Force Orb (1201)

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Force Orb (1201)
Mnemonic [FORCEORB]
Duration Instantaneous
Attack Magic - Damage  
Subtype Warding 
Target(s) Single 
Damage Type Hitpoint 
Critical Type Crush 
Minor Mental Spells
Soothing Word (1201) Utility
Iron Skin (1202) Defensive
Powersink (1203) Attack
Foresight (1204) Defensive
Glamour (1205) Utility
Telekinesis (1206) Attack
Force Projection (1207) Attack
Mindward (1208) Defensive
Dragonclaw (1209) Offensive
Thought Lash (1210) Attack
Confusion (1211) Attack
Shroud of Deception (1212) Utility
Mind over Body (1213) Utility
Brace (1214) Defensive
Blink (1215) Defensive
Focus Barrier (1216) Defensive
Vision (1217) Utility
Mental Dispel (1218) Utility
Vertigo (1219) Attack
Premonition (1220) Defensive
Mindwipe (1225) Attack
Provoke (1235) Utility

Force Orb allows the caster to summon a translucent orb of force that attacks a target. If the target fails to ward the mental attack, he or she will take some light concussion damage and sustain a crush injury.

Training in Mental Lore, Manipulation increases the concussion damage of this attack.

Messaging

>prep 1201
You take a deep breath and focus inward, raising a hand
and quietly murmuring the words of the Force Orb spell... Your spell is ready. >cast oscuro You gesture at Oscuro. A translucent orb of force coalesces out of the
air next to Oscuro. CS: +501 - TD: +273 + CvA: +8 + d100: +98 == +334 Warding failed! The orb quickly spins about him then strikes! Oscuro is crushed by the orb for 19 damage! ... 15 points of damage! Blow to chest causes Oscuro's heart to skip a beat. He is stunned! Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds. (Forcing stance down to guarded)

Damage Formula

Force Orb has 8 base damage plus 1 additional hitpoint per each 20 warding margin (endroll - 100). A successful cast will also inflict a crush critical injury with critical damage. Training in Mental Lore, Manipulation provides an additional damage bonus but the exact formula is currently not known. However, the first extra damage point occurs with 2 lore ranks. It is possible that lore damage is based on seed 2 of the summation chart but that is just speculative.

8 base damage + trunc[(endroll - 100)/ 20) + Crush Critical + lore bonus = total damage

Calculation Example

Total damage from the above messaging

  • Endroll: 334
  • Warding Margin: 224 (334 - 100)
  • Crush Critical Damage: 15
8 base damage + [trunc(224 / 20)] + 15 critical damage + 0 lore bonus damage
8 + 11 + 15 = 34 total damage

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