Elemental Charge Drain? on 11/30/2012 08:45 PM CST
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Is elemental charge supposed to drain when I PATHWAY SENSE or PATHWAY LIST? It appears those commands are knocking down my elemental charge back down to less than full capacity.

>summ adm
You so heavily embody the Elemental Plane of Fire that it already threatens your health. Going any further while in this plane would be fatal.
s>path list
You have the knowledge of the following pathways:

Focus Damage (Fire)
Increases damage from targeted magic.
Focus Quick (Air)
Decreases targeting time for spells.
Focus Ease (Water)
Reduces the difficulty to cast targeted spells.
Focus Power (Earth)
Increases the Potency of spells.
Focus Accuracy (Electricity)
Increases the accuracy of targeted magic.
Focus Secrecy (Water)
Reduces the chance that your targeting matirx will be spotted.
Focus Precise (Air)
Makes it easier to target specific body parts with spells.
Focus Defend (Earth)
Makes it harder to direct targeted magic at you.
Focus Conserve (Fire)
Decreases minimum mana cost of targeted spells.
Elemental Barrage (Electricity)
Simultaneously attack with a melee weapon and a targeted spell.
Perceive Pathway (Aether)
Detects aethereal pathways in use nearby.
s>summ admit
You make yourself comfortable and turn your attention inward.
Tracing the lines of the aetheric landscape, you find a transient weak point. You align yourself to it, briefly increasing your proximity to the Elemental Plane of Fire.
Roundtime: 14 sec.
sR>
Finishing your meditation, you feel that you can still gather a bigger charge.
s>summ admit
You make yourself comfortable and turn your attention inward.
You continue meditating, further increasing your proximity to the Elemental Plane of Fire.
Roundtime: 14 sec.
sR>
Finishing your meditation, you feel that you can still gather a bigger charge.
s>summ admit
You make yourself comfortable and turn your attention inward.
You continue meditating, further increasing your proximity to the Elemental Plane of Fire.
Roundtime: 14 sec.
sR>
Finishing your meditation, you feel that you can still gather a bigger charge.
s>summ admit
You make yourself comfortable and turn your attention inward.
You continue meditating, further increasing your proximity to the Elemental Plane of Fire.
Roundtime: 14 sec.
sR>
Finishing your meditation, you feel that you have reached your limit.
sR>summ admit
You so heavily embody the Elemental Plane of Fire that it already threatens your health. Going any further while in this plane would be fatal.



Also, when actual pathways are in use, my elemental charge seems to be draining really fast. Starting with full charge it takes only three pulses on pathway focus damage and two pulses on pathway focus quick before the pathway collapses.

s>exp magic all


Circle: 69
Showing Magic skills that you have skill in.

SKILL: Rank/Percent towards next rank/Amount learning/Mindstate Fraction
Elemental Magic: 378 29% clear (0/34) Attunement: 410 06% clear (0/34)
Arcana: 380 31% clear (0/34) Targeted Magic: 284 55% clear (0/34)
Augmentation: 336 39% clear (0/34) Debilitation: 297 93% clear (0/34)
Utility: 278 37% clear (0/34) Warding: 261 24% clear (0/34)
Summoning: 307 03% riveted (28/34)
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Re: Elemental Charge Drain? on 11/30/2012 09:24 PM CST
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I'm wondering if this is an issue for pathways as well. I have a hard time learning Summoning in combat, where we supposedly are supposed to learn it using Pathways. I feel like it's unintended that the only way to lock the skill is to start a pathway and repeatedly summon admitance.

I have a few questions, however, since I may be doing it wrong. Do higher level pathways teach better and/or drain more charge? Do higher difficulty spells recharge more? Do spells cast with more mana recharge more?

Elemental Lord Opieus, Master Warrior Mage of Elanthia
"For a bunch of radical empiricists, the Philosophers' system relies on a whole lot of faith." ~Armifer
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Re: Elemental Charge Drain? on 11/30/2012 11:48 PM CST
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Elemental charge seems to diminish with every PATH verb...

>summ adm
You so heavily embody the Elemental Plane of Fire that it already threatens your health. Going any further while in this plane would be fatal.
>path
The PATHWAY verb is used to manage a Warrior Mage's Aethereal Pathway abilities.

Syntax:
PATHWAY [option]
Options:
HELP: Gives you this help message.
LIST: Lists the Aethereal Pathway abilities you know.
STOP: Ends the Pathway ability you are currently using.
SENSE: Lets you sense your Manipulative Resolve status.
CHECK: Lets you see which Pathway ability you have active.
FOCUS [option]: Activates a specific Focus pathway ability.
(Type PATHWAY FOCUS to list Focus abilities you know.)
PERCEIVE [option]: Activates a specific Perceive pathway ability.
(Type PATHWAY PERCEIVE to list Perceive abilities you know.)
>summ adm
You make yourself comfortable and turn your attention inward.
Tracing the lines of the aetheric landscape, you find a transient weak point. You align yourself to it, briefly increasing your proximity to the Elemental Plane of Fire.
Roundtime: 14 sec.
sR>
Finishing your meditation, you feel that you can still gather a bigger charge.
s>summ adm
You make yourself comfortable and turn your attention inward.
You continue meditating, further increasing your proximity to the Elemental Plane of Fire.
Roundtime: 14 sec.
sR>
Finishing your meditation, you feel that you can still gather a bigger charge.
sR>summ adm
You make yourself comfortable and turn your attention inward.
You continue meditating, further increasing your proximity to the Elemental Plane of Fire.
Roundtime: 14 sec.
sR>
Finishing your meditation, you feel that you can still gather a bigger charge.
sR>summ adm
You make yourself comfortable and turn your attention inward.
You continue meditating, further increasing your proximity to the Elemental Plane of Fire.
Roundtime: 14 sec.
sR>
Finishing your meditation, you feel that you have reached your limit.
s>summ adm
You so heavily embody the Elemental Plane of Fire that it already threatens your health. Going any further while in this plane would be fatal.
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