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|special = '''Cloud damage''': 6 + (3d16)/3 ([[cold]]) <br> '''Cloud duration''': 3d(Power/4); divided by 4 if the cloud is over lava; divided by 4 if out of [[line of sight]] (stacks with previous)}} | |special = '''Cloud damage''': 6 + (3d16)/3 ([[cold]]) <br> '''Cloud duration''': 3d(Power/4); divided by 4 if the cloud is over lava; divided by 4 if out of [[line of sight]] (stacks with previous)}} | ||
| − | '''Freezing Cloud''' is a [[Conjurations]]/[[Air Magic]]/[[Ice Magic]] spell which creates 8 to 10 clouds of freezing vapour around the [[smite]]-targeted tile. This spell uses "flood fill": casting it on an open space will create a perfect 3x3 rectangle if you get 9 clouds, but using it in a corridor will spread the same 9 clouds throughout the corridor. While this spell is very powerful, potentially dealing sizable cold damage (6+(1d16 + 2d17 - 3)/3; averaging 13.83 per turn) multiple times to anything that decides to charge through, be careful not to catch yourself in it | + | '''Freezing Cloud''' is a [[Conjurations]]/[[Air Magic]]/[[Ice Magic]] spell which creates 8 to 10 clouds of freezing vapour around the [[smite]]-targeted tile. This spell uses "flood fill": casting it on an open space will create a perfect 3x3 rectangle if you get 9 clouds, but using it in a corridor will spread the same 9 clouds throughout the corridor. While this spell is very powerful, potentially dealing sizable cold damage (6+(1d16 + 2d17 - 3)/3; averaging 13.83 per turn) multiple times to anything that decides to charge through, be careful not to catch yourself in it without rC+ or better. |
Although you can target any tile within its range and your [[line of sight]], be aware that you cannot target a tile that already contains a [[cloud]] of any sort. Creatures already within existing clouds will not be affected by Freezing Cloud unless they step into the icy mess you create around them. The effect can spill out of line of sight, but it will dissipate four times as fast. | Although you can target any tile within its range and your [[line of sight]], be aware that you cannot target a tile that already contains a [[cloud]] of any sort. Creatures already within existing clouds will not be affected by Freezing Cloud unless they step into the icy mess you create around them. The effect can spill out of line of sight, but it will dissipate four times as fast. | ||
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*Be careful using it in hallways, as it can easily hit you and your allies if you cast it at too short a range. [[Conjure Flame]] can help negate this risk; if you create a flame cloud directly in front of you and then cast Freezing Cloud beyond it, the freezing clouds will fill away from you. | *Be careful using it in hallways, as it can easily hit you and your allies if you cast it at too short a range. [[Conjure Flame]] can help negate this risk; if you create a flame cloud directly in front of you and then cast Freezing Cloud beyond it, the freezing clouds will fill away from you. | ||
*Summoners should use this spell with caution unless they have the [[Summon Ice Beast]] spell. While summoned living creatures will avoid the clouds and undead will march through it taking a severe beating, [[ice beast]]s will ignore the effect entirely and attack whatever happens to be currently freezing to death inside. | *Summoners should use this spell with caution unless they have the [[Summon Ice Beast]] spell. While summoned living creatures will avoid the clouds and undead will march through it taking a severe beating, [[ice beast]]s will ignore the effect entirely and attack whatever happens to be currently freezing to death inside. | ||
| + | *The mass of icy mist around an enemy can prevent them from hitting you with [[fire]]-based magic and attacks. [[Fire dragon]]s, for instance, will waste their breath attack dispersing the clouds in front of them, saving you from taking the hit. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
In [[0.13]] this spell's duration was not affected by being out of line of sight. | In [[0.13]] this spell's duration was not affected by being out of line of sight. | ||
Revision as of 04:03, 2 September 2014
Version 0.15: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
 Freezing Cloud
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| Level | 6 |
| School1 | Conjuration |
| School2 | Air |
| School3 | Ice |
| Source(s) | |
| Casting noise | 6 |
| Spell noise | 2 |
| This spell conjures up a large cloud of lethally cold vapour. |
| Spell Details | |
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| Damage Formula | 0 |
| Max Damage | 0 |
| Max Power | 200 |
| Range | 6 |
| Targeting | Smite |
| To-hit | |
| Special | Cloud damage: 6 + (3d16)/3 (cold) Cloud duration: 3d(Power/4); divided by 4 if the cloud is over lava; divided by 4 if out of line of sight (stacks with previous) |
Freezing Cloud is a Conjurations/Air Magic/Ice Magic spell which creates 8 to 10 clouds of freezing vapour around the smite-targeted tile. This spell uses "flood fill": casting it on an open space will create a perfect 3x3 rectangle if you get 9 clouds, but using it in a corridor will spread the same 9 clouds throughout the corridor. While this spell is very powerful, potentially dealing sizable cold damage (6+(1d16 + 2d17 - 3)/3; averaging 13.83 per turn) multiple times to anything that decides to charge through, be careful not to catch yourself in it without rC+ or better.
Although you can target any tile within its range and your line of sight, be aware that you cannot target a tile that already contains a cloud of any sort. Creatures already within existing clouds will not be affected by Freezing Cloud unless they step into the icy mess you create around them. The effect can spill out of line of sight, but it will dissipate four times as fast.
Strategy
- Be careful using it in hallways, as it can easily hit you and your allies if you cast it at too short a range. Conjure Flame can help negate this risk; if you create a flame cloud directly in front of you and then cast Freezing Cloud beyond it, the freezing clouds will fill away from you.
- Summoners should use this spell with caution unless they have the Summon Ice Beast spell. While summoned living creatures will avoid the clouds and undead will march through it taking a severe beating, ice beasts will ignore the effect entirely and attack whatever happens to be currently freezing to death inside.
- The mass of icy mist around an enemy can prevent them from hitting you with fire-based magic and attacks. Fire dragons, for instance, will waste their breath attack dispersing the clouds in front of them, saving you from taking the hit.
History
In 0.13 this spell's duration was not affected by being out of line of sight.
