Hi Everybody!

Sticking to the mechanics of this one today. Don't worry though, it's just for today and I have my reasons.

== MECHANICS ==

When used to cause a target to lose a prepared spell, 10 ranks of Elemental Lore, Fire now unlocks a chance to also strip a spell from the target. The chance for this effect to occur is (10% + 3% per additional 10 ranks of Fire Lore). This means that 10 ranks = 10%, 20 ranks = 13%, 30 ranks = 16%, etc.

In addition, the mana drain effect is now also improved by Elemental Lore: Fire. The amount of mana drained is now increased by (Fire Lore Skill / 15).

~ Konacon

Also,

I know Estild posted elsewhere, I THINK in the wizard folder, the details around the mana cost reduction for 417 based on EMC and other factors. Could that be re-summarized here to add to the discussion (because as people will probably say, 17 mana is a bit high but that shouldn't be the practical cost for most casters)

Sure, just had to post something for Fire right before I'm laying down a chart, huh? <poke Konacon>

<mutter, grumble, swear, kick puppy>

>> When used to cause a target to lose a prepared spell, 10 ranks of Elemental Lore, Fire now unlocks a chance to also strip a spell from the target. The chance for this effect to occur is (10% + 3% per additional 10 ranks of Fire Lore). This means that 10 ranks = 10%, 20 ranks = 13%, 30 ranks = 16%, etc.

>> In addition, the mana drain effect is now also improved by Elemental Lore: Fire. The amount of mana drained is now increased by (Fire Lore Skill / 15).

>> ~ Konacon

This is a very nice update.

-- Robert

The ELR will never end! VIVE LA ELR! ~ Konacon

actually.....I've been pretty down on a lot of the ELR changes lately, but actually, I quite like this one.

>Could the base mechanics of target mana loss for Elemental Dispel be discussed a bit? What are the factors, how much is possible, etc.

I ask this question because without context, the addition of fire lore into the equation doesn't do much good.

>In addition, the mana drain effect is now also improved by Elemental Lore: Fire. The amount of mana drained is now increased by (Fire Lore Skill / 15).~ Konacon

With 202 ranks of Fire lore, that would give us an extra 20 mana drained from the target. Without knowing how much could be potentially drained initially, it is awfully hard to determine the value of that level of investment.