Elemental Deflection (507)

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Elemental Deflection (507)
Mnemonic [DEFLECT]
Base Duration 1200 sec
Added Duration 60 sec per rank
Span Stackable
Defensive Magic  
Subtype DS 
Defensive Strength +20 DS (all) 
Availability Self-cast 
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

Description:

Elemental Deflection is a defensive enhancement spell.

Mechanics:

Elemental Deflection provides a bonus of +20 to defensive strength.

For each rank of Major Elemental spells known:

  • the duration of the spell is extended by 60 seconds from its base 1200 second duration.
  • the DS bonus is increased by +1 for every 2 ranks known over 507 when selfcast.

The mana cost also increases by +1 for every 6 Major Elemental ranks known over 507.

The spell will protect the user from an SMRv1 maneuver if the maneuver is able to be defended against by a shield. For example, soul golems pushing a character into steam vents can be deflected by a shield, so this spell would give the user protection.

The spell is selfcast only.
The spell can be imbedded using Magic Item Create (420).

The DS bonus is capped at the caster's level.

DS increase = [20 + ((Major Elemental Spell Ranks - 7) ÷ 2)]

The DS bonus at 100 Major Elemental Spell Ranks is 67.

Lore Benefit

15 ranks of Elemental Lore, Earth unlocks the ability to reflect bolt attacks. The reflected bolt will hit a random (group/player friendly) target in the room with a -20 AS (of the original attacker) applied to the reflected attack. Success of the initial attack is not considered in whether the reflected bolt occurs. Hidden and invisible creatures will not be hit by a reflected bolt.

Chance to reflect = Base 5% + 1% for every 10 lore ranks over 15
Elemental Lore, Earth ranks 15 25 35 45 55 65 75 85 95 105 115 125
Chance for bolt reflection 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% 13% 14% 15% 16%
Elemental Lore, Earth ranks 135 145 155 165 175 185 195 205 215 225 235 245
Chance for bolt reflection 17% 18% 19% 20% 21% 22% 23% 24% 25% 26% 27% 28%


Messaging

Start
You are surrounded by a shimmering field of energy.
End
First Person
You feel a slight tingling as the shimmering field fades away.
Third Person
Wizard is no longer protected by the shimmering field of energy.
Reflected Bolt
A wraith gestures at you!
A wraith hurls a powerful lightning bolt at you!
**A shimmering field of energy flashes around you, reflecting the magic at a wraith!**
  AS: +107 vs DS: +60 with AvD: +50 + d100 roll: +31 = +128
   ... and hits for 31 points of damage!
   Glancing blow to the stomach.
   Good thing it won't be eating soon.

Alchemy Recipe

A shimmering silver potion
  1. Add water
  2. Add 2 doses of mountain lion skin from mountain lions
  3. Add powdered silvery conch shell
  4. Simmer
  5. Chant Elemental Deflection (507)

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