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[INFORMATION] PAX(Mage)
MAGE
MAGE at PAX will be a SPELLBOOK wielding mage. The spellbook will allow the mage to draw energy from ARCANE magic and do damage at RANGE.
FIREBALL *gasp* : Fast cast targeted spell that deals splash damage in an AOE template. Mage chooses a point of impact for this fireball. (might not see at PAX but has the potential to light targets on fire and have certain conditions - and maybe environmental influences too).
ICE PRISM : A long casting ROOT SPELL. Lay down shards of ice that fully root a target. Currently does not do damage. Pure CC
LIGHTNING BOLT : A line template of an attack that involves the mage determining the direction of the bolt and striking targets and dealing damage within that line.
SELF TELEPORT : Allows the mage some mobility. Mage will teleport depending on direction facing.
MIRROR IMAGE : BUFF SKILL *Mage casts and creates a shimmer around them* if mage is attacked - buff increases evasion. Mirror breaks after so many attacks
KEYSTROKE : Precision window keystroke unique to weapon type. Not detailed in stream.
MAGE ULTIMATE : Earth Eruption - A huge AoE earthquake that is going to be a line template of an attack that is casting forward from the direction of the mage is facing that is going to trip opponents and deal damage when it impacts targets. Will be a broad line template as the skill is supposed to be “devastating to enemy targets”.
MAGE UTILITY : Detect magic - Be able to see magically hidden points of interest in their local area e.g an illusion wall that is hiding a secret passageway.
Comments
I beseech thee, combine with my deep crimson.
The time of awakening cometh.
Justice, fallen upon the infallible boundary,
appear now as an intangible distortions!
I desire for my torrent of power a destructive force:
a destructive force without equal!
Return all creation to cinders,
and come frome the abyss!
Explosion!
Frenzied blaze clad in night,
In the name of the crimson demons,
let the collapse of thine origin manifest.
Summon before me the root of thy power hidden within the lands
of the kingdom of demise!
Explosion!
https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/34059/information-pax-classes-and-skill-types#latest
More details here ^^
I kind of prefer magic being magic at its base and you then choose the elemental branch to specialize in. Of course that might have not been an option in AoC with how things are being designed.