Holy Bolt (306)
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Holy Bolt hurls a stream of holy water at a target, causing impact damage. Training in Spiritual Lore, Religion will add an acid degeneration effect versus undead creatures only. Like all bolt spells, the attack strength (AS) for this spell is primarily a function of the caster's Dexterity and Spell Aiming. Other spell, such as, Bravery (211), Heroism (215), Benediction (307), and Spirit Strike (117), as well as society abilities, can significantly increase the spell's effectiveness.
Holy Bolt is significantly more powerful against undead targets with increased damage factors and the AvD values, and the potential acid degeneration effect. Against living targets the spell acts the same as the wizard spell, Minor Water (903).
Aquamarine wands found in the treasure system can be blessed by Bless Item (304) to cast Holy Bolt. Alchemy-made spiraled willow wands will also cast this spell.
Usage
- PREP 306 | CAST {target} or INCANT 306 to cast this spell
- PREP 306 | CHANNEL {target} to channel the spell for additional damage/critical strength, incurring 3 sec. of hard RT
- INCANT 306 CHANNEL to channel this spell once using INCANT
- INCANT SET CHANNEL 306 to always channel this spell using INCANT 306
- Holy Bolt can also be used to extinguish burning objects, creatures or characters (may be subject to a skill check)
- Casting at oneself or other characters from defensive or guarded stance simply drenches them with water (no mechanical effect), and gives them a 'penitent' feeling
Lore Benefits
Training in Spiritual Lore, Religion has two benefits when using the spell against undead targets:
Acid Degeneration Effect
30 ranks of Religion Lore unlocks the acid degeneration effect against undead targets.
Damage Factor Bonus
Training in Religion Lore will increase the spell's damage factors against undead targets only. The increase is .001 per rank for the first 50 ranks, .001 per two ranks for ranks 51 to 100 and .001 per four ranks for ranks 101 to 200. Total DF bonus with 200 ranks is .100.
| Religion Lore Ranks |
Increase |
| .001 per rank | |
| .001 per two ranks | |
| .001 per four ranks |
- Note: Damage factor truncates at three decimal places.
Damage Factor Table
| Spell | AG | Cloth | Leather | Scale | Chain | Plate | ||||||||||||
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| AsG | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
| Holy Bolt (Living) | DF | .455 | .345 | .283 | .242 | .173 | ||||||||||||
| AvD | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 7 | |
| Holy Bolt (Undead) | DF | .750 | .500 | .405 | .400 | .265 | ||||||||||||
| AvD | 40 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 37 | 33 | 29 | 25 | 32 | 26 | 20 | 14 | |
Channel Damage
CHANNELing a bolt spell imposes a 3 second hard roundtime in exchange for a higher chance of hitting a vital area and subjects the attack to less critical randomization. The critical randomization floor is raised by 1-2 ranks (depending on the actual critical) and the chance to hit every location is the same at 7.7%.
When a bolt is CAST/EVOKEd without CHANNELing, it has a little over 16% chance to hit the eyes, head, or neck. A CHANNELed bolt has over a 30% chance. Most of those locations will also result in a critical kill for ranks as low as 5 or 6, while it will take 7+ against the chest, abdomen, or back. If it is determined to be a rank 9 critical wound, critical randomization can lower that all the way down to a rank 5 (typically non-lethal against vital spots). If the same bolt is CHANNELed for the same rank 9 critical wound, crit randomization will not lower it less than a rank 7 (typically lethal against vital spots).
The roundtime imposed by channeling cannot be reduced by haste effects.
Alchemy Recipe
| A spiraled willow wand |
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