Floating Disk (511)

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Floating Disk (511)
Mnemonic [FLOATDISK]
Duration Special
Utility Magic  
Subtype Container 
Availability All 
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


Floating disk can be used hold objects for the character and will follow the character as he travels. It has a hard item limit of 8 items (this includes items inside other items) for non-wizards. Wizards can increase the item limit by training in Elemental Lore, Air. It has a hard weight limit of 500 pounds that can not be increased. Ten ranks of Air Lore make the Wizard's disk increase capacity from eight item slots to nine. A maximum capacity of twenty (8 base + 12 bonus) item slots is achieved at 186 ranks of air lore. Use seed 10 of the summation chart to determine the minimum number of ranks required for additional bonus slots.

Unlike most spells, floating disk has an indefinite duration. As long as the character remains logged in the disk should remain. If you log out or are disconnected, the disk will remain around for a few minutes in case you are able to reconnect. If you do not reconnect the disk will vanish and all items will be deposited on the ground. Any items lost in this manner will not be replaced by staff so they advise players to never place precious items in a disk.

Wizards can hold certain gems or items in their left hand while casting this spell to affect the description of the disk. The gem will be lost. If no gem or item is used a somewhat random description will be added to the disk, though a wizard's attunement has some effect on this. If a wizard would like a plain disk he should cast the spell at himself instead of just casting in an open manner. Non-wizards will always receive a disk with the plain description no matter the method used (wizard cast, Black crystal, scroll, etc.)

Disks do not respond to many verbs. You can OPEN and CLOSE your disk. You can also TURN your disk to empty the entire contents onto the ground at once. Disks can be unsummoned via the DISMISS verb.

Ambushers sometimes use disks to signal that they are hunting in a stealthy fashion. Thus, if one sees a disk and a creature in the same space, it is quite possible that there is a hidden ambusher there also. Common courtesy may then suggest that one heeds this.


Gems' Effects on Disks

(Theory: Without using gems, attuned wizards have a propensity to get certain disks. To wit: air=translucent, fire=fiery red, water=icy blue, earth=earth brown, lightning=sparkling. A randomly attuned wizard can get all five.)

Spinels
blue spinel icy blue or frost white
pink spinel earth brown or granite
red spinel fiery red or scorched
violet spinel sparkling or iridescent
yellow spinel iridescent
Miscellaneous
aquamarine gem aquamarine
banded sardonyx stone lopsided or slim
blue lapis lazuli blue
deep red carbuncle red
golden amber golden
mottled agate mottled
pale blue moonstone blue
piece of green jade green
rose quartz rose
Zircons
brown brown
clear clear
green green
yellow yellow
Tourmalines
black black
blue blue
clear clear
green green
pink pink
Pearls
tiny black pearl black
tiny white pearl white
grey pearl grey
Jaspers
black jasper cracked, revolving
red jasper revolving, spinning
yellow jasper spinning, pulsating
Topaz
blue topaz blue
golden topaz yellow
pink topaz pink
Sapphires
clear clear
violet violet
yellow yellow
Diamonds
uncut diamond white
yellow diamond yellow
Corals
black black
blue blue
red red

Not Used

  • amethyst
  • bright chrysoberyl gem
  • carnelian quartz
  • dark red-green bloodstone
  • dragonseye sapphire
  • fire opal

  • golden beryl gem
  • green malachite stone
  • green garnet
  • lavender shimmarglin sapphire
  • orange imperial topaz
  • pale water sapphire

  • periwinkle feystone
  • piece of citrine quartz
  • pink rhodocrosite stone
  • polished jet stone
  • quartz crystal
  • rock crystal

  • silvery moonstone
  • smoky glimaerstone
  • spiderweb obsidian
  • star diopside
  • star sapphire
  • turquoise stone

Colors Available

Whites Grey Granite Black Purple Violet Red Pink Rose Orange Golden Yellow Aquamarine Green Blue Browns

Other Effects

Cracked Iridescent Pulsating Revolving Scorched Sparkling Lopsided Spinning Mottled Slim Translucent Clear
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Messaging

Initial cast:

A small circular container suddenly appears and floats rather serenely over to you.

Wearing off:

The <color> <person>'s disk disintegrates, dropping everything on the ground.

Alchemy Recipes

A black crystal
Eastern version Western version
  1. Add crystalline solution
  2. Add powdered black jasper
  3. Simmer
  4. Add 2 doses of plains lion skin from plains lions
  5. Boil
  6. Add dark glittering powder
  7. Infuse
  8. Chant Floating Disk (511)
  1. Add crystalline solution
  2. Add powdered black jasper
  3. Simmer
  4. Add 2 doses of roa'ter skin from roa'ters
  5. Boil
  6. Add dark glittering powder
  7. Infuse
  8. Chant Floating Disk (511)
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