User:OM1E5GA/Flares

Flares are an item property that is triggered to create an effect when attacking (weapons and UCS gear), performing maneuvers (armor, shields, and accessories), casting (runestaves), blocking (shields), or are hit by an incoming attack (armor). Most flares deal damage to the foe being attacked or attacking a character, though there are some with other effects such as stripping spells (dispel flares) or increasing combat attributes (AS, DS, CS, etc).

In addition to standard flares, there are also scripted flares and "service" flares. Standard flares solely exist in Cat b. Scripted flares are either handled entirely via scripts in Cat D while leaving Cat B open or modify standard flares taking up both the Cat B and D slots. "Service" flares are the result of professional services, reside in Cat C, and may be placed on nearly any appropriate gear so long as it does not have antimagical properties.

Standard flares

Flare	Alt Names	Strengths	Weakness	Notes
Fire	Heat	Trolls, water based, cold based	fire based critters	Dangerous in Bowels, 2x damage cycles on trolls Natural property of Drakar
Cold	Ice	fire based critters	cold based critters	Natural property of Rhimar
Lightning				Dangerous in rooms with water Natural property of Zorchar
Vacuum	Void, Air
Impact	Earth, Vibration	earth type critters		Natural property of Gornar
Acid
Crush	Water, Mechanical
Puncture	Mechanical
Slash	Mechanical
Disintegration
Disruption
Grapple				High chance to make prone, low crits generally
Plasma		Undead
Steam		undead		Inferior crit table
Unbalance				High chance to make prone
Magma				Deals fire crits and inflicts RT on target
Dispel				Deals no damage but strips defensive spells
Acuity				Increases AS/CS on next cast, only found on runestaves
Poison				Temporary, poisons target to deal damage over time
Mana				Returns mana from spells cast Runestaff only, not limited to offensive spells
Terror				Immobilizes and forces foes to drop their held equipment

Scripted flares

Weapon/armor scripts that have a larger scope than just flares will not be included. Ex: Animalistic Spirit items, Daybringer Weapons, and Globus Elanthias

Flare	Alt Names	Strengths	Weakness	Notes
Snake	Eel			Poisons target and deals damage from the impact crit table Adds long description and verb traps to weapons
Greater elemental	GEF			Script may be added to any item with standard elemental flares Increases flare frequency Provides possibility of double flares
Banshee				Adds TD and bold DS
Blink				Allow a known spell to be infused into it Casts infused spell for 0 mana when triggered
Briar				Grapple-based flares grow in strength based on influence and tier
Bubble				Provides temporary damage padding for approximately one minute
Ironwright				Holy flares for any profession when blessed Selection of up to 3 other additional flare types selected by casting spells at it
Knockout				Weapons that deal primarily crush damage only Always targets the head Can apply various status conditions in addition to crush damage
Realm				Flare type dependent on which realm one is in
Rotating				Give the wielder a choice of several different flare types
Rotflares				Damage from the disruption critical table Also applies disease effect Increase in frequency and severity with necromancy training Only affect creatures with blood
Vial				Produces a vial that returns a small amount of mana, health, or spirit