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Spells
Spell categories
Spells fall into two main categories: wizardry spells and prayers. Casting wizardry spells requires spell points and the applicable skill for each spell. Casting prayers requires grace from a god and the praying skill.
Spell paths
Most spells also belong to a Path; and players may be attuned, repelled, or denied a particular path by their race, class, or god.
| Spell Paths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mind | Creation | Teleportation | Information | Transmutation |
| Protection | Fire | Frost | Electricity | Missiles |
| Self | Summoning | Abjuration | Restoration | Detonation |
| Transference | Turning | Wounding | Death | Light |
Spell details and more information about the skills needed are at the following links.
Learning Spells
To learn spells, players must posses both the applicable skill and the literacy skill. A characters skill level in literacy must be no less than 10 levels lower than the desired spell (e.g. a level 20 spell requires at least level 10 literacy to learn). Blessed spellbooks can be learnt 5 levels earlier than regular books. Cursed books remove spell points or grace and unlucky players can actually forget a spell.
Characters aren't guaranteed success in learning a spell, rather a character's chance to learn a spell is:
% chance to learn = (base chance + (2 * level))/1.5
Base chance is based on your Intelligence (INT) for wizardry and Wisdom (WIS) for praying. Each stat point has the following impact on base chance:
| # stat points | % Base Learn Chance |
|---|---|
| <3 | 0% |
| 3 | 1% |
| 4 | 2% |
| 5 | 4% |
| 6 | 8% |
| 7 | 12% |
| 8 | 16% |
| 9 | 25% |
| 10 | 36% |
| 11 | 45% |
| 12 | 55% |
| 13 | 65% |
| 14 | 70% |
| 15 | 75% |
| 16 | 80% |
| 17 | 85% |
| 18 | 90% |
| 19 | 95% |
| >19 | 100% |
Credits
- All information retrieved from the archetype files in the SVN repository, or from the Spells section of the main Crossfire site.
