Arm of the Arkati (1605)

Arm of the Arkati (1605) Mnemonic [ARMARKATI] Base Duration 1200 sec Added Duration +60 sec per rank Span Stackable Offensive Magic - Enhancement   Subtype Bonus  Enhancement 10% Weapon Damage Factor  Availability Group

Paladin Base Spells Mantle of Faith (1601) Defensive Pious Trial (1602) Attack Templar's Verdict (1603) Attack Consecrate (1604) Utility Arm of the Arkati (1605) Offensive Dauntless (1606) Offensive Rejuvenation (1607) Utility Defense of the Faithful (1608) Utility Divine Shield (1609) Defensive Higher Vision (1610) Defensive Patron's Blessing (1611) Defensive Faith's Clarity (1612) Utility Aid the Fallen (1613) Utility Aura of the Arkati (1614) Attack Repentance (1615) Attack Vigor (1616) Utility Zealot (1617) Offensive Fervor (1618) Offensive Faith Shield (1619) Defensive Battle Standard (1620) Utility Holy Weapon (1625) Offensive Judgment (1630) Attack Divine Intervention (1635) Utility Divine Word (1640) Utility Divine Incarnation (1650) Utility

Description:

Arm of the Arkati summons the spirits of past champions of his patron deity to guide and intensify the strikes of the Paladin's group in battle. The Paladin and everyone in his group gains an increase of +10% to their weapon's Damage Factor (DF) for physical attacks (melee and thrown only). Note that this does not increase the DF of UCS attacks, regardless if a UCS compatible weapon is held.

Mechanics:

Arm of the Arkati provides a bonus of +10% to the caster and their groups weapon Damage Factor.  This does not apply to UCS.

Training in Spiritual Lore, Summoning increases the DF bonus by +1% per seed 5 summation, starting from 1% at 5 lore ranks to a maximum bonus of +16% at 200 lore ranks.

With the increased bonus comes an increased Mana Point (MP) cost. The base MP cost is 5, +1 for every additional percentage above 10, +1 for each member of the group.

Lore ranks	DF % bonus	DF % total	Mana cost
5	1	11	6
11	2	12	7
18	3	13	8
26	4	14	9
35	5	15	10
45	6	16	11
56	7	17	12
68	8	18	13
81	9	19	14
95	10	20	15
110	11	21	16
126	12	22	17
143	13	23	18
161	14	24	19
180	15	25	20
200	16	26	21

Note: Mana cost portion of the table is for a non-group situation.

Example

  Skill Name                         | Current Current
                                     |   Bonus   Ranks
  Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........|     150      50

You swing a perfect steel spikestar at a lich qyn'arj!
  AS: +459 vs DS: +296 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +74 = +274
   ... and hit for 99 points of damage!
   Strike through both ears, foe is quite dead!
The lich qyn'arj spasms violently and suddenly goes still, its body turning to stone.
The very powerful look leaves a lich qyn'arj.
The white light leaves a lich qyn'arj.
The deep blue glow leaves a lich qyn'arj.
The dim aura fades from around a lich qyn'arj.
The powerful look leaves a lich qyn'arj.
Roundtime: 6 sec.

Truncate to 3 decimal places at each step.

Modified DF = trunc(trunc(.325 × 1.16) × 1.06) = .399

Raw Damage = round(.399 * 174) = 69

Messaging

Cast	Rippling cylinders of spiritual force encompass your arms and the arms of those near you. You feel a subdued warmth through your arms and torso, accompanied by a preponderant sense of engagement.
Expiration	The subdued warmth embracing you fades along with the spiritual force surrounding your arms.