| There was some dialog on the list about Warrior's
(that is non-Life Magic chars) casting L1 Life Magic spells by using
Life Magic Mastery wands. Yes indeed this does work. Here's why. |
| Life Magic is normally an "Unusable" skill,
that is even though your Focus+Self/4 is >0, you have a skill of
zero for the purpose of determining success or failure. That is you
cannot cast Life Magic spells. However, with a wand of Life Magic
Mastery in your hands, you all of the sudden have a Life Magic of
between 10-30 which is plenty to cast a L1 spell without fizzling.
You must have the components on hand and use the wand (or get the
Life Magic Mastery creature buff from a friendly mage) to learn the
spell you wish, but after that you can cast Life Magic spells when
the wand is equipped and in spell-casting mode and the spell icon
is selected on your spell bar. |
| In particular, the useful spells are Heal Self I,
Stamina to Mana Self I, and (probably the best trick of all) Stamina
to Health I. The formulas for these L1 spells are easy to come by
and can be found on the spoiler sites if you really need to know (see
Links). Note that Warriors
could even learn Heal Other I just in case they are caught in a situation
needing to heal someone who is on-screen but moving (running for their
lives?). |
| Note that this is a much better trick with Life
magic than with any other magic because the difference between the
L1 spell and the L6 spell is mostly one of efficiency. In many cases
the L1 spell is not only as effective but often preferable (even for
true mages!) because of the quick cast and low burn risk. For example
Stamina to Health I takes half of your stamina and gives 75% of that
to you in health. If you have 25/100 health and 200/200 stamina this
will leave you at 100/100 health and 100/200 stamina which is exactly
what you want. |
| Using a Heal kit in battle with a low health is
risky: the animation to put your weapon away coupled with the higher
failure rate when you are below 50% health. Switching your weapon
for a Life Wand and doing a quick Stamina to Health Self I is not
only faster but can fill your health in one shot and carries no additional
risk when you are close to death. |
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