Major Shock (910)

Major Shock (910) Mnemonic [MAJORSHOCK] Duration Instantaneous Attack Magic - Damage   Subtype Bolt  Target(s) Single  Interval One-shot  Damage Type Hitpoint  Critical Type Lightning

Wizard Base Spells Minor Shock (901) Attack Minor Elemental Edge (902) Offensive Minor Water (903) Attack Minor Acid (904) Attack Prismatic Guard (905) Defensive Minor Fire (906) Attack Major Cold (907) Attack Major Fire (908) Attack Tremors (909) Attack Major Shock (910) Attack Mass Blur (911) Defensive Call Wind (912) Attack Melgorehn's Aura (913) Defensive Sandstorm (914) Attack Weapon Fire (915) Attack Invisibility (916) Utility Earthen Fury (917) Attack Duplicate (918) Utility Wizard's Shield (919) Defensive Call Familiar (920) Utility Enchant (925) Utility Familiar Gate (930) Utility Core Tap (950) Utility

Major Shock is an elemental bolt spell which enables the caster to hurl a powerful bolt of lightning from the palm of the hand toward a designated target. This is a much more powerful version Minor Shock (901). The Attack Strength for this spell is primarily a function of the caster's Spell Aiming skill and Dexterity bonus, although other spells, such as Elemental Focus (513) and Elemental Targeting (425), can add significantly to its effectiveness. Successful attacks will cause the target to sustain hitpoint damage and possibly lightning based critical injuries.

Usage

• PREP 910 | CAST {target} or INCANT 910 to cast this spell
• PREP 910 | CHANNEL {target} to channel the spell for additional damage/critical strength, incurring 3 sec. of hard RT
• INCANT 910 CHANNEL to channel this spell once using INCANT
• INCANT SET CHANNEL 910 to always channel this spell using INCANT 910

Lore Benefits

Damage Factor Bonus

Training in either Elemental Lore, Water and/or Elemental Lore, Air will increase the spell's damage factors. The increase is .001 per two ranks for the first 100 ranks and .001 per four ranks for ranks 101 to 200. There is no requirement to train in both lores to increase the damage factors for this spell. Total lore bonus with 200 ranks (300 skill) is .075.

Air and/or Water Lore Ranks	DF Increase
1 to 100	.001 per two ranks
101 to 200	.001 per four ranks

• Note: Damage factor truncates at three decimal places.

Stun Shock

There is a seed 5 Elemental Lore, Air skill chance of applying a persistent electrical jolt on the target called Stun Shock. It will last for 8 + seed 10 ranks of Elemental Lore, Water seconds. Every 4 seconds, Stun Shock will either stun or cause minor electrical damage to the target. Typically, criticals are ranks 1 or 2. The activation messaging displayed with this effect is: Tiny arcs of lightning briefly dance across a {target}'s skin! There is a 30% chance to soak a target without any Air Lore ranks when the target is "soaked" (see below).

Elemental Lore, Air ranks	1	3	4	6	7	9	12	15	18	22	27	33	43	61	80	100	121	143	166	190	215	241
% chance for Stun Shock	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22

Elemental Lore, Water ranks	0	10	21	33	46	60	75	91	108	126	145	165	186	208	231
Duration of Stun Shock (in seconds)	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22

Cone of Elements (518) can cast a multi-fire version of this spell with 10 ranks each of Air Lore and Water Lore and all damage factor increases and the Stun Shock effect possibility will carry over to the other spell.

Soaking

Using Minor Water (903) provides a chance to "soak" a target for 20 seconds, which will add a flat +30% chance and +3 second duration to Stun Shock. With 0 Elemental Lore, Water ranks, Minor Water has a 20% chance to soak a target, and there is a 100% chance to soak a target with 60 Water Lore ranks.

Soaked Targets

Elemental Lore, Air ranks	0	1	3	4	6	7	9	12	15	18	22	27	33	43	61	80	100	121	143	166	190	215	241
% chance for Stun Shock	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52

Soaked Targets

Elemental Lore, Water ranks	0	10	21	33	46	60	75	91	108	126	145	165	186	208	231
Duration of Stun Shock (in seconds)	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25

Damage Factor 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
Major Shock	DF	.750	.555				.433				.415				.433
	AvD	50	40	39	38	37	45	43	41	39	48	44	40	36	51	45	39	33

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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

Standard

You hurl a powerful lightning bolt at a dark orc!
   AS: +133 vs DS: +47 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +33 = +156
   ... and hit for 47 points of damage!
   Nasty shock to the head.  The dark orc looks dazed and confused.
   The dark orc is stunned!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

Stun Shock effect

>Incant 910
>Your hands glow with power as you invoke the phrase for Major Shock...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a hill troll.
You hurl a powerful lightning bolt at a hill troll!
  AS: +191 vs DS: +132 with AvD: +45 + d100 roll: +43 = +147
   ... and hit for 24 points of damage!
   Heavy spark to left hand.  Bet that hurts.

   Tiny arcs of lightning briefly dance across a hill troll's skin!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

>Tiny arcs of lightning dance across a hill troll's skin!
He is stunned!

>Tiny arcs of lightning dance across a hill troll's skin!
  ... 10 points of damage!
   Heavy spark to chest.  Bet that hurts.

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Alchemy Recipes

A slender mithril wand
Eastern version	Western version
Add crystalline solution Add tufted hawk-owl ear from giant hawk-owls Boil Add powdered turquoise stone Simmer Add s'ayanad crystal Infuse Add mithril dust Channel Chant Major Shock (910)	Add crystalline solution Add 4 doses of shelfae crest from shelfae chieftains Boil Add powdered turquoise stone Simmer Add s'ayanad crystal Infuse Add mithril dust Channel Chant Major Shock (910)

Resources

• Elemental lore review (saved posts)

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