Enchantment spell
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| Enchantment spell | |
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| Number of skills | 229 |
| Elite skills | 58 |
| Supertype | Spell |
| Subtype | Flash enchantment spell |
“Enchantment spells provide beneficial magic to yourself or an ally. They may protect you from attacking or provide an increase in your abilities, such as increased speed or Energy. A small yellow upward arrow on a character's Health Bar indicates that an Enchantment Spell has been cast on that character. When you encounter an exceptionally difficult foe, it is wise to check for Enchantments on that foe and then remove them if possible.
— Nagozi, Expert Dervish
Skill Type. An Enchantment spell is a type of spell that creates a magical effect on a single target, with positive effects and a duration. Enchanted creatures can be easily identified by the cloudy white ring that orbits them. In addition, the party window will display an upward-pointing triangle on an affected character's health bar. Active enchantments on your own character will be represented in the effects monitor by their respective skill icons. See the full list of enchantment spells.
[edit] Characteristics
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- Always has a duration.
- Has a finite duration, with these exceptions:
- Enchantments with a renewal condition do not have a finite duration.
- Enchantments with upkeep have infinite durations.
- Faithful Intervention, Eternal Aura and Illusion of Weakness also have infinite durations.
- Has a finite duration, with these exceptions:
- Always has a continuous and/or end effect; can also have an initial effect.
- Can target self, ally, or "other ally."
- The only exceptions are: Aura of Displacement and Vampiric Spirit, each of which targets a foe as a part of the user's enchantment.
- Casts within spell range, with few exceptions:
- Touch spells (e.g. Blood Ritual) requires touch range.
- Some spells are half-range.
- Always requires energy to activate.
- Can have an additional cost, such as upkeep, sacrifice or exhaustion.
- Always has an activation time and an aftercast delay, except for flash enchantments, which have neither.
- One shadow step does not suffer an aftercast: Shadow Meld.
[edit] Equipment with benefits from enchantments
- Armor
- Weapon upgrades
- Inscriptions
- Weapon inscriptions
- Focus item or shield inscriptions
- Focus item inscriptions
[edit] Maintained enchantments
Enchantments created by maintained enchantments do not expire, but they require an upkeep of one pip (i.e. an energy degeneration rate of ⅓ energy per second).
[edit] Flash enchantments
These enchantment spells can be cast instantly to prevent them from interfering with attacking or movement.
[edit] Related skills
| Skills affected by enchantments |
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on foe
on ally positive
negative
on self positive
negative
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| Skills requiring an enchanted target |
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on foe
on ally
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| Skills affecting casting time |
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| Skills reducing enchantments duration |
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| Skills increasing enchantments duration |
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| Skills that have an effect when a new enchantment is cast |
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on foe
on ally
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| Skills that have an effect when an enchantment is removed |
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| Skills that prevent enchantments |
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on foe
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| Other skills |
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[edit] Notes
- Weapons upgraded with an of Enchanting suffix increase by 10-20% the duration of enchantment spells cast by the wielder.
- When an enchantment is reapplied before expiring:
- If the current attribute would lower the strength/duration, the enchantment will continue at the higher values until the original enchantment expires.
- If the current attribute is the same or higher than the original, the enchantment will behave as if newly cast at that value.
- Mysticism (the Dervish primary attribute) reduces the costs of Dervish enchantments.
- Dervish enchantments have a unique outline in the effects monitor.
[edit] Trivia
- Paragons, rangers and warriors are the only professions that do not have enchantments in their skill listings.
- Verata's Aura is the longest finite duration enchantment that a player can use in the game (with Death Magic set to 12, it lasts for 264 seconds).
