The official GemStone IV encyclopedia.
| Rank
|
Square
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| 1
|
10
|
| 2
|
15
|
| 3
|
20
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| 4
|
25
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| 5
|
30
|
|
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.
Additional Information
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 CHANNELing a spell, nor does it stack with Rapid Fire (515).
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
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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
|