War Magic (Skill)

Related topics: Magic

Introduced:  Release Updated:  Now In This Hush, Atonement, The Slumbering Giant

Description

• The School of the Arm

War Magic
Description	Allows you to cast offensive war spells that arc, ring, wall, bolt, volley, and blast.
Formula	(Focus + Self) / 4
Base Status	Unusable
Cost to Train	16
Cost to Specialize	12
Buffs	War Magic Mastery (Spell), Focus (Spell), Willpower (Spell)
Debuffs	War Magic Ineptitude (Spell), Bafflement (Spell), Feeblemind (Spell)

Starting Equipment

All

• Training Wand

• Foci of Strife

• Lead Scarab (5)

• Prismatic Taper (25)

Spell Stacking

• Spell Stacking and override information for spells that affect X can be found at:
  • Focus (Spell)
  • Bafflement (Spell)
  • Willpower (Spell)
  • Feeblemind (Spell)
  • War Magic Mastery (Spell)
  • War Magic Ineptitude (Spell)

Update History

Now In This Hush

• Level VII War Magic introduced.

Atonement

• Skill-based damage bonus and critical strike bonuses introduced for war magic spells.

The Iron Coast

• Base critical hit chance for war magic increased from 2% to 5%.

The Slumbering Giant

• Changes made to streak spell damage and rate of fire and also blast and volley spell damage.

Treaties in Stone

• Critical hits are now a multiple of a spell's maximum damage instead of its minimum (PvM only).
• Critical Strike now scales from 5% to 50% instead of 25% (PvM only).
• Crippling Blow now scales from 50% to 500% instead of 100% (PvM only).
• Imbue and slayer effects for War Magic now scale from minimum effectiveness at 125 to maximum effectiveness at 360 skill instead of from 150 to 400 skill (PvM only).

A Small Victory

• War Magic damage improved for bolts and arcs at levels 1 through 6, and for all 7 levels for streaks.

Recollections

• Streak Damage updated for all spell levels (1-7). See here for more details.

Skills
Magic Skills	Arcane Lore, Creature Enchantment, Item Enchantment, Life Magic, Mana Conversion, Void Magic, War Magic
Combat Skills	Finesse Weapons, Heavy Weapons, Light Weapons, Missile Weapons, Two Handed Combat
Secondary Combat Skills	Dual Wield, Dirty Fighting, Recklessness, Sneak Attack, Summoning
Defense Skills	Magic Defense, Melee Defense, Missile Defense, Shield
Crafting Skills	Alchemy, Armor Tinkering, Cooking, Fletching, Item Tinkering, Lockpick, Magic Item Tinkering, Salvaging, Weapon Tinkering
Miscellaneous Skills	Assess Creature, Assess Person, Deception, Healing, Leadership, Loyalty, Jump, Run
Retired Skills	Appraise Armor, Appraise Item, Appraise Magic Item, Appraise Weapon, Axe, Bow, Crossbow, Dagger, Gearcraft, Mace, Spear, Staff, Sword, Thrown Weapons, Unarmed Combat