Glaciate

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Conjures forth a mighty blast of ice. Creatures within its cone-shaped area of effect take damage, with higher damage being dealt to those close to the caster. Those hit by the blast are encased in ice, slowing their movement, and those killed by the blast may be frozen into solid blocks of ice. A significant portion of its damage bypasses cold resistance.

Glaciate is a monster-only spell which creates a huge unavoidable blast of ice and freezing vapour. Like Fire Storm, it inflicts incredible damage, and it can pierce cold resistance well -- 60% damage is irresistible. Affected creatures will be frozen, causing them to move 4 auts slower. Additionally, monsters killed by this spell may turn into blocks of ice (which later melt, leaving no corpse).

The following enemies cast Glaciate:

• & Lom Lobon (10-132 damage)

The following enemies may be able to cast Glaciate, depending on their spell set:

• & Pandemonium lord (3.4% chance)

History

Glaciate
Level	9
School1	Conjuration
School2	Ice
Source(s)	Book of Annihilations
Casting noise	9
Spell noise	25

Spell Details
Damage Formula	7d((66+3*Power)/(7*max(3,range)))
Max Damage	7d32
Max Power	200
Range	6
Targeting	Beam
To-hit
Special	Area, clouds of freezing vapour, Slows movement

• In 0.30, Glaciate will be 50% resistible.
• In 0.25, Glaciate was removed from the list of spells available to players. It was replaced by a new level 9 Ice Magic spell, Absolute Zero.
• Glaciate was introduced in 0.14, replacing Ice Storm.