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|description = Adjusts a person's armor so that they can better recover from a failed spell casting attempt.
|description = Adjusts a person's armor so that they can better recover from a failed spell casting attempt.
|mechanics = Reduces the amount of mana lost when failing to cast a spell due to armor hindrance by 15% per rank (all fractions dropped) and has chance to reduce the roundtime of the failure.
|mechanics = Fumbling or spell hindrance will cause (Armor Group * (6 - Rank)) seconds of hard roundtime instead of failing the cast. Roundtime may not be reduced with haste effects, and being undertrained for your armor will increase the roundtime.
|additionalinfo =
|additionalinfo = Each rank of Armored Casting returns 15% of of a failed spell's mana to the caster (rounded down) and gives a 33% chance to reduce [[cast roundtime]] by 1 second. At 3 ranks, cast roundtime is always 2 seconds for a failed spell; ranks 4 and 5 provide a chance to reduce it to 1 second. Armored Casting does not reduce the hard [[roundtime]] from {{boldmono|[[CHANNEL]]}}ing a spell, nor does it stack with [[Rapid Fire (515)]].


===Messaging===
===Messaging===

Revision as of 05:38, 17 January 2022

Armored Casting
Mnemonic [casting]
Type Passive Buff
Requirements None
Available To Paladins
Available In Armor Specializations
Rank Square
1 10  
2 15 
3 20 
4 25 
5 30

Description

Adjusts a person's armor so that they can better recover from a failed spell casting attempt.

Mechanics

Fumbling or spell hindrance will cause (Armor Group * (6 - Rank)) seconds of hard roundtime instead of failing the cast. Roundtime may not be reduced with haste effects, and being undertrained for your armor will increase the roundtime.

Additional Information

Messaging

Application of the specialization:

>armor casting milque
You adjust Milque's gold chainmail kirtle, making it easier for her to recover from failed spell casting.
Roundtime: 5 sec.

Cumulative Benefits Table

Armored Casting Roundtime (on Fumbles and Armor Hindrance failures)
Armored Casting Cloth Leather Scale Chain Plate
Rank 1 5 10 15 20 25
Rank 2 4 8 12 16 20
Rank 3 3 6 9 12 15
Rank 4 3 4 6 8 10
Rank 5 3 3 3 4 5