Elementalists skilled in Elemental Lores have the ability to temporarily boost magical weapons!

If the caster is ATTUNED to an element, the spell will use that element for the flare type, otherwise, the cast is a random flare type. Additionally, a minor critical weighting boost is added to the flares when the caster is ATTUNED to an element while casting on a weapon.

For those that love formulas, the gruesome details are: 400s spells known times 3 plus 20 equals the number of charges. Seed 3 EL:XXX ranks equals the plus magic weapon that can be E-Bladed. XXX is the elemental lore type with lightning being the greater of EL:Air or EL:Water ranks.

~Contemplar~

Does the 411 change also include using the DS reduction from the 502 on target's if the element of the self-cast 411 matches the vulnerability of the target due to 502?

... not sure I said that right, but you know what I mean.

~Whirlin

Does this spell still work in part or in full if the weapon is used by someone other than the one who cast the spell?

>Does this spell still work in part or in full if the weapon is used by someone other than the one who cast the spell?

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The enhancements are applied to the weapon itself. So yes, one will still derive the same benefit from the spell on the weapon, no matter who wields it.

~Contemplar~

Eblading a plain jane weapon gives it a +20. Does eblading a normal mithril weapon give it a +25, plus flares?

Just want to make sure I understand it entirely.

Also, can you eblade holy metals, such as eonake (aside from the fact it would take 250 ranks to do so)?

-Drumpel

>Yes, ranged ammo can be e-bladed as well.

Disregard, somehow I had 902 on my mind.

>Eblading a plain jane weapon gives it a +20. Does eblading a normal mithril weapon give it a +25, plus flares?

>Just want to make sure I understand it entirely.

>Also, can you eblade holy metals, such as eonake (aside from the fact it would take 250 ranks to do so)?

-Drumpel

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That is correct. E-blading ora should only take 75 ranks though. <grin>

~Contemplar~

CABSIN

Are we anywhere close to being able to change the elemental attunement of characters? I have a fire attuned character with a lot of air lore who would like to utilize this spell.

Yes, the method to reset your elemental attunement will be available in the very near future.

GameMaster Estild

This would be much better as a seed 1! It would still require enhancives to eblade a 4x weapon.

Do MIU/AS ranks count as MnE ranks for the purpose of duration?

Droit

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Droit

Do MIU/AS ranks count as MnE ranks for the purpose of duration?

It wasn't before, but now is. Every rank counts for 1.5 charges.

GameMaster Estild

Can enhancive weapons be ebladed so long as the bonus is within the requirement lore ranks of the caster?

<The spell's duration was changed from (caster's level * 4) to (20 + MnE ranks * 3)>

Why was the duration dropped so drastically?

<<Why was the duration dropped so drastically?>>

Its power was drastically increased probably.

Drauz

Elemental Blade is not always useful, but it's still a relevant spell. Its power has now been somewhat increased, but the seed 3 seems to take away significantly from the practicality and appeal of the update. In fact using the summation chart of any seed means only post-capped wizards can do measly vultite, which is the bare minimum enchant anyone would use after a couple weeks.

Maybe something as simple as +1 enchant per 6 ranks in a lore could be ebladed for flares. This would allow a wizard with 300 ranks to give flares to a 10x weapon, and would still require 120 ranks to do vultite (which is a pretty serious investment if you ask me).

The summation chart almost seems like something appropriate to permanently add flares to an item. Clearly that would require some sort of limitations (like Enchant Item and Ensorcell), but 250 lore ranks to give a plain old vultite weapon several hundred swings of fire flares sounds more like a parlor trick than something that will see a large amount of use.

The present version seems mainly useful for arrows and helping characters within their first week, basically.

I love the idea of this update, and I understand the GMs didn't roll a die to choose "summation seed 3". Perhaps my imagination is lacking for how this is foreseen as an especially useful improvement as it stands.

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>Daid: Pretty sure you have a whole big bucket as your penny jar. You never have only two cents. :p

>With no lore of any kind, we can take a 0x weapon and make it temporarily 4x with flares.

>Now with the update, anyone with 250 ranks in a specific lore can give a 4x weapon flares.

>...more work for the same exact result (except for sanctified weapons) ... pretty big "meh"

>Daid

I am pretty sure the new version would change that 4x weapon to +40 with flares for the duration of the spell. That seems noteworthy to me.

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Right, the ability to create an 8x flaring weapon from plain 4x weapon isn't something we're willing to just to grant to anyone.

GameMaster Estild

Daid, you also seem unaware that wizards can only 2x lores. So that elusive 8x weapon with flares from a vultite weapon is only available to someone with +50 to a lore in enhancives.

>You have to be attuned + same lore training to use the spell on magical weapons?

No. You do not need to be attuned to cast this spell at magic weapons. You do need the required elemental lore for the type of flare being cast. When attuned to your element you will always cast that type of flare. Otherwise, when attune random you will need the required lore for whichever random element is cast.

I hope that makes more sense! ;-P

>The temporary ensorcell is not accounted for in the look

Thank you for bringing this up. I will take a look at this later. (Can't right now because I gotta get to work!) <flee>

~Contemplar~

This bit has me confused. Are you saying without an attunement, the spell 411 cannot be cast unless you happen to have the lore ranks for the unknown lore requirement that cast of 411 will take? So, we'll need to recast 411 multiple times until we come upon the flare type that we have lores for? Or will 411 somehow know that we have a certain lore (without attuning) and hone in on that lore?

It doesn't seem very user friendly if we have to recast 411 over and over until we land upon the lore type that we have trained (without attuning).

So, we'll need to recast 411 multiple times until we come upon the flare type that we have lores for? Or will 411 somehow know that we have a certain lore (without attuning) and hone in on that lore?

It doesn't seem very user friendly if we have to recast 411 over and over until we land upon the lore type that we have trained (without attuning).

If this is the way the spell functions, maybe the attunement "benefit" should be phantom lore ranks in your attuned element (50 would be nice! So you don't need enhancives) and the current attunment "benefit" (When attuned to your element you will always cast that type of flare.) will happen without attuning.

Casting 411 over and over until you get lucky and happen to match up with your trained lore does not sound fun, or functional. I'm not sure why all of the new additions, from ELR to channeling bolts require us to get lucky for them to actually work.

A lighter with the flint worn out comes to mind.