycles occur with 5 ranks and a maximum of six cycles occur at 100 ranks. Recasting the spell before the total number of cycles is exhausted only adds one additional cycle, regardless of lore training. Note that if the target successfully wards against a cycle, no further cycles will be issued.

Mental Lore, Telepathy ranks	0	5	20	40	65	100
# of possible warding cycles	1	2	3	4	5	6

Mental Lore, Transformation

Mental Lore, Transformation training increases the spell's bolt damage factors (DF).

Transformation Ranks	DF Bonus
1 to 50	0.001 per rank
51 to 100	0.001 per two ranks
101 to 200	0.001 per four ranks

With 200 ranks the total DF increase is 0.100

The DF increase applies equally to each armor group (AG).

Bolt Spell Table

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
Empathic Assault	DF	.680	.490				.365				.280				.205
	AvD	55	45	44	43	42	30	28	26	24	15	11	7	3	7	1	-5	-11

Channel Damage

CHANNELing a bolt spell imposes a 3 second hard roundtime in exchange for a higher chance of hitting a vital area and subjects the attack to less critical randomization. The critical randomization floor is raised by 1-2 ranks (depending on the actual critical) and the chance to hit every location is the same at 7.7%.

When a bolt is CAST/EVOKEd without CHANNELing, it has a little over 16% chance to hit the eyes, head, or neck. A CHANNELed bolt has over a 30% chance. Most of those locations will also result in a critical kill for ranks as low as 5 or 6, while it will take 7+ against the chest, abdomen, or back. If it is determined to be a rank 9 critical wound, critical randomization can lower that all the way down to a rank 5 (typically non-lethal against vital spots). If the same bolt is CHANNELed for the same rank 9 critical wound, crit randomization will not lower it less than a rank 7 (typically lethal against vital spots).

The roundtime imposed by channeling cannot be reduced by haste effects.

Messaging

 You focus your thoughts while chanting the mystical phrase for Empathic Assault...
 Your spell is ready.
 You gesture at a black forest ogre.
 You hurl a radiant ball of energy at a black forest ogre!
 AS: +382 vs DS: +188 with AvD: +24 + d100 roll: +96 = +314
  ... and hit for 108 points of damage!
  Powerful blast to the black forest ogre's abdomen parboils internal organs!
  The black forest ogre is stunned!
  Success!  Establishing a connection with the black forest ogre, your awareness of her physical condition expands as your essence fuses with her own!
 Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>
 You mentally attempt to locate your implanted essence within the black forest ogre...
  CS: +327 - TD: +212 + CvA: +8 + d100: +42 == +165
  Warding failed!
  You maintain a nearly perfect connection with the black forest ogre, blocking all sensory impulses to self-sustaining functions!
  ...and cause 44 points of damage!

Alchemy Recipe

A faceted amethyst wand
Add crystalline solution Add 2 doses of basilisk crest from crested basilisks Add powdered deep purple amethyst Boil Add 3 doses of ayanad crystal Simmer Add shimmering shard Chant Empathic Assault (1110)

Resources

• Empath Base Spell Circle: Empathic Assault, on Play.net