Difference between revisions of "Terramancy (skill)"

{{SkillTableRow |Formation |Inept |0 |Call upon the Earth to grant you a deadly flail. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Absorb |Novice |0 |Let the Earth ease all physical afflictions. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Stonebind |Novice |50 |Embed your weapon into your body. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Surefooted |Apprentice |0 |Travel with ease across the earth. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Entwine |Apprentice |50 |Punish your foe for tactical missteps. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Stoneblast |Capable |50 |Break through barriers with a rock blast. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Resonance |Adept |0 |Regenerate your body upon the earth. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Footfeel |Adept |33 |Sense movement within the earth. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Stonefury |Adept |66 |Imbue your flail with the earth's force. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Grasp |Skilled |0 |Knock your foe from the sky. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Rockshower |Skilled |33 |Pelt your enemies with rocks. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Merge |Skilled |66 |Merge with the earth. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Quake |Gifted |0 |The earth will ripple and shake. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Erosion |Gifted |25 |Imbue your flail with the desert's rage. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Runemark |Gifted |50 |Etch ancient runes upon your flail. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Earthenpass |Gifted |75 |Travel through the earth itself. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Chasm |Expert |0 |Absorb your foe back into the earth. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Impale |Expert |50 |Strike through your foe with a stalagmite. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Steady |Expert |75 |Cleanse the earth of unnatural effects. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Ricochet |Virtuoso |0 |Bounce your weapon off of theirs. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Stonevice |Virtuoso |33 |Turn their innards to stone. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Tomb |Virtuoso |90 |Let them rest deep within the earth. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Momentum |Fabled |0 |Make every blow faster and more wicked. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Earthenwill |Fabled |50 |Release your golem's potential. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Shockwave |Mythical |20 |Unleash a resonant wave that cripples limbs. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Earthenmaw |Mythical |40 |Churn the earth into a gaping maw of spikes. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Undeath |Mythical |60 |Impart the gift of Undeath. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Earthenform |Transcendent |0 |Embrace your true form, and become one of the Earthen. }}

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====Flail Attacks====

{{SkillTableRow |Batter |Inept |0 |Assault your foe with a whirling flail. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Slam |Capable |0 |Crush their limbs with a traumatic blow. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Facesmash |Adept |33 |A blow to the face leaves them reeling. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Gutsmash |Skilled |66 |Crush their innards with a forceful strike. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Fracture |Expert |25 |Their limbs crumble beneath your blows. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Furor |Virtuoso |50 |Batter your target and their limbs. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Overhand |Virtuoso |66 |Bypass their defenses in a mighty blow. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Pulp |Fabled |25 |Crush their chest as they lie bleeding. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Barrage |Fabled |75 |A perpetual assault upon their body. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Skullbash |Mythical |0 |Shatter their skull with your weapon. }}

{{SkillTableRow |Hammer |Mythical |80 |Bury them beneath a cascade of stone. }}

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{{Skill_detail

|skill = Formation

|syntax = EARTH FORM       EARTH PETRIFY <club>

|detail = Creates an earthen flail, that you may use to crush your foes. Unlike flails formed of  

metal, it will not be as durable and will possess inferior quality, however it can serve well in a  

pinch.

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|skill = Absorb

|detail = Call upon the earth to cleanse yourself of a random affliction. Should you be standing  

underground or in a flood of sand, then you will remove an extra affliction.

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|skill = Stonebind

|detail = By binding your weapon in stone, its earthen properties will extend and envelop your arms  

in a sheet of granite - both preventing you from being disarmed and allowing you to make use of it  

with a single crippled arm.

Note that although you will be able to attack with a single crippled arm, it will inflict a penalty  

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|skill = Surefooted

|detail = The earth will now grant you passage, allowing you to move with increased celerity for a  

limited time as long as you stand upon the ground.

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|skill = Entwine

|detail = Entwine your hands with earthen magic so that, when you parry an opponent's blow, you can  

touch their weapon in response and fill it with the weight of the earth.

small chance it will cripple their arm under its weight.

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|skill = Stoneblast

|detail = Releasing a volley of stone fragments will allow you to shatter the aura of rebounding or  

a magical shield upon your target. Should they be protected by neither, then you will strip a  

random defence instead at an increased balance cost.

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|skill = Resonance

|detail = Resonating with the might of the earth will grant you a bonus to your health and mana  

regeneration, providing you remain upon the ground.

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|description = Sense movement within the earth

|syntax = EARTH FOOTFEEL

|detail = As a master of the earth, it is a simple task to check for those enter into its embrace

through the vibrations in the rock. This ability will allow you to passively sense if an adventurer

enters into the ground below through any means in your current area. You must be upon the ground to

feel the vibrations.

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|skill = Stonefury

|detail = Imbue your flail with the fury of stone. This will cause your flail to deal increased  

damage against your target, however as a trade off, your attacks will become somewhat slower.

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|skill = Grasp

|detail = Send forth a column of earth into the skies above you, dragging down a target of choice  

who attempts to evade your grasp. This will throw them to the ground and knock them off balance if  

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|skill = Rockshower

|detail = Providing you are within an earthen environment, this lesser manifestation of earthen  

might will draw the sharp rocks from around you into a swarm above you, then drop them upon your  

unwilling enemies in the location.

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|skill = Quake

|detail = The earth will shake with your very presence, damaging anyone in your location who is  

unlucky enough to have fallen upon the ground. This damage is further amplified by the amount body  

part damage inflicted upon the victim.

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|skill = Erosion

|detail = By imbuing your flail with the force of the desert, each strike has half a chance to  

increase the strength of your sandstorm in your location by one level. You can read AB DESICCATION  

SANDSTORM for more information.

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|skill = Runemark

|detail = Major rune: 2 inks

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|skill = Earthenpass

|detail = While buried within the earth, you may travel to your target anywhere on the continent  

after a short delay. Should there be a monolith or should either of you stand in a non-earthen  

location, then the delay will become somewhat longer.

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|skill = Chasm

|detail = You may draw upon the earth itself to devour your victim, slaying them instantly after a  

channelled delay. While opening the chasm will require your full attention, there is a small chance  

that it will expand to an extra two enemies within your location, slaying them as well if the  

action is completed.

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|skill = Impale

|syntax = EARTH IMPALE <target>       WITHDRAW STALAGMITE

|detail = You may draw upon the earth with your flail to provide a massive stalagmite, allowing you  

to impale a prone target upon its end. You may withdraw the stalagmite to free them if you so  

choose.

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|skill = Steady

|detail = You may purge the earth around you of unnatural effects, removing magically flooded water  

or destroying a spiritual rite.

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|skill = Ricochet

|detail = You may swing your weapon with such force and precision that parried blows will sometimes  

bounce from your target's weapon, crippling a random limb and delivering a small stun to the  

unfortunate victim.

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|skill = Stonevice

|detail = Should your victim remain impaled upon your stalagmite, you may cause the earth to  

explode - shredding their gut and dealing both magical damage and asphyxiation damage at once.

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|skill = Tomb

|detail = If there is an opponent buried within the earth below you, you can instruct the earth to  

crush them of their breath and bones. This will deal significant damage and crack their ribs under  

the pressure.

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|skill = Momentum

|detail = Increase your internal momentum, causing the next five flail attacks that you use to have  

increased accuracy and less downtime due to balance loss. This does not cost equilibrium nor  

balance to activate and will expire if not used promptly.

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|skill = Earthenwill

|detail = Imbue your golem with the will to deliver a blow of choice against your target when you  

next land a successful attack with your flail. If you do not select a choice of attack, then it  

will choose on its own.

This ability costs no equilibrium or balance to activate.

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|skill = Shockwave

|detail = You may send a ripple through the earth itself, crippling any bruised limb on your  

unfortunate foe, to a maximum of three, and knock them to the ground.

Should they lack levitation, then it will cripple three random limbs regardless of bruising state.

any enemy of yours in your location or adjacent that is prone.

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|skill = Undeath

|description = Impart the gift of Undeath

|syntax = EARTH UNDEATH <target>  

|detail = Through choice and voluntary sacrifice, one may shed the coils of mortality and embrace  

the Gift given by the Earthen Father. What was left of the weak mortal body will be left behind,  

embraced into a new form helped to be shaped by the Earth itself. In making this choice, one will  

no longer visit Lord Dhar's realm through death, but rely upon the earth for reshaping.

The purification process must be done within the Ivoln's temple, before His shrine, where  

Earthcaller Khuzrol resides.

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|skill = Batter

|detail = Grasping your flail, you may batter your foe in quick succession. If you so choose, you  

may aim for a specific body part in the hopes of causing internal damage.

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|skill = Slam

|detail = By whirling your weapon in a wide arc, you can batter your target's limbs with a powerful  

blow - causing limb damage and inflicting surface trauma in the form of bruises.

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|skill = Facesmash

|detail = A heavy blow to the head with your flail will both cause vicious damage to your victim  

and inflict surface trauma in the form of bruises.

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|skill = Gutsmash

|detail = This mighty blow to the torso with your flail will not only harm your foe, but inflict  

trauma in form of bruises in the process.

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|skill = Fracture

|detail = This powerful swing from your flail will crack an opponent's limb, dealing trauma to it.  

Should the limb be suffering from bruising, then the blow will cause bonus limb damage depending on  

the severity, and will additionally cripple it.

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|skill = Furor

|detail = In a moment of furor, bring your flail crashing down upon an opponent twice, attacking  

two body parts of your choice and dealing damage to them. You may not target the same body part  

twice.

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|skill = Overhand

|detail = You may position your flail strike to bypass your target's aura of rebounding, knocking  

them to the ground and stripping their levitation defence in the process.

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|skill = Pulp

|detail = This powerful strike to the torso will only connect to a prone target, dealing heavy  

damage and crushing their chest. This will collapse their lung in the process, making it difficult  

to escape and cause harm when smoking a pipe until it is cured.

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|skill = Barrage

|detail = A slow but powerful barrage upon your foe. This will strike your opponent three times  

with your flail, battering random limbs in a chaotic fashion, although each landed hit will be  

slightly weaker. It will not strike the same limb more than once.

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|skill = Skullbash

|detail = This slow but powerful blow to the head will not only damage the skull, but deal an  

increasing number of mental afflictions dependent on the bruising caused to the head. Each effect  

is cumulative.

Minor bruising: Whiplash.

Severe bruising: Smashed throat.

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|skill = Hammer

|detail = Generate a massive cascade of stone to form an earthen maul, bringing it down upon your  

victim in an attempt to end their life. Your victim must possess at least three body parts with  

moderate bruising or more to be successful, otherwise it will have little effect.