“The Inferno speaks through us all.” – Kthalenje, Infernal Harbinger
Born of destruction, of heat, of magma, the fire scholar calls forth all the most offensive powers in the world. Wanton incineration is their bread and butter. Resonating with both chaotic and evil tendancies, none who are good or lawful may call upon the magics of flame.
Minor scholars of the flame delve into all aspects of the sphere, learning both some of the empowering benedictions fire offers and a taste of its destruction. The major sphere focuses primarily on enhancing and refining the latter, producing most of the sphere’s mainstay attacks. Greater fire scholars gain unparalleled mastery of destruction, and can draw the flames unto themselves such that they might even bypass death itself.
Resonating with both chaotic and evil tendancies, none who are good or lawful may call upon the magics of flame. The primary patron of fire scholars is Bayyal, who is particularly favored by the nefortu; the aelin, on the other hand, may call upon Alil, while the shuddeni may be inclined to Arkhural. However, deific patronage is hardly required, as destroyers are as content to take one life as they are another.
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Syntax: Automatic
Bladed weapons with a typically short haft, axes are most often favoured by
barbarians, who enjoy their lack of subtlety and learn specific techniques for
them. Axes may be found in many sizes, for both one and two-handed use. They
typically deal slashing damage, and they are characteristically poor at
fending off blows, due to their balance and lack of finesse. The weighty
swings often required by axes make it suited against both shield blocking and
deflection, but much easier for opponents to fend off or stone phalanx.
Primary Attribute: Strength
See also: PARRY
Syntax: Automatic
Small, bladed weapons, daggers are one of the simplest melee weapons, often
favoured by scholars for this reason, most other professions in Avendar also
receiving training in them. Rogues are more intimately trained in their usage,
learning techniques both flashy and subtle. Typically thrusting or slashing
weapons, due to their length, they are poor at warding off blows though it is
likewise difficult to parry against a dagger. Someone wielding a dagger will
have a harder time getting around a shield, a stone phalanx, or a fighter's
fending.
Primary Attribute: Dexterity
See also: PARRY
Syntax: Automatic
A whip is usually composed of a flexible cord or a chain attached to a handle,
the lash typically dealing slashing damage, though they are often enchanted,
as well. Gladiators and Void templars are the only professions that receive
dedicated training in this weapon, though many others learn the basics of
using this weapon, and they are often used in the off hand. Because of their
flexibility, they are notoriously poor at parrying with, but they are
similarly difficult for opponents to use any defense save dodge or evade
against. The length of this weapon makes it throw off one's parrying if a whip
is offhanded, as well.
Primary Attribute: Dexterity
See also: PARRY
Syntax: Automatic Typically, magic is a simple proposition to those who know it: focus on the spell, cast it, and it simply works. However, for those who see combat, maintaining that focus can be problematic. The concentration skill represents one's ability to cast in combat-- once maximized, one should virtually never lose concentration when casting a spell. Templars, being explicitly trained for battle, will never lose concentration. It is not necessary to have this skill to utilize powers granted by the Stones of Power to members of the Great Houses. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Constitution See also: CAST
Range : Inventory Item/Target Person or Mob
Syntax: Zap <item> <target>
Non-adventuring scholars and alchemists are able to imbue wands with magical
spells, that they might be cast at a later date. Spells imbued within a wand
affect a specified target, and are typically offensive but not universally so.
Wands may be freely used in combat, even if the spell within ordinarily may
not.
Wands have a limited number of charges; should all charges be expended from
one, the item will be consumed.
Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Dexterity
See also: CAST, OVERCHARGE, individual spell helpfiles
Syntax: Automatic Firekin offers a reduction in fire damage taken from all sources. This reduction will not be evident to the scan spell. The long experience with fire that it represents also grants the scholar an improved chance to save against smoke, consume, and brimstone ward. Furthermore, it will obviate all penalties associated with the haste effect, including but not limited to that granted by the living flame spell. Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Strength
Range : Inventory Item/As Original Spell
Syntax: Recite <scroll> <target>
Non-adventuring scholars have refined their arts to the point where it is
possible for some to transcribe spells onto scrolls, that they might be cast
at a later date. Spells scribed upon a scroll function exactly as they do when
cast ordinarily, except they have no mana cost. Appropriate targeting for a
given spell may be found in that spell's helpfile. Scrolls may be freely used
in combat, even if the spell scribed upon it ordinarily may not.
As scrolls must be read aloud, they cannot be used while gagged or taking on
the aspect of an animal, and deafness will make it harder to do so.
Once recited, successfully or otherwise, a scroll is consumed. It is not
possible to recite a scroll higher than your own level.
Primary Attribute: Intelligence
See also: CAST, SCRIT OF KAAGN, SCRIPT MASTERY, individual spell helpfiles
Syntax: Automatic
A basic technique for focusing one's thoughts, meditation is a skill taught by
all guilds that their students may recover mana more quickly.
Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Wisdom
See also: TRANCE, MANA
Range : Inventory Item/Wielder's Group Syntax: Brandish <item> Non-adventuring scholars and alchemists are able to imbue staves with magical spells, that they might be cast at a later date. Spells imbued within a staff will affect the user and his group, and may not be targeted in any way. Spells which may only be cast on oneself may not affect anyone other than the wielder of the staff. Staves may be freely used in combat, even if the spell within ordinarily may not. Staves have a limited number of charges; should all charges be expended from one, the item will be consumed. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: CAST, REFORGE MAGIC, individual spell helpfiles
Syntax: Automatic With this skill, a fire scholar will be able to turn to smoke and avoid melee attacks. This may still occur underwater, though it is far less likely to do so; it will not be possible to use this skill anywhere that magic cannot be cast at all. Those embodying the aspect of the inferno will find this skill slightly less effective. Those affected by a living flame will turn to flame rather than smoke when they evade attacks, damaging their opponents' weapons in the process. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Dexterity See also: DODGE, PARRY
Syntax: Automatic Characters with proficiency in this skill will attempt a second attack each round with both their main and any offhanded weapons. Mastery of this skill does not guarantee the attack will be attempted every round, but it does make it very likely. Primary Attribute: Dexterity, Strength See also: DUAL WIELD
Syntax: Automatic
A basic mercantile skill used to get a better price on items from merchants,
haggling is a skill that is widely taught but a talent applied with the most
success by the charismatic.
Primary Attribute: Charisma
Syntax: Automatic A further refinement upon the more widely taught basic technique of meditation, trance is taught by the spellworking guilds and those focused on more meditative studies, in order to better recover their mana. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Wisdom See also: MEDITATION, MANA
Syntax: Automatic
Fast healing is a skill taught by most guilds, that their students might apply
their knowledge to quicker recovery of bodily injuries, increasing the rate at
which they gain hit points.
Primary Attribute: Constitution
See also: HIT POINTS
Syntax: Automatic By gaining a thorough understanding of how to leverage intensity in their magics, the majority of a fire scholar's offensive fire-based spells will be more difficult to save against, the evoke hatred, mindkindle, and pandemonium spells will be cast at an increased level, and their area-effect spells will set surrounding objects on fire. An aura further to the red will increase the effect of this skill. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength
Syntax: Automatic Sufficiently skilled fire scholars learn to prolong the effects of their spells. First and foremost, the fires set by the immolate spell will last longer. Second, their area-effect spells will also immolate those caught in the blast. Thirdly, when immolation ends, the lingering smouldering wounds will severely hinder the victim's ability to heal. Finally, consuming wounds (such as those left by immolate) will reignite themselves more efficiently. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: CONSUME, IMMOLATE
Duration : At Least 4 Rounds Minimum Cost: 15 mana
Range : Single PC or Mob
Syntax: Cast 'Immolate' <target>
This spell lights the target on fire. In addition to the initial burst of
damage, being on fire will rapidly damage the target over time. Furthermore,
should the target fail a save, they will be painfully burned and incur
additional damage each half hour that passes by for the duration of the spell.
This spell restores a portion of mana spent when casting it.
Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength
See also: SLOW BURN, MAGIC APTITUDE
This is a short list of the more common wear-slots accessible to mortals. There are a few more, but are comparatively obscure. These should be most all that you'll deal with: -Left finger -Right finger -Neck (first) -Neck (second) -Torso -Head -Legs -Feet -Hands -Arms -Shield/Held/Dual Wielded/Light -About body -Waist -Left wrist -Right wrist -Wielded (weapons) -Floating -Branded (immortals' sigils and brands)
Duration : Level/2 hours Minimum Cost: 5 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Detect Invis' This spell allows the caster to see all players, mobiles, and objects that are invisible. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: INVISIBILITY
Duration : 3 Hours Minimum Cost: 30 mana Range : User Only Recast Delay: 3 Hours Syntax: Cast 'Burnout' This spell drastically increases the regenerative capabilities of the caster, tripling their hit point regeneration. After the spell expires, however, the caster will find their regeneration halved, as their body recuperates from the massive expenditure of energy. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Constitution
Duration : (Level+6)/2 Hours Minimum Cost: 5 mana Range : Single PC, Mob, or Object Syntax: cast 'Enflame' <target> When used on a character, this spell imbues its target with an inner fire, markedly improving their damroll and saves. It is not possible to cast immolation upon a target who is currently fighting. When used on an object of light type, this spell increases the duration of the light remaining. The object need not be held in inventory; it may simply be in the room with the caster. Objects that are not of type light may not be targeted by this spell; something that is simply glowing is not sufficient. This spell was at one point taught in guilds as 'immolation'. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: SAVES, DAMROLL
Duration : Level/8 Hours Minimum Cost: 25 mana Range : Caster's Current Room Reuse Delay : 5 Hours Syntax: Cast 'Warmth' With this spell, a fire scholar may place a rune of hearth in their current location. Up to five people may concurrently sit, rest, or sleep at this place of shelter and receive a bonus to their mana regeneration. The rune will also serve as a fire for the purposes of scrying or fading from sight. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: CINDER SCRY, JAZIJI'S FADE
Duration : Level Hours Minimum Cost: 5 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Infravision' <target> This spell enables its target to see in the dark. He may look, see adjoining exits, and scan exactly as if he were in a well-lit area. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Level/6 Hours Minimum Cost: 25 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Wings of Flame' This spell creates a pair of flaming wings for its caster, imparting them with magical flight and a bonus to their dexterity. Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Constitution See also: FLY
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 15 mana
Range : Single PC or Mob
Syntax: Cast 'Scan' <target>
This spell attempts to discern the target's immunities, resistances, and
vulnerabilities to all damage types, and will compare the target's level to
the spell's. It will not initiate combat, but may be gauche socially.
Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Level/10 Hours Minimum Cost: 20 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Evoke Hatred' <target> With this spell, a fire mage may attempt to kindle the seeds of hatred and rage living within all beings. Should the spell succeed, the target will incur a penalty to armour class then lash out and assault someone-- anyone else in the room. This will not be the caster nor anyone in their group, unless there are no other viable targets. Mobiles who cannot otherwise be disabled, knocked out, moved, et cetera, will always assault the caster if targeted. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Charisma
Duration : Level/8 Hours Minimum Cost: 30 mana Range : Single Inventory Item Syntax: Cast 'Deny Entropy' <target> A fire scholar of even the most minor skill may ward items against effects that might instantly destroy them, such as being on fire, shattered, et cetera. This will provide no defense against ordinary wear-and-tear on a weapon or the deliberate use of the destroy command. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : 1.5 Hours Minimum Cost: 40 mana Range : Caster's Current Room Syntax: Cast 'Smoke' This spell floods the caster's current room with a thick cloud of smoke. Anyone present in the room when the spell is cast or while the smoke lingers may be blinded by it, including the caster. It is also not possible to scan into or through a room filled with smoke, and it will impede attacks such as rays of light, icebolts, firebolts, archery, bolos, and thrown weapons. Casting smoke underwater will not cause blindness, but will still cause damage. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: SMOKING
Duration : Level/18 Hours Minimum Cost: 100 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: cast 'lambent aura' This spell wreaths the caster in flames, causing damage to anyone who attempts to bash, shield bash, or surprise attack them, and protecting the caster from the brunt of the bash. Any dart thrown at a person affected by this spell will be incinerated by the flames. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: BASH, SHIELD BASH, SURPRISE ATTACK, DART
Duration : Level/2 Hours Minimum Cost: 75 mana Range : Caster or Target Item Syntax: Cast 'Frozen Shield' <target> This spell enchants a shield with a frigid chill; this causes it to grant additional hitroll, damroll, and resistance to fire. When cast upon a blessed item, the duration will be extended. One may place this spell upon a held shield by casting it upon oneself. This spell does not coexist with Rotheld's Bulwark; one may use one or the other, but not both. Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Charisma See also: HITROLL, DAMROLL, DAMAGE REDUCTION
Duration : Special Minimum Cost: 25 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: cast "Jaziji's Fade" With this spell, a fire scholar may emulate the trickster-scholar Jaziji, and fade into thin air above any source of flame. Doing so will continually drain mana from the caster while they are so concealed. The effect will end when the scholar either inputs any command or their mana is wholly depleted. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: CINDER SCRY
Duration : Level/2 Hours Minimum Cost: 65 mana Range : Item, Closed Container, Closed Door Syntax: Cast 'Rune of Fire' <target> This spell marks an invisible rune of fire on an object, container, or door. Anyone save the caster themself who attempts to pick up the object or open the container or door will be blasted by a jet of flame. If the door is locked, the force of the rune may blow it open; even runes of earth will fail before such power. Placing a rune on a weapon will cause the rune to go off on one's opponent when used in combat. One may place a rune on one's currently equipped weapon by casting it on oneself. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: RUNE OF EARTH
Duration : Level/6 Hours Minimum Cost: 30 mana
Range : Single PC or Mob
Syntax: Cast 'Frenzy' <target>
Similar to its cousin, the zeal spell, frenzy imbues its target with rage,
granting a bonus to both hitroll and damroll. The lack of care caused by this
state causes a penalty to the target's armor class, as well.
It is not possible to cast this spell on someone who is already in a berserk
state. Those imbued with the rage of this spell will find themselves unable
to either retreat or cower away from battle.
Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Charisma
See also: ZEAL, HITROLL, DAMROLL, RETREAT, COWER
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 20 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Beam of Fire' <target> This spell unleashes a concentrated beam of flame at its target, dealing damage to them. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Dexterity
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 65 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Baptism of Fire' This spell will burn petrification and most poisons, plagues, and other diseases out of the caster, as well as various maledictions of the water sphere, but it does so literally-- the resultant flame will do damage to the caster in the process of purging the afflictions. When used by a water mage under the martyr's fire, this will heal them instead. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength See also: Listed maledictions, MARTYR'S FIRE
Duration : Level/16 Hours Minimum Cost: 90 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Corona' This spell limns the caster with a bright corona, causing them to shed a vivid enough light to draw anyone out of the shadows who enters the caster's current room (or vice versa, should the caster move). This will end hide, camouflage, and shadow mastery, though it will not prevent such a person from concealing themself again. This does not dispel invisibility on others, though the caster themself may not be invisible while they are shedding a corona. This spell will supercede a fire templar's coronal glow, and prevent a new one from being placed on the caster. A corona does not usefully illuminate a room. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 20 mana Range : Single Object Syntax: Cast 'Locate Object' <target> Locate object attempts to find all items in the world identified by a given keyword or keywords. It cannot find objects of a higher level than the caster's. A higher level and greater mastery of this spell will produce markedly better results. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Special Minimum Cost: 5 mana Range : Self or Target Groupmate Syntax: Cast 'Word of Recall' <target> Word of recall transports its target back to their altar, significantly reducing their movement points. This spell takes a few moments to take effect, generally less than half an hour; it can take longer to work on a target who is currently engaged in combat. Spells such as curse and certain locales may suppress this spell, preventing it from taking effect; the word might be cast, but nothing will happen. Moving to a different room after the spell has been cast but before it takes effect will also negate the spell. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: CURSE
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 55 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast "Shiyul's Fury" <target> Fire blast sends a column of flame crashing into its target. In addition to dealing some damage, the force of the blow may also lag its target, or even force them out into an adjoining room. Those who are anchored to a room cannot be so moved. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Dexterity See also: LAG, ANCHOR
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 15 mana Range : All ungrouped PCs or Mobs in Room Syntax: Cast 'Fireball' This spell calls a large ball of flame to fill the caster's immediate vicinity. Anyone who is not grouped with the caster will take damage from the blast. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 30 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Ignite Enchantment' <target> With this spell, a scholar of fire may attempt to overwhelm and burn out a large number of enchantments wielded by casters of earth magics. This will destroy mantles of earth, and dispel: smooth terrain, clay shield, fortify, stabilize, anchor, brittleform, giant strength, stone skin, and stone shell. As this is done via incredibly hot fire, this spell will do damage, escalating the more the ignition successfully dispels. Effects that are not dispelled will be weakened; continual weakening will eventually break the effects regardless. If a spell is eroded by this means, there will be no additional damage incurred. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Charisma
Duration: Caster's Discretion Minimum Cost: 100 mana Cooldown: 2 hours Range: Target Inventory Item Syntax: cast 'seal of the golden flames' Syntax: cast 'seal of the golden flames' <item> explode Syntax: cast 'seal of the golden flames' <item> smoke By tracing the seal of the golden flames over an object, the scholar can imbue it with fiery energy to get unleashed later on command. Only items with a natural affinity to flames can be so imbued; in particular, items whose primary purpose is to give off light, such as a torch. By specifying the 'explode' argument when casting the spell, the mage marks the object to explode when commanded. By choosing 'smoke', he instead marks the object to issue a dense cloud of smoke to blind and irritate anyone nearby. All of his seals are triggered when the scholar casts this spell with no argument. Every mage who learns this spell can maintain a single seal at any given time; those who have achieved mastery of the spell may place another, and those who have reached the pinnacle of their guild have grown proficient enough to support yet another. Triggered seals will generally destroy the object they are triggered on; in the case of explosions, the flying fragments will make the seal particularly dangerous. Items which cannot be destroyed will not be, but the resulting explosion will also be less severe. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Level/6 Hours Minimum Cost: 50 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Flare' This spell stores the energy of a fireball within the caster's body. Should they come close to death, the energy will be released, calling a fireball down upon everyone present in the room and healing the caster. Should the fireball discharge, some time will need to pass before this spell may be cast again-- less for those of the Flameheart path. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength See also: FIREBALL
Duration : Level/6 Hours Minimum Cost: 60 mana Range : Target Exit Recast Delay: 12 Hours Syntax: Cast 'Wall of Fire' <direction> This spell calls a large column of flame to block off an exit of a given room. Anyone passing through this wall will incur damage. This wall will also block line of sight, preventing archery, bolo, dart, firebolt, icebolt, ray of light, and throw from working through it. A wall of fire cannot be called on or underwater. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 55 mana Cooldown (combat): 5 - 8 hours, varies by skill Cooldown (other): none Syntax: Cast 'Dispersion' An innovation based on the teleport spell dating back to the War of Fire, dispersion will instantly transport the caster somewhere in the world at random, at a cost of half his movement points and casting a fireball behind him in his wake. Unlike the teleport spell, this spell may be cast in combat. While many dangerous locations cannot be teleported into, many can, and the spell carries no guarantee of safety. If this is used in combat, it will be some time before the mage use it again; there is no such cooldown when used outside of combat. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: TELEPORT, FIREBALL
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 80 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Cinder Scry' Syntax: Cast 'Cinder Scry' <number> Even the least of fire magi can call upon their affinity to flames and seek them out, even over great distances. By casting this spell with no argument, will find the locations of campfires and other flames. Certain powerful magics might restrict which may be sensed, but most such flames will become evident to him. They may then cast the spell again, supplying one of the fires as an argument specified by number. If successful, their newly-extended senses will then perceive that fire and its surroundings as though they were actually there, providing the output of the generalized 'where' command at that flame, as well as the current state of the room. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Level/6 Hours Minimum Cost: 50 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Living Flame' The spell places the target in contact with the plane of fire, allowing the caster to maintain a conduit through which power may be drawn. This grants a bonus to the target's dexterity, hitroll, damroll, and hit points, proportionally to the level of the caster. This spell also hastens its target, granting them an additional attack each round of combat. In response to the conduit, any time one affected by the flame deals fire damage, they will regain a small amount of mana. There are numerous drawbacks to this conduit, however: persons affected will heal significantly slower than otherwise, and will also become both hungry and thirsty much sooner than normal. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Dexterity
Duration : Level/4 Hours Minimum Cost: 75 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Elemental Flame' With this spell, a fire scholar may suffuse themself with pure elemental flame. This will draw fire magics toward them: anyone fighting them has a chance of being stripped of infravision, enflame, frenzy, wings of flame, fury of the inferno, and consuming rage. This may also result in a bonus to the caster's saves. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength
At creation, a scholar may choose to focus on one element, and thereby become a greater scholar of that element. Such magi gain access to the greater paths later in their career.
A path for those who pursue the power of the fire devils, inspired and guided by the legendary abomination, Kyez-Ralin.
Syntax: Automatic One who has bound themself to fire devils will find themselves suffused with an inner fire that never fades. Such a scholar will gain substantial resistance to fire and susceptability to the cold-- a little more than the natural racial resistance of the srryn, when the skill is perfected. They will not be lagged by brimstone wards and receive less damage from them. Bleeding wounds have a good chance of cauterizing themselves, and they may innately avoid the effects of consume. Both cloak of embers and conflagration will last longer for them. Lastly, hot weather, both magical and natural, will not trouble them at all. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength
Syntax: Automatic Named for the first known Flameheart scholar, before she rejected Kyez-Ralin's gifts, Yesa's radiance is an outpouring of the sheer burning force of the fire devil's influence. Whenever the scholar is attacked in melee, there is a chance their foe will be burned in retaliation. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : See Text Minimum Cost: 100 mana Range : User Only Recast Delay: See Text Syntax: Cast 'Aspect of the Inferno' By this spell, a Flameheart scholar may, through their pact with fire devils, channel the Inferno directly through their bodies. While so affected, they will receive a massive boost to melee damage, gain a chance to make a third melee attack each round, and receive a bonus to hitroll. This will also allow them to go into negative hit points, and change all their outgoing damage to fire. They will be less able to benefit from the cunning wisp spell, and their ability to cast spells will be hindered. Their mana will drain continually while channeling the Inferno. A planar barrier against fire will impede them. This spell will last at most six hours and has a recast delay of at most eight hours; the duration is of both contingent on their spell percentage. Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Strength
Duration : Level/10 Hours Minimum Cost: 140 mana Range : Caster Only Recast Delay: 5 Hours Syntax: Cast 'Conflagration' By this spell, a scholar of the Flameheart may call up flames to follow them wherever they may walk. They will set rooms on fire merely by being in them. Being fire, this may well spread on its own. The Flameheart skill proper will double the duration. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration: Level/16 Hours Cost: 90 mana Syntax: Cloakofembers With this skill, a scholar of the Flameheart will gain an additional defense against melee attacks, as the embers of their being rise up to protect them. This skill is more effective in a room that is on fire, and provides a significant penalty to their caster level. The Flameheart skill is able to quadruple the duration. Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Strength See also: DODGE
Duration : See Text Minimum Cost: 100 mana Range : Caster Only Recast Delay: Special Syntax: Cast "Wrath of Kyez-Ralin" While fire is normally stymied by the protective magics of water, one of the Flameheart path may call directly upon the power of the fire devil Kyez-Ralin, drawing on his personal rage against ice-magi. While channeling his wrath, the scholar will entirely disregard the effects of the sanctuary spell. This spell will last at most five hours; the duration depends on spell percentage. The spell's recast delay begins when the affect ends, and additionally imposes a penalty to the user's mana. Primary Attributes: Strength, Charisma
These magi seek the seeds of the War of Fire, invoking ancient powers which indiscriminately destroy the living.
Syntax: Automatic Reuse Delay: 8 Hours The soul of the Undying Blaze path lies in the literal phoenix dirge skill. Should a scholar with this skill be killed by any means, there is a significant chance that they will be reborn from their own ashes, right then and there. When this skill is perfected, it cannot fail. It will not completely heal them. However, this is very physically taxing; this feat can only be acheived at most once every eight hours. Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Strength
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 40 mana Range : See Text Syntax: Cast 'Firestorm' An enhanced form of the fireball spell, firestorm calls forth a massive storm of flame to fill the caster's current and any adjacent rooms. Anyone who is not grouped with the caster will take damage from the blast and may be set on fire. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : 4 Hours Minimum Cost: 140 mana Range : Caster's Current Area Recast Delay: 24 Hours Syntax: Cast 'Blazing Inferno' This spell starts a blazing inferno in the caster's current room, placing walls of fire at every exit. From this location, the fire will spread from room to room. Individuals who remain in the affected rooms will suffer intense damage from the blaze. This spell cannot be cast on or under water, or in the air. Walls of water will douse the blaze, but only in the immediate vicinity of the wall. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Charisma
Duration : Level/10 Hours Minimum Cost: 200 mana Range : Caster's Current Area Recast Delay: 60 Hours Syntax: Cast 'Rain of Fire' This spell calls forth fire to rain from the heavens. Those struck by the falling blaze will be set aflame as if by the consume spell, for two and a half hours. This spell will only work out of doors. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: CONSUME
Duration : Level/10 Hours Minimum Cost: 200 mana Range : See Text Syntax: Cast 'Pandemonium' A scholar of the Undying Blaze may call forth the very rages that moved the world during the War of Fire, and attempt to evoke hatred in every single being in their current room and any adjacent rooms. This will also penalize the target's armour class, should it succeed. Mobiles who cannot otherwise be disabled, knocked out, moved, et cetera, will always assault the caster if given the opportunity. Primary Attribute: Strength, Charisma See also: EVOKE HATRED
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 175 mana Range : Caster's Current Room Syntax: Cast 'Implosion' The pinnacle of the fire scholar's destructive power, implosion requires that the caster draw in an immense amount of energy rapidly inward. In a split second, the caster redirects the energy of the implosion to the surrounding room, channeling the immense heat generated outward in an exploding sphere. This deals damage to all beings present in the room, caster included, and has the potential to deal a tremendous amount of damage. However, the effects of this spell are quite random, and the spell may even fizzle out, producing little effect. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Inspired by the shuddeni, these spellcasters use focused fire to torment and incinerate their enemies.
Syntax: Automatic With this skill, a mage of the Infernal Harbinger school will attempt to inflict lingering burning wounds on anyone they strike with: Shiyul's fury, beams of fire, invocations of Thuyile, disintegration, and ignited enchantments. Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Strength See also: CONSUME
Duration : 3.5+(level/20) Hours Minimum Cost: 60 mana Range : User's Current Room Recast Delay: See Text Syntax: cast 'Brimstone Ward' A brimstone ward may be placed upon a room by Infernal Harbingers, providing a defense against incursion. Once tripped, the ward will explode with Shiyul's fury upon everyone in the room. This does not dispel the ward, but does reduce its duration. The spell's recast delay ranges from six to twelve hours, and lessens with increased skill. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: SHIYUL'S FURY
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 90 mana
Range : Single PC or Mob
Syntax: Cast 'Infernal Conduit' <target>
This spell attempts to thrust its target directly through the Inferno to
literally anywhere else. Should the spell succeed, the target will be
teleported randomly, heavily damaged in the process, and will explode where
they land. This will cause any mobiles in the room where they land to attack.
Charmed mobile companions will also be sent. Uniquely cursed, magically
protected, or extraplanar locales cannot be teleported to or from, though a
scholar may certainly eject someone from their own Great House in this manner.
Should the transit prove fatal, the smoking corpse will land where the living
being would have.
Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 50 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Mindkindle' <target> This spell attempts to evoke a sensation of fear and panic within its target. Should it succeed, the one so panicked will receive significant penalties to both their wisdom and skill percentages. They are also very likely to be severed from any group they are currently in, and will be unable to regroup for the duration. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Charisma See also: ROUT
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 60 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Invocation of Thuyile' <target> With this spell an Infernal Harbinger may invoke the power of the legendary Thuyile upon their foes. In addition to the immediate damage, this spell has a significant chance of destroying items the target is carrying (especially such things as potions or containers), and might melt metal items. Durable items of otherwise flammable materials will be safe, and items flagged nodestroy will be neither destroyed (obviously) nor melted. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 50 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Recast Delay: 6 Hours Syntax: Cast 'Disintegration' <target> Calling forth a beam of pure fiery energy, the disintegration spell deals a consistent, high amount of damage. Such is its power that it may even burn straight through its target, killing them instantly. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Dexterity
All scholars have the option of choosing a minor field of study to complement their major, a choice which grants them access to the lesser spells of that sphere. The increased awareness of both forms of magic sometimes lends greater insight into the Art than either alone, allowing for certain ‘mixed-sphere’ abilities, such as fire and earth combining to form lava.
A mage of these spheres gains mastery of thermics even as he blends creation and destruction to great effect.
Syntax: Automatic While a scholar with this skill is affected by the frenzy spell, they will receive damage reduction (comparable to that enjoyed inherently by most races) against all sources of damage besides fire and cold. Additionally, this ensures that self-incurred damage, such as via Baptism of Fire, will always affect the caster. Primary Attribute: Strength, Constitution
Syntax: Automatic Whenever a scholar with this skill casts a spell that deals fire damage, a significant amount of cold damage will also be added to the total. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Wisdom
Duration : Level/16 Hours Minimum Cost: 45 Mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Boil Blood' <target> With this spell, the caster will attempt to boil the very blood in their target's veins. This does not directly cause harm, but is intensely painful, imposing a significant penalty to the target's constitution and their skill percentages. Furthermore, the pain may prevent the target from moving from room to room, slowing as they try to recover. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Constitution
Duration : 1 Hour Minimum Cost: 150 Mana Range : Caster Only (Out of Combat) Recast Delay: 10 Hours Syntax: Cast 'Icebreaker' While affected by this spell, the caster will negate all cold damage they receive; a portion of that damage will be applied as healing instead. Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Strength
Syntax: Automatic Bladed weapons with a typically short haft, axes are most often favoured by barbarians, who enjoy their lack of subtlety and learn specific techniques for them. Axes may be found in many sizes, for both one and two-handed use. They typically deal slashing damage, and they are characteristically poor at fending off blows, due to their balance and lack of finesse. The weighty swings often required by axes make it suited against both shield blocking and deflection, but much easier for opponents to fend off or stone phalanx. Primary Attribute: Strength See also: PARRY
Syntax: Automatic Small, bladed weapons, daggers are one of the simplest melee weapons, often favoured by scholars for this reason, most other professions in Avendar also receiving training in them. Rogues are more intimately trained in their usage, learning techniques both flashy and subtle. Typically thrusting or slashing weapons, due to their length, they are poor at warding off blows though it is likewise difficult to parry against a dagger. Someone wielding a dagger will have a harder time getting around a shield, a stone phalanx, or a fighter's fending. Primary Attribute: Dexterity See also: PARRY
Syntax: Automatic A whip is usually composed of a flexible cord or a chain attached to a handle, the lash typically dealing slashing damage, though they are often enchanted, as well. Gladiators and Void templars are the only professions that receive dedicated training in this weapon, though many others learn the basics of using this weapon, and they are often used in the off hand. Because of their flexibility, they are notoriously poor at parrying with, but they are similarly difficult for opponents to use any defense save dodge or evade against. The length of this weapon makes it throw off one's parrying if a whip is offhanded, as well. Primary Attribute: Dexterity See also: PARRY
Syntax: Automatic Typically, magic is a simple proposition to those who know it: focus on the spell, cast it, and it simply works. However, for those who see combat, maintaining that focus can be problematic. The concentration skill represents one's ability to cast in combat-- once maximized, one should virtually never lose concentration when casting a spell. Templars, being explicitly trained for battle, will never lose concentration. It is not necessary to have this skill to utilize powers granted by the Stones of Power to members of the Great Houses. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Constitution See also: CAST
Range : Inventory Item/Target Person or Mob Syntax: Zap <item> <target> Non-adventuring scholars and alchemists are able to imbue wands with magical spells, that they might be cast at a later date. Spells imbued within a wand affect a specified target, and are typically offensive but not universally so. Wands may be freely used in combat, even if the spell within ordinarily may not. Wands have a limited number of charges; should all charges be expended from one, the item will be consumed. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Dexterity See also: CAST, OVERCHARGE, individual spell helpfiles
Syntax: Automatic Firekin offers a reduction in fire damage taken from all sources. This reduction will not be evident to the scan spell. The long experience with fire that it represents also grants the scholar an improved chance to save against smoke, consume, and brimstone ward. Furthermore, it will obviate all penalties associated with the haste effect, including but not limited to that granted by the living flame spell. Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Strength
Range : Inventory Item/As Original Spell Syntax: Recite <scroll> <target> Non-adventuring scholars have refined their arts to the point where it is possible for some to transcribe spells onto scrolls, that they might be cast at a later date. Spells scribed upon a scroll function exactly as they do when cast ordinarily, except they have no mana cost. Appropriate targeting for a given spell may be found in that spell's helpfile. Scrolls may be freely used in combat, even if the spell scribed upon it ordinarily may not. As scrolls must be read aloud, they cannot be used while gagged or taking on the aspect of an animal, and deafness will make it harder to do so. Once recited, successfully or otherwise, a scroll is consumed. It is not possible to recite a scroll higher than your own level. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: CAST, SCRIT OF KAAGN, SCRIPT MASTERY, individual spell helpfiles
Syntax: Automatic A basic technique for focusing one's thoughts, meditation is a skill taught by all guilds that their students may recover mana more quickly. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Wisdom See also: TRANCE, MANA
Range : Inventory Item/Wielder's Group Syntax: Brandish <item> Non-adventuring scholars and alchemists are able to imbue staves with magical spells, that they might be cast at a later date. Spells imbued within a staff will affect the user and his group, and may not be targeted in any way. Spells which may only be cast on oneself may not affect anyone other than the wielder of the staff. Staves may be freely used in combat, even if the spell within ordinarily may not. Staves have a limited number of charges; should all charges be expended from one, the item will be consumed. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: CAST, REFORGE MAGIC, individual spell helpfiles
Syntax: Automatic With this skill, a fire scholar will be able to turn to smoke and avoid melee attacks. This may still occur underwater, though it is far less likely to do so; it will not be possible to use this skill anywhere that magic cannot be cast at all. Those embodying the aspect of the inferno will find this skill slightly less effective. Those affected by a living flame will turn to flame rather than smoke when they evade attacks, damaging their opponents' weapons in the process. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Dexterity See also: DODGE, PARRY
Syntax: Automatic Characters with proficiency in this skill will attempt a second attack each round with both their main and any offhanded weapons. Mastery of this skill does not guarantee the attack will be attempted every round, but it does make it very likely. Primary Attribute: Dexterity, Strength See also: DUAL WIELD
Syntax: Automatic A basic mercantile skill used to get a better price on items from merchants, haggling is a skill that is widely taught but a talent applied with the most success by the charismatic. Primary Attribute: Charisma
Syntax: Automatic A further refinement upon the more widely taught basic technique of meditation, trance is taught by the spellworking guilds and those focused on more meditative studies, in order to better recover their mana. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Wisdom See also: MEDITATION, MANA
Syntax: Automatic Fast healing is a skill taught by most guilds, that their students might apply their knowledge to quicker recovery of bodily injuries, increasing the rate at which they gain hit points. Primary Attribute: Constitution See also: HIT POINTS
Syntax: Automatic By gaining a thorough understanding of how to leverage intensity in their magics, the majority of a fire scholar's offensive fire-based spells will be more difficult to save against, the evoke hatred, mindkindle, and pandemonium spells will be cast at an increased level, and their area-effect spells will set surrounding objects on fire. An aura further to the red will increase the effect of this skill. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength
Syntax: Automatic While a scholar with this skill is affected by the frenzy spell, they will receive damage reduction (comparable to that enjoyed inherently by most races) against all sources of damage besides fire and cold. Additionally, this ensures that self-incurred damage, such as via Baptism of Fire, will always affect the caster. Primary Attribute: Strength, Constitution
Syntax: Automatic Sufficiently skilled fire scholars learn to prolong the effects of their spells. First and foremost, the fires set by the immolate spell will last longer. Second, their area-effect spells will also immolate those caught in the blast. Thirdly, when immolation ends, the lingering smouldering wounds will severely hinder the victim's ability to heal. Finally, consuming wounds (such as those left by immolate) will reignite themselves more efficiently. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: CONSUME, IMMOLATE
Syntax: Automatic Whenever a scholar with this skill casts a spell that deals fire damage, a significant amount of cold damage will also be added to the total. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Wisdom
Syntax: Automatic Water scholars develop an affinity for the water in the form of this skill. They may move and cast freely underwater as if affected by the aquatic movement spell. Additionally, they incur reduced casting lag when on the water; this is further reduced when under the water. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: AQUATIC MOVEMENT
Duration : At Least 4 Rounds Minimum Cost: 15 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Immolate' <target> This spell lights the target on fire. In addition to the initial burst of damage, being on fire will rapidly damage the target over time. Furthermore, should the target fail a save, they will be painfully burned and incur additional damage each half hour that passes by for the duration of the spell. This spell restores a portion of mana spent when casting it. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength See also: SLOW BURN, MAGIC APTITUDE
This is a short list of the more common wear-slots accessible to mortals. There are a few more, but are comparatively obscure. These should be most all that you'll deal with: -Left finger -Right finger -Neck (first) -Neck (second) -Torso -Head -Legs -Feet -Hands -Arms -Shield/Held/Dual Wielded/Light -About body -Waist -Left wrist -Right wrist -Wielded (weapons) -Floating -Branded (immortals' sigils and brands)
Duration : Level/2 hours Minimum Cost: 5 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Detect Invis' This spell allows the caster to see all players, mobiles, and objects that are invisible. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: INVISIBILITY
Duration : 3 Hours Minimum Cost: 30 mana Range : User Only Recast Delay: 3 Hours Syntax: Cast 'Burnout' This spell drastically increases the regenerative capabilities of the caster, tripling their hit point regeneration. After the spell expires, however, the caster will find their regeneration halved, as their body recuperates from the massive expenditure of energy. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Constitution
Duration : (Level+6)/2 Hours Minimum Cost: 5 mana Range : Single PC, Mob, or Object Syntax: cast 'Enflame' <target> When used on a character, this spell imbues its target with an inner fire, markedly improving their damroll and saves. It is not possible to cast immolation upon a target who is currently fighting. When used on an object of light type, this spell increases the duration of the light remaining. The object need not be held in inventory; it may simply be in the room with the caster. Objects that are not of type light may not be targeted by this spell; something that is simply glowing is not sufficient. This spell was at one point taught in guilds as 'immolation'. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: SAVES, DAMROLL
Duration : Level/8 Hours Minimum Cost: 25 mana Range : Caster's Current Room Reuse Delay : 5 Hours Syntax: Cast 'Warmth' With this spell, a fire scholar may place a rune of hearth in their current location. Up to five people may concurrently sit, rest, or sleep at this place of shelter and receive a bonus to their mana regeneration. The rune will also serve as a fire for the purposes of scrying or fading from sight. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: CINDER SCRY, JAZIJI'S FADE
Duration : Level Hours Minimum Cost: 5 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Infravision' <target> This spell enables its target to see in the dark. He may look, see adjoining exits, and scan exactly as if he were in a well-lit area. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Level/6 Hours Minimum Cost: 25 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Wings of Flame' This spell creates a pair of flaming wings for its caster, imparting them with magical flight and a bonus to their dexterity. Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Constitution See also: FLY
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 15 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Scan' <target> This spell attempts to discern the target's immunities, resistances, and vulnerabilities to all damage types, and will compare the target's level to the spell's. It will not initiate combat, but may be gauche socially. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 15 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Scan' <target> This spell attempts to discern the target's immunities, resistances, and vulnerabilities to all damage types, and will compare the target's level to the spell's. It will not initiate combat, but may be gauche socially. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Level/10 Hours Minimum Cost: 20 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Evoke Hatred' <target> With this spell, a fire mage may attempt to kindle the seeds of hatred and rage living within all beings. Should the spell succeed, the target will incur a penalty to armour class then lash out and assault someone-- anyone else in the room. This will not be the caster nor anyone in their group, unless there are no other viable targets. Mobiles who cannot otherwise be disabled, knocked out, moved, et cetera, will always assault the caster if targeted. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Charisma
Duration : Level/8 Hours Minimum Cost: 30 mana Range : Single Inventory Item Syntax: Cast 'Deny Entropy' <target> A fire scholar of even the most minor skill may ward items against effects that might instantly destroy them, such as being on fire, shattered, et cetera. This will provide no defense against ordinary wear-and-tear on a weapon or the deliberate use of the destroy command. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : 1.5 Hours Minimum Cost: 40 mana Range : Caster's Current Room Syntax: Cast 'Smoke' This spell floods the caster's current room with a thick cloud of smoke. Anyone present in the room when the spell is cast or while the smoke lingers may be blinded by it, including the caster. It is also not possible to scan into or through a room filled with smoke, and it will impede attacks such as rays of light, icebolts, firebolts, archery, bolos, and thrown weapons. Casting smoke underwater will not cause blindness, but will still cause damage. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: SMOKING
Duration : Level/18 Hours Minimum Cost: 100 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: cast 'lambent aura' This spell wreaths the caster in flames, causing damage to anyone who attempts to bash, shield bash, or surprise attack them, and protecting the caster from the brunt of the bash. Any dart thrown at a person affected by this spell will be incinerated by the flames. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: BASH, SHIELD BASH, SURPRISE ATTACK, DART
Duration : One Half Hour Minimum Cost: 20 mana Range : Target PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Glyph of Frost' <target> The next time anyone affected by this spell is struck in melee, the attack will be blocked by a barrier of ice; if this person also has the frostkin skill, their opponent will also receive cold damage. This spell will end after it has blocked a single attack. The barrier is only so sturdy-- particularly powerful blows will simply pass through the ward, dissipating it to no effect. No form of damage reduction will raise that threshold. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Level/2 Hours Minimum Cost: 75 mana Range : Caster or Target Item Syntax: Cast 'Frozen Shield' <target> This spell enchants a shield with a frigid chill; this causes it to grant additional hitroll, damroll, and resistance to fire. When cast upon a blessed item, the duration will be extended. One may place this spell upon a held shield by casting it upon oneself. This spell does not coexist with Rotheld's Bulwark; one may use one or the other, but not both. Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Charisma See also: HITROLL, DAMROLL, DAMAGE REDUCTION
Duration : Special Minimum Cost: 25 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: cast "Jaziji's Fade" With this spell, a fire scholar may emulate the trickster-scholar Jaziji, and fade into thin air above any source of flame. Doing so will continually drain mana from the caster while they are so concealed. The effect will end when the scholar either inputs any command or their mana is wholly depleted. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: CINDER SCRY
Duration : Level/2 Hours Minimum Cost: 65 mana Range : Item, Closed Container, Closed Door Syntax: Cast 'Rune of Fire' <target> This spell marks an invisible rune of fire on an object, container, or door. Anyone save the caster themself who attempts to pick up the object or open the container or door will be blasted by a jet of flame. If the door is locked, the force of the rune may blow it open; even runes of earth will fail before such power. Placing a rune on a weapon will cause the rune to go off on one's opponent when used in combat. One may place a rune on one's currently equipped weapon by casting it on oneself. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: RUNE OF EARTH
Duration : Level/6 Hours Minimum Cost: 30 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Frenzy' <target> Similar to its cousin, the zeal spell, frenzy imbues its target with rage, granting a bonus to both hitroll and damroll. The lack of care caused by this state causes a penalty to the target's armor class, as well. It is not possible to cast this spell on someone who is already in a berserk state. Those imbued with the rage of this spell will find themselves unable to either retreat or cower away from battle. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Charisma See also: ZEAL, HITROLL, DAMROLL, RETREAT, COWER
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 20 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Beam of Fire' <target> This spell unleashes a concentrated beam of flame at its target, dealing damage to them. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Dexterity
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 65 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Baptism of Fire' This spell will burn petrification and most poisons, plagues, and other diseases out of the caster, as well as various maledictions of the water sphere, but it does so literally-- the resultant flame will do damage to the caster in the process of purging the afflictions. When used by a water mage under the martyr's fire, this will heal them instead. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength See also: Listed maledictions, MARTYR'S FIRE
Duration : Level/16 Hours Minimum Cost: 90 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Corona' This spell limns the caster with a bright corona, causing them to shed a vivid enough light to draw anyone out of the shadows who enters the caster's current room (or vice versa, should the caster move). This will end hide, camouflage, and shadow mastery, though it will not prevent such a person from concealing themself again. This does not dispel invisibility on others, though the caster themself may not be invisible while they are shedding a corona. This spell will supercede a fire templar's coronal glow, and prevent a new one from being placed on the caster. A corona does not usefully illuminate a room. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 25 mana Range : Target PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Douse' <target> This spell will attempt to put out any lingering flames on the target, such as those caused by consume, rune of embers, aggravate wounds, coronal glow, or smoulder, at the small cost of leaving the target somewhat wet afterwards. The water will also clear away blindness caused by dirt kicking, blinding dust, and smoke. Restore vigor will expand the uses of this spell somewhat. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Wisdom See also: RESTORE VIGOR
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 20 mana Range : Single Object Syntax: Cast 'Locate Object' <target> Locate object attempts to find all items in the world identified by a given keyword or keywords. It cannot find objects of a higher level than the caster's. A higher level and greater mastery of this spell will produce markedly better results. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Special Minimum Cost: 5 mana Range : Self or Target Groupmate Syntax: Cast 'Word of Recall' <target> Word of recall transports its target back to their altar, significantly reducing their movement points. This spell takes a few moments to take effect, generally less than half an hour; it can take longer to work on a target who is currently engaged in combat. Spells such as curse and certain locales may suppress this spell, preventing it from taking effect; the word might be cast, but nothing will happen. Moving to a different room after the spell has been cast but before it takes effect will also negate the spell. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: CURSE
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 55 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast "Shiyul's Fury" <target> Fire blast sends a column of flame crashing into its target. In addition to dealing some damage, the force of the blow may also lag its target, or even force them out into an adjoining room. Those who are anchored to a room cannot be so moved. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Dexterity See also: LAG, ANCHOR
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 15 mana Range : All ungrouped PCs or Mobs in Room Syntax: Cast 'Fireball' This spell calls a large ball of flame to fill the caster's immediate vicinity. Anyone who is not grouped with the caster will take damage from the blast. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 30 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Ignite Enchantment' <target> With this spell, a scholar of fire may attempt to overwhelm and burn out a large number of enchantments wielded by casters of earth magics. This will destroy mantles of earth, and dispel: smooth terrain, clay shield, fortify, stabilize, anchor, brittleform, giant strength, stone skin, and stone shell. As this is done via incredibly hot fire, this spell will do damage, escalating the more the ignition successfully dispels. Effects that are not dispelled will be weakened; continual weakening will eventually break the effects regardless. If a spell is eroded by this means, there will be no additional damage incurred. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Charisma
Duration : Level/2 Hours Minimum Cost: 80 mana Range : Caster's Group Syntax: Cast 'Communion' This spell offers the caster's group a sustaining taste of purest water. This offers a bonus to everyone's armour class, saves, and hit points. The spell may be re-cast before it has expired to renew the benefit. The undead, obviously, do not drink. Primary Attribute: Wisdom, Charisma
Duration: Caster's Discretion Minimum Cost: 100 mana Cooldown: 2 hours Range: Target Inventory Item Syntax: cast 'seal of the golden flames' Syntax: cast 'seal of the golden flames' <item> explode Syntax: cast 'seal of the golden flames' <item> smoke By tracing the seal of the golden flames over an object, the scholar can imbue it with fiery energy to get unleashed later on command. Only items with a natural affinity to flames can be so imbued; in particular, items whose primary purpose is to give off light, such as a torch. By specifying the 'explode' argument when casting the spell, the mage marks the object to explode when commanded. By choosing 'smoke', he instead marks the object to issue a dense cloud of smoke to blind and irritate anyone nearby. All of his seals are triggered when the scholar casts this spell with no argument. Every mage who learns this spell can maintain a single seal at any given time; those who have achieved mastery of the spell may place another, and those who have reached the pinnacle of their guild have grown proficient enough to support yet another. Triggered seals will generally destroy the object they are triggered on; in the case of explosions, the flying fragments will make the seal particularly dangerous. Items which cannot be destroyed will not be, but the resulting explosion will also be less severe. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Level/16 Hours Minimum Cost: 45 Mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Boil Blood' <target> With this spell, the caster will attempt to boil the very blood in their target's veins. This does not directly cause harm, but is intensely painful, imposing a significant penalty to the target's constitution and their skill percentages. Furthermore, the pain may prevent the target from moving from room to room, slowing as they try to recover. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Constitution
Duration : Level/6 Hours Minimum Cost: 50 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Flare' This spell stores the energy of a fireball within the caster's body. Should they come close to death, the energy will be released, calling a fireball down upon everyone present in the room and healing the caster. Should the fireball discharge, some time will need to pass before this spell may be cast again-- less for those of the Flameheart path. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength See also: FIREBALL
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 45 mana Range : Target PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Purify' <target> This spell calls upon the healing power of water to wash away various maladies. By itself, this spell will cure both poisons and blindness (as per the spell). The skills treat infection, restore vigor, and clarify mind will expand this spell's capabilities. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Wisdom See also: TREAT INFECTION, RESTORE VIGOR, CLARIFY MIND
Duration : Level/6 Hours Minimum Cost: 60 mana Range : Target Exit Recast Delay: 12 Hours Syntax: Cast 'Wall of Fire' <direction> This spell calls a large column of flame to block off an exit of a given room. Anyone passing through this wall will incur damage. This wall will also block line of sight, preventing archery, bolo, dart, firebolt, icebolt, ray of light, and throw from working through it. A wall of fire cannot be called on or underwater. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 55 mana Cooldown (combat): 5 - 8 hours, varies by skill Cooldown (other): none Syntax: Cast 'Dispersion' An innovation based on the teleport spell dating back to the War of Fire, dispersion will instantly transport the caster somewhere in the world at random, at a cost of half his movement points and casting a fireball behind him in his wake. Unlike the teleport spell, this spell may be cast in combat. While many dangerous locations cannot be teleported into, many can, and the spell carries no guarantee of safety. If this is used in combat, it will be some time before the mage use it again; there is no such cooldown when used outside of combat. Primary Attribute: Intelligence See also: TELEPORT, FIREBALL
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 80 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Cinder Scry' Syntax: Cast 'Cinder Scry' <number> Even the least of fire magi can call upon their affinity to flames and seek them out, even over great distances. By casting this spell with no argument, will find the locations of campfires and other flames. Certain powerful magics might restrict which may be sensed, but most such flames will become evident to him. They may then cast the spell again, supplying one of the fires as an argument specified by number. If successful, their newly-extended senses will then perceive that fire and its surroundings as though they were actually there, providing the output of the generalized 'where' command at that flame, as well as the current state of the room. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Level/6 Hours Minimum Cost: 50 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Living Flame' The spell places the target in contact with the plane of fire, allowing the caster to maintain a conduit through which power may be drawn. This grants a bonus to the target's dexterity, hitroll, damroll, and hit points, proportionally to the level of the caster. This spell also hastens its target, granting them an additional attack each round of combat. In response to the conduit, any time one affected by the flame deals fire damage, they will regain a small amount of mana. There are numerous drawbacks to this conduit, however: persons affected will heal significantly slower than otherwise, and will also become both hungry and thirsty much sooner than normal. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Dexterity
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 25 mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Cure Critical' <target> The standard spell for healing in most circumstances, cure critical heals fairly substantial wounds while requiring little effort on the part of the caster. This spell is somewhat more mana efficient than its more potent counterpart, heal. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Wisdom See Also: HEAL
Duration : Level/4 Hours Minimum Cost: 75 mana Range : Caster Only Syntax: Cast 'Elemental Flame' With this spell, a fire scholar may suffuse themself with pure elemental flame. This will draw fire magics toward them: anyone fighting them has a chance of being stripped of infravision, enflame, frenzy, wings of flame, fury of the inferno, and consuming rage. This may also result in a bonus to the caster's saves. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength
Duration : Level/16 Hours Minimum Cost: 40 Mana Range : Target PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Heatsink' <target> This spell will attempt to ice over its target's weapon, causing a small amount of damage each time they attack and causing the weapon to deal cold damage. It is ineffective against someone who is not using a weapon, as well as weapons that already deal cold or fire damage, and those that are uniquely aflame or freezing. This spell always succeeds when cast on oneself. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration: Permanent Minimum Cost: 150 mana Range: Inventory Object Syntax: cast 'refine potion' <potion> As a natural part of their general studies, researchers of water magics are instructed in the art of refining potions. By carefully concentrating the magics within a potion, such a scholar may increase the level of the spell it contains; those of higher level themselves as well as those particularly skilled in this art will find they can often increase the potion's power substantially, while even the less-advanced can boost it somewhat. Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 40 mana Range : Target Undead Being Syntax: Cast 'Holy Water' <target> Aimed at harming evil undead, holy water fires a blast of pure, sanctified water at its target, at once dousing and burning them with Lielqan's animosity. Revenants will take reduced damage from this, still clinging to the fringes of life as they do. It will occasionally automatically kill its target. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Wisdom
Duration : Level/12 Hours Minimum Cost: 85 mana
Reuse Delay: 8.5-10 Hours
Syntax: Cast 'Mark of Winter'
When scribed upon solid ground, this mark will cause all sources of physical
melee damage to deal cold damage instead. Magical weapons and spells are
uneffected.
Primary Attribute: Intelligence
Duration : 1 Hour Minimum Cost: 150 Mana Range : Caster Only (Out of Combat) Recast Delay: 10 Hours Syntax: Cast 'Icebreaker' While affected by this spell, the caster will negate all cold damage they receive; a portion of that damage will be applied as healing instead. Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Strength
An adept of these arts is greatly feared as a master of both havoc and damnation.
Syntax: Automatic This skill represents a mage's application of the linear principles of fire to Void's more esoteric arcana. The enervating ray spell will do substantially more damage-- enough to satisfy such a destructive sphere, at least. Its ability to easily and repeatedly drain the target's strength remains the same. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Strength See also: ENERVATING RAY
Syntax: Automatic When a scholar with this spell deals fire damage via any means, they will deal additional damage if the target is affected by: blindness (the spell, and no other form of lack of vision), curse, plague, nightfears, or enervating ray. The more such effects, the merrier. Primary Attribute: Charisma, Strength See also: The above-listed spells.
Syntax: Automatic This skill permits a mage of fire and Void to make an already unsubtle disease far less so: their plagues become scarlet infections, which deal more hit point and move damage than than plagues. The flares of infection are quite literal-- the afflicted will be set aflame each and every time. Primary Attribute: Charisma, Strength See also: PLAGUE
Duration : Instantaneous Minimum Cost: 30 Mana Range : Single PC or Mob Syntax: Cast 'Flame Tongue' <target> This spell bathes its target in blackened flames, attempting to strip away the following spells: aquatic movement, protection from fire, protection from poison, water breathing, communion, glyph of frost, polar aura, sanctuary, soothing mist, and Sunset sigil. Those spells not removed will be weakened. Successive uses will eventually cause spells to fail simply from this weakness. Primary Attribute: Intelligence, Charisma