Wither (1115)

Wither (1115) Mnemonic [WITHER] Duration Instantaneous Attack Magic - Damage   Subtype Warding  Target(s) Single  Interval One-shot  Damage Type Hitpoint  Critical Type Disintegration

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

Wither is a warding attack spell that draws upon an empath's spiritual connection to summon the stray spirits within an area. These spirits will surround the empath's target, causing it to wither from disintegration damage. The spirits focus on a specific body part until it is no more or the target dies. If the body part is destroyed before death or the spell's ending, the spirits will attack the next closest location.

Increased damage is possible when CHANNELing the spell from a higher stance and having an open hand.

Wither is effective against most living creatures as well as non-corporeal undead. Some creature types are immune to the spell, including many in the Golem, Construct, and Elemental families.

Lore Benefits

Skilled Empaths are able to summon additional spirits for an extra damage cycle, determined by ranks in Spiritual Lore, Summoning. The percentage chance is ranks / 1.5.

Training in Mental Lore, Manipulation allows an Empath to assist the spirits in an attempt to completely wither the target, resulting in its death. The chance is a seed 1 summation of ((Mental Lore, Manipulation ranks - 10) / 2), with a reduced chance if the warding margin is less than 50.

Instant death formula:

%chance = [sqrt(4*ranks - 39) - 1)] ÷ 2

Messaging

Your mental command surges outward, echoing your need to the stray spirits nearby...
CS: +225 - TD: +99 + CvA: +25 + d100: +93 == +244
Warding failed!
A nebulous haze shimmers into view around a jungle troll, plunging inward to envelop his left eye!
... 20 points of damage!
Eyebrow and eyelashes of left eye melted off.
Trendy!
... 20 points of damage!
Eyebrow and eyelashes of left eye melted off.
Trendy!
... 60 points of damage!
Precise shot vaporizes left eye and much of brain behind while leaving skull intact.
The jungle troll falls to the ground as the stillness of death overtakes him.
The deep blue glow leaves a jungle troll.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

You channel at a giant fog beetle.
Your mental command surges outward, echoing your need to the stray spirits nearby...
CS: +225 - TD: +109 + CvA: +25 + d100: +80 == +221
Warding failed!
A nebulous haze shimmers into view around a giant fog beetle, plunging inward to envelop its right arm!
... 10 points of damage!
Unpleasant wound to right arm!
... 30 points of damage!
Small patches of right forearm disappear into red mist.
... 45 points of damage!
Strike bores into right arm, causing now-weakened bones to crack.
The beetle clicks its mouthparts wildly and waves its mangled limb around uselessly.
Cloudy tendrils writhe throughout the beetle's form, ravaging it for 87 points of damage!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
Roundtime: 3 sec.

Instant Kill:

You focus your thoughts while chanting the mystical phrase for Wither...
Your spell is ready.
You channel at a stone giant.
Your mental command surges outward, echoing your need to the stray spirits nearby...
CS: +XXX - TD: +216 + CvA: +25 + d100: +67 == +XXX
Warding failed!
A nebulous haze shimmers into view around a stone giant, plunging inward in a dizzying spiral to envelop her completely! Silhouetted within the shifting spiritual miasma, the giant's form withers, wasting away to an attenuated mockery of herself. Even this pale shadow disintegrates, dissolving on the air as the last cloudy tendrils vanish.
As the last of the stone giant disappears, a tiny white pearl, a twisted wand, and a glint of silver takes her place.

Attacking a creature that is immune to Wither:

A nebulous haze shimmers into view around a steel golem. The haze pulses weakly, then disperses in an explosion of cloudy tendrils.

External Links

• Empath Base Spells: Wither on play.net
• Lore Benefits: http://carabele.com/odds/LoreBenefits.htm