Iskenderun's Mystic Blast
 Iskenderun's Mystic Blast
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| Level | 4 |
| School1 | Conjuration |
| School2 | Translocation |
| Source(s) | Book of Blasting Book of Weapons |
| Casting noise | 4 |
| Spell noise | 10 |
| Power Cap | 100 |
| Range | 2 |
| Flags | Area |
| Detonates a crackling sphere of destructive energy. The explosion will hit all nearby monsters with physical force, knocking them back if damage is done. |
| Spell Details | |
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| Damage Formula | 2d(6+Power/6) |
| Max Damage | 2d23 |
| Max Power | 100 |
| Range | 6 |
| Targeting | Beam |
| To-hit | 10+Power/7 |
| Special | May explode when it hits an enemy |
Iskenderun's Mystic Blast (or IMB) is a level 4 Conjurations spell which strikes a single opponent with destructive energy, dealing moderate physical damage. It has good accuracy and excellent range, and there is a chance that the blast will explode upon striking its target, damaging nearby enemies in a starburst pattern as shown below:
X.X.X .XXX. XXOXX .XXX. X.X.X
The chance of this explosion occurring falls the farther away the target is from the caster:
Chance of explosion = 3/(2*(distance traveled)+2)
For examples, if the target is next to the caster, IMB have a chance of 3/4 to explode, and if the target is at a distance of 6 (the max range), the chance falls to 3/14.
Regardless of position, this explosion cannot injure the caster.
Strategy
IMB is an excellent jack-of-all-trades combat spell. It is fairly cheap to cast, requires only a single skill to train, and can effectively damage any target regardless of resistances. Its explosion effect isn't reliable enough to make it a competitive area-of-effect spell, but all the same, it is still an admirable attack spell for the early- and mid-game (eg, frost giants, Ilsiuw). It suffers against durable, high AC opponents in the late game, however, but hopefully you'll gain access to Orb of Destruction or some high-level elemental spell long before you reach that point.
Monster version
Several monsters can cast Iskenderun's Mystic Blast; it functions virtually identically to the player version.
History
- 0.25 will remove Iskenderun's Mystic Blast from monster spell lists and significantly rework it for players. The new player version will gain the Translocations school; casting it will create a 2-tile explosion centered on the player that knocks back monsters.
- Prior to 0.17, the range was 7 instead of 6.
- Prior to 0.11, IMB dealt more damage, but was unable to explode. Also, its range was 5 instead of 7.
