Minor Elemental Spells in GS4
401 - Elemental Defense I [ELEMDEF1]
Duration: 1200 seconds +60 seconds for every Minor Elemental spell known
Type: Defense
Description:
This spell affords some minor protection from all attack types. +5 to all Defense Strength (DS) types, +5 to
elemental warding defense
402 - Presence [PRESENCE]
Duration: 2 seconds per level
Type: Utility
Description:
When this spell is cast, it will improve the ability of the caster to detect
any hidden or invisible people in the room.
The caster will also have more acute perceptions for a short time. This improved perception can be beneficial to
the caster in a variety of activities.
Detecting a hidden or invisible character simply reveals that they are
present. The exact location of the
hidden or invisible character is not disclosed, therefore they remain hidden or
invisible and the caster cannot direct actions against them.
403 - Picking Enhancement [PKENHANCE]
Duration: 30 seconds +1 second per level; cumulative
Type: Bonus
Description:
Picking Enhancement assists the spell’s target in manual and magical
lockpicking attempts. Success factors
include caster level, Pick Locks skill, Minor Elemental spell ranks, and the
target’s Dexterity bonus.
If the caster does not have personal knowledge of the spell (for example,
casting it from a scroll), the bonus is reduced by 10% to 50%, depending on the
caster’s ability to activate the item with the spell. Further, casting the spell on a target other
than the caster results in an additional 50% loss to the bonus. In a situation where both penalties are
applicable, the item-cast penalty is applied first, and the non-self-cast
penalty is applied to the result of that.
At no time will the spell provide a bonus greater than the target’s Pick Locks
skill.
Additional casts will extend the duration of the spell (stackable), but do not
increase the bonus.
404 - Disarm Enhancement [DSENHANCE]
Duration: 30 seconds +1 second per level; cumulative
Type: Bonus
Description:
Disarm Enhancement assists the target in manual and magical disarming
attempts. Success factors include the
caster’s level, Disarm Traps skill, Minor Elemental spell ranks, and the
target’s Intuition bonus (if the character is not currently working on a trap)
or Dexterity bonus (if the character has found a trap recently, but has yet to
disarm it).
If the caster does not have personal knowledge of the spell (for example,
casting it from a scroll), the bonus is reduced by 10% to 50%, depending on the
caster’s ability to activate the item with the spell. Further, casting the spell on a target other
than the caster results in an additional 50% loss to the bonus. In a situation where both penalties are applicable,
the item-cast penalty is applied first, and the non-self-cast penalty is
applied to the result of that.
At no time will the spell provide a bonus greater than the target’s Disarm
Traps skill.
Additional casts will extend the duration of the spell (stackable), but do not
increase the bonus.
405 - Elemental Detection [ELEMDETECT]
Duration: Immediate
Type: Utility
Description:
When cast on a person or creature, the spell may reveal the nature of any
spells that may currently be in effect.
When cast on an object, this spell may reveal the nature and an estimate
of the number of charges stored in an item.
This spell will not reveal the enchantment of weapons or armor, but for
wizards it will aid them in determining if an item is treated with tempering
potions prior to enchanting. It will
also give them some basic information concerning the enchanting project if they
are the one who tempered it. In
addition, a wizard will also be able to detect if an item has been
duplicated. See Wizard spell Duplicate
(918) for details.
The amount of information provided by this spell is directly related to the
number of elemental spells known by the caster.
The caster will not be able to identify spells of a higher level than
his/her own level. Some magics are so
potent or complicated as to be resistant to this spell.
406 - Elemental Defense II [ELEMDEF2]
Duration: 1200 seconds +60 seconds for every Minor Elemental spell known
Type: Defense
Description:
This spell affords some moderate protection from all attack types. +10 to all Defense Strength (DS) types, +10
to Elemental Target Defense (ETD)
407 - Unlock [UNLOCK]
Duration: Immediate
Type: Utility
Description:
Causes typical closed and/or locked containers or doors to pop open.
The percentage chance of success is primarily based on the aura of the caster
and the caster’s level. Some items are
naturally resistant to this magic. An
attempt to cast this spell has a chance of setting off any live trap that may
be a part of the locking device.
This spell is enhanced by the use of Picking Enhancement.
408 - Disarm [DISARM]
Duration: Immediate
Type: Utility
Description:
Will disarm most traps found on containers or doors.
The chance of success is primarily based on the aura of the caster and the
caster’s level. An unsuccessful attempt
to cast this spell may set off any resident traps. A successful cast on a trapped mechanism will
provide positive indication that a trap has been disarmed, but a successful
cast on a mechanism free of traps, or a failed cast will not necessarily reveal
the presence of or lack of a trap.
This spell is enhanced by the use of Disarm Enhancement.
409 - Elemental Blast [ELEMBLAST]
Duration: Immediate
Type: Attack
Description:
This spell is an attack against the target using pure elemental power.
The target character or creature that fails a warding check is subjected to an
injury. The severity of the injury is
based on the degree of the warding failure.
410 - Elemental Wave [ELEMWAVE]
Duration: Immediate
Type: Attack
Description:
This spell causes the mana in the area to “pulse” in a physical wave that may
result in knocking down all characters and creatures in the area.
The wave moves outward from the caster and the caster has some limited control
over the direction that the wave moves in.
All characters and creatures not joined to the same group as the caster
must make a saving roll, or fall prone.
A successful elemental wave may cause the affected creatures or characters to
be pinned to the ground for up to 20 seconds.
The spell cannot affect flying creatures while in flight and some
creatures are immune to its effects.
411 - Elemental Blade [ELEMBLADE]
Duration: 4 strikes per level
Type: Utility
Description: This spell adds a magical +20 bonus to a weapon and provides that weapon with the ability to inflict intermittent blasts of special types of damage. The weapon this spell is to be cast upon must be free of any other magical or holy enchantments. The exact nature of the special damage imparted to the weapon will vary depending on the element the caster is attuned to. Some will find that the spell imparts blasts of heat, others will impart blasts of cold, and others will impart blasts of electricity.
Lore
benefits: The ATTUNE command allows a character with the proper Elemental
Lore training to attune to the element of their choice. A minimum of 20 ranks in any of the Elemental
Lores (Air, Earth, Fire, Water) will allow a character to become attuned to
that element. If a caster has less than
20 ranks in every single element, he cannot attune to any element. If a caster is not attuned to any element, he
will get a random element each time he casts a spell that depends on
attunement. Also, if a caster’s highest
element is either water or air and the other element (that is, water for air,
air for water) is OVER half the higher element, he may be attuned to
lightning. At any time, a player may
ATTUNE RANDOM in order to go back to getting random elements each time.
412 - Weapon Deflection [WPDEFLECT]
Duration: 60 seconds + (5 * difference in level between caster and target) (not cumulative, minimum 60 sec.)
Type: Attack
Description:
This spell will cause the target to suffer a -25 AS penalty. The spell is not subject to a warding
attempt, making it virtually impossible for foes to defend against (unless the
target is immune to magic).
413 - Elemental Saturation [ELEMSAT]
Duration: 10 seconds per level
Type: Attack
Description:
This spell causes the target to suffer a -25 penalty to all warding
checks. This spell is subject to a
warding check at normal modifications.
414 - Elemental Defense III [ELEMDEF3]
Duration: 1200 seconds +60 seconds for every Minor Elemental spell known
Type: Defense
Description:
This spell affords powerful protection from all attack types. +20 to all Defense Strength (DS) types, +15
to Elemental Target Defense (ETD)
415 - Elemental Strike [ELEMSTRIKE]
Duration: Immediate
Type: Attack
Description: This spell is a powerful attack against the target using pure elemental power. The target character or creature that fails a warding check is subjected to damage from the initial strike, and if the target is not slain outright from this strike injury, they are subjected to a powerful elemental flare for additional damage. The severity of the flare is based on the degree of the warding failure, and is more powerful than Elemental Blast. The sheer force of this spell will typically knock a target to the ground.
Lore
benefits: The ATTUNE command allows a character with the proper Elemental
Lore training to attune to the element of their choice. A minimum of 20 ranks in any of the Elemental
Lores (Air, Earth, Fire, Water) will allow a character to become attuned to
that element. If a caster has less than
20 ranks in every single element, he cannot attune to any element. If a caster is not attuned to any element, he
will get a random element each time he casts a spell that depends on
attunement. Also, if a caster’s highest
element is either water or air and the other element (that is, water for air,
air for water) is OVER half the higher element, he may be attuned to
lightning. At any time, a player may
ATTUNE RANDOM in order to go back to getting random elements each time.
416 - Piercing Gaze [PIERCEGAZE]
Duration: Immediate
Type: Utility
Description:
This spell allows the caster to see into, behind or under containers of all
types. When doing so, they stand a
chance of spotting any traps. Many
containers carry natural resistance to the power of this spell based on the
material used in the construction of the container. This spell can also cause some traps to be
set off, which will strike the spell caster.
417 - Elemental Dispel [ELEMDISPEL]
Duration: Immediate
Type: Attack
Description:
When cast on a character or creature, this spell will have one of the following
effects:
1. Cause the target to lose any prepared
spell, along with the appropriate number of mana points for that spell.
2. Cause a magical effect in force on
the target to be canceled.
3. Cause the target to lose a portion,
or all, of their mana.
When cast on an item, this spell
has a chance to drain charges, dispel any stored spells, remove part or all of
an enchantment, or remove some other special quality.
There is no warding check for this spell.
The effect of casting on a character or creature is in the order given
above. When cast on items, the chance of
failure and the results depend on the level of the caster and the level and
type of stored spell or enchantment.
418 - Mana Focus [MANAFOCUS]
Duration: 60 seconds per level; not cumulative or refreshable
Type: Utility
Description:
This spell allows the caster to temporarily gather the local elemental forces,
creating a minor Mana Focus. Note that this
is not an earth node.
When handling raw elemental power, there is always a chance of failure, and a
chance that the power will break free from control with chaotic and
catastrophic results. This can
potentially be very deadly to the spell caster, especially an unskilled
one. Learning a spell is not the same as
mastery of a spell. The mana focus
should remain for the duration of the spell, or until shortly after the spell caster
leaves the location of the focus.
419 - Mass Elemental Defense [MASSEDEF]
Duration: 1200 seconds +60 seconds for every Minor Elemental spell known
Type: Defense
Description: If cast on a target other than the caster, this spell operates as a normal defense spell, and will not radiate effects to characters joined to that target. This spell is much like Elemental Defense III (414), except that it will affect a group joined to the caster. It does not add an additional defensive bonus when cast with 414, it will simply extend the duration of 414.
+20 to all Defense Strength (DS)
types, +15 to Elemental Target Defense (ETD) to all characters joined to the
caster.
420 - Magic Item Creation [MAGICITEM]
Duration: permanent
Type: Utility
Description:
This spell allows the caster to imbed a known spell into a specially prepared
object. Some very powerful spells cannot
be imbedded.
This spell allows for placing spells into magical Wands, Rings, Rods, Amulets,
etc. Objects that are to receive the
spell must be specially prepared or forged under stringent conditions and the
component objects are typically only available from special merchants. Some rangers also have the ability to imbue
this capability into sticks which will become wands or staves that are useful
for imbedding. See the IMBED command in
game for further assistance. This spell
is very tricky for most novice spell casters, so follow the directions
carefully.
425 - Elemental Targeting [ELEMTARG]
Duration: 900 seconds +30 seconds for every Minor Elemental spell known
Type: Bonus
Description:
This spell provides a bonus to attacks.
To the Attack Strength it gives a base of +25, plus the number of Spell Ranks
above 25 that the caster knows in the
To the Elemental Casting Strength it gives a base of +25, plus the number of
Spell Ranks above 25 that the caster knows in the
430 - Elemental Barrier [ELEMBARR]
Duration: 900 seconds +30 seconds fore every Minor Elemental spell known
Type: Defense
Description:
This spell provides a bonus to all types of defense.
The amount of the bonus is +15 Defense Strength (DS) as well as Elemental
warding (TD), +1 for every 2 Minor Elemental spells known over 30.
435 - Major Elemental Wave [MAJRWAVE]
Duration: Immediate
Type: Attack
Description:
This spell causes the mana in the area to “pulse” in a physical wave that may
result in knocking down all characters and creatures in the area. With the increased power imparted into this
wave from the additional mana expended, it is possible that the wave will
discharge some of the imbued energy into any object it encounters with
potentially damaging consequences.
The wave moves outward from the caster and the caster has some limited control
over the direction that the wave moves in.
All characters and creatures not joined to the same group as the caster
must make a saving roll, or fall prone.
If the player or creature’s failure is sufficiently severe damage may
also be incurred.
A successful major elemental wave may cause the affected creatures or
characters to be pinned to the ground for up to 20 seconds with the possibility
of death or damage. The spell cannot
affect flying creatures while in flight and some creatures are immune to its
affects.
Lore
benefits: The ATTUNE command allows a character with the proper Elemental
Lore training to attune to the element of their choice. A minimum of 20 ranks in any of the Elemental
Lores (Air, Earth, Fire, Water) will allow a character to become attuned to
that element. If a caster has less than
20 ranks in every single element, he cannot attune to any element. If a caster is not attuned to any element, he
will get a random element each time he casts a spell that depends on
attunement. Also, if a caster’s highest
element is either water or air and the other element (that is, water for air,
air for water) is OVER half the higher element, he may be attuned to
lightning. At any time, a player may
ATTUNE RANDOM in order to go back to getting random elements each time.
440 - Unnamed
Not yet implemented
Nothing is yet known about this spell.
450 - Unnamed
Not yet implemented
Nothing is yet known about this spell.