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When successfully casting a spell, you have a 40% chance to have your full MP refunded. When you [[miscast]] a spell, you will always have MP refunded. However, it increases your ''raw'' [[spell failure]] chance by +20%. (For reference, the first stack of [[wizardry]] reduces raw spell failure by 25%.) | When successfully casting a spell, you have a 40% chance to have your full MP refunded. When you [[miscast]] a spell, you will always have MP refunded. However, it increases your ''raw'' [[spell failure]] chance by +20%. (For reference, the first stack of [[wizardry]] reduces raw spell failure by 25%.) | ||
| − | Note that this does not mean that your spell failure actually increases by +20%, | + | Note that this does not mean that your spell failure actually increases by +20%, as its modified by a function. See the [[Spell Success#Final Step|Spell Success]] page for details. Generally, your actual chance for failure will increase by a number less than 20%. |
==Desirability== | ==Desirability== | ||
Revision as of 00:39, 16 May 2023
| A perfect sphere of crystal, overflowing with magical energies. |
the crystal ball of Wucad Mu
Channel x2
Contents
Mechanics
An orb of energy with double the refund rate, but double the spell failure.
When successfully casting a spell, you have a 40% chance to have your full MP refunded. When you miscast a spell, you will always have MP refunded. However, it increases your raw spell failure chance by +20%. (For reference, the first stack of wizardry reduces raw spell failure by 25%.)
Note that this does not mean that your spell failure actually increases by +20%, as its modified by a function. See the Spell Success page for details. Generally, your actual chance for failure will increase by a number less than 20%.
Desirability
The crystal ball of Wucad Mu[1] is useful for magical characters. It restores a significant portion of your MP, at the cost of negative wizardry. Since this orb always refunds MP on miscast, it's best thought as "making you waste a few turns here or there" rather than "making you fail more often".
However, it takes up the shield slot. In addition, the mana reduction is not guaranteed, meaning you can run out of MP without a single proc from this orb. Regardless, the ability to cast your most powerful spells even a few more times can and will make a difference between victory and running dry mid-fight. Overall, it is a powerful item balanced by its fair share of drawbacks.
History
- This item was introduced in 0.30, replacing the staff of Wucad Mu. Channeling mechanics were also changed in this version.
References
- ↑ art-data.txt:268 (0.30.0)
