Cone of Elements (518)

Since mid-2015 there has been a considerable amount of development with Hot Summer Nights 2015, the Elemental Lore Review, and the Teleportation review.

Pages with this banner have been affected by development and are in various stages of update progress, but not yet complete.

Cone of Elements (518) Mnemonic [CONEELEM] Duration Instant Attack Magic - Damage   Subtype Bolt  Target(s) All creatures  Interval One-shot  Damage Type Hitpoint  Critical Type Variable

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

Cone of Elements causes a bolt of elemental energy to arc to a large number of enemies in the room.

When using this spell, the caster's attunement will determine the type of bolt. If no attunement is set, or the caster is attuned to "random", it will randomly choose between fire, cold, earth, air, or lightning damage. There is also the option to specify the type of element the caster would like to use if they meet the lore requirements for that type (e.g. 'EVOKE COLD', 'CAST FIRE').

Base elemental effects are achieved by casting AoE versions of the following spells:

• Minor Fire (906) will be used for fire.
• Minor Cold (1709) will be used for cold.
• Hurl Boulder (510) will be used for earth.
• Major Shock (910) will be used for lightning.
• A unique vacuum based bolt will be used for air.
• Additional spells will be used as specified in the lore benefits below.

The caster's Elemental Mana Control skill will determine how many targets are hit depending on how the spell is activated (see below).

Usage

Cone of Elements is an open cast spell that does not require the specification of a target.

• CAST or INCANT will use a player friendly version and hit up to [2 + (Elemental Mana Control skill ÷ 75)] targets.

• EVOKE will use a group friendly version and hit up to [5 + (Elemental Mana Control Skill ÷ 50)] targets. This version of the spell will also hit hidden and invisible targets. On a successful hit, the target will fall out of hiding/invisibility.

• CAST/INCANT {element} or EVOKE {element} will specify the element of the bolt (see below for lore requirements).

Mana Control Benefit

Training in Elemental Mana Control will increase the number of targets hit.

CAST version (player friendly)

# of targets = [2 + (Elemental Mana Control skill bonus ÷ 75)]

EVOKE version (group friendly)

# of targets = [5 + (Elemental Mana Control skill bonus ÷ 50)]

Elemental Mana Control ranks	10	17	24	50	100	125	150	200	250
Total # of targets CAST/INCANT	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6
Total # of targets EVOKE	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	11	12

Lore Benefits

Element Specification Rank Thresholds

Element Specified	Spell Base	No. of Ranks	Lore(s)
Fire*	Minor Fire (906)	20	EL:Fire
Cold*	Minor Cold (1709)	20	EL:Water
Earth*	Hurl Boulder (510)	20	EL:Earth
Air*	N/A	20	EL:Air
Lightning*	Major Shock (910)	10 10	EL:Air EL:Water
Acid	Minor Acid (904)	10 10	EL:Earth EL:Water
Steam	Minor Steam (1707)	10 10	EL:Fire EL:Water
Water+	Minor Water (903)	20	EL:Water
* Lore requirement negated with attunement. + While it may make little sense that "cold" (ice) is the default element for Elemental Lore, Water, and not water, that is just how it works. Element names in chart match what should be specified when the spell is cast or evoked.

Bolt Element Specification

By having specific combinations of lore training, it is possible to unlock the use of AoE versions of the following options:

• Specifying any of the five base elements (fire, cold, earth, lightning, air) requires 20 ranks of the appropriate lore (see table to the right for full details). Being attuned to the element will negate this requirement.

• Minor Acid (904), requires 10 ranks of Elemental Lore, Earth and 10 ranks of Elemental Lore, Water. Used via CAST/EVOKE ACID.

• Minor Steam (1707), requires 10 ranks of Elemental Lore, Fire and 10 ranks of Elemental Lore, Water. Used via CAST/EVOKE STEAM.

• Minor Water (903), requires 20 ranks of Elemental Lore, Water. Used via CAST/EVOKE WATER.

Increased Damage Factors and Additional Lore Benefits

Cone of Elements use of specific spells includes their respective damage factor increases and additional bonus effects based on lore training. Please see the appropriate spell pages (as listed above) for more information on any given variant.

Messaging

>prep 518

You intone a phrase of elemental power while raising your hands, invoking Cone of Elements...
Your spell is ready.

>evoke fire

You gesture.
You hurl a stream of fire at a bandit!
AS: +336 vs DS: +316 with AvD: +55 + d100 roll: +36 = +111
... and hit for 23 points of damage!
Burst of flames char abdomen a crispy black.
The bandit is stunned!
The bandit falls out of hiding as a result of the attack!

You hurl a stream of fire at a bandit!
AS: +336 vs DS: +304 with AvD: +55 + d100 roll: +80 = +167
... and hit for 71 points of damage!
Extreme heat causes a bandit's right leg to expand and snap. That must hurt!
The bandit is knocked to the ground!
The bandit is stunned!
The bandit falls out of hiding as a result of the attack!

You hurl a stream of fire at a bandit!
AS: +336 vs DS: +316 with AvD: +55 + d100 roll: +95 = +170
... and hit for 63 points of damage!
Flames incinerate left arm to the bone. Not a pleasant sight.
The bandit is stunned!
The bandit falls out of hiding as a result of the attack!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

Note: Line spacing added to above log for readability.

Resources

• Elemental lore review (saved posts)