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{{spell
| mnemonic = MAELSTROM
| duration = Instantaneous
| type = Attack
| subtype = [[Maneuver]]
| target = Room or Single
| interval = Damage over time
| dtype = [[Hitpoint]]
| status = None
| ctype = [[Crush critical table|Crush]], [[Lightning critical table|Lightning]], [[Impact critical table|Impact]]
| navigation = {{Sorcerer base navigation}}
}}
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<section begin=description /><noinclude>'''Energy Maelstrom''' has</noinclude><includeonly>Has</includeonly> two versions that create either a "raging tempest" in the area or a "tightly focused tempest" on a single target.<section end=description /> This causes several cycles of atmospheric abnormalities to pummel its victim(s). Storms start damage cycles 2 seconds after the initial cast, performing an [[SMRv2]] based attack. The elemental damage type of the cycle is random, with character attunement to an element providing a higher chance for that element to be chosen.
==Focused Maelstrom==

<tt>[[INCANT]] 710</tt> or <tt>PREP 710|[[CAST]] {target}</tt> to initiate a storm directed at a single target. <tt>[[TARGET]] {target}</tt> to specify where you want the storm to be focused.

Focused storms have a duration of 5 damage cycles 2 seconds apart before the storm ends. A player can control multiple focused storms on different targets past the first with training in Elemental Mana Control. For each 50 EMC skill, an additional focused storm can be controlled.

Tempests will follow the target if it leaves the room, but will dissipate shortly afterward if the caster is not in the same room as the tempest. Moving to a different room takes up one round of the tempest's duration.

==Open Maelstrom==

<tt> PREP 710|[[CAST]]</tt> to create a group-friendly version that will damage any target in the immediate area. Area storms have a duration of 3 damage cycles5 seconds apart, selecting a number of targets based on the [[Multi-target spell]] logic. Only one tempest per caster can be open cast in a room at a time.

==Lore and Attunement Benefits==
===Increased Damage===
Training in any [[Elemental Lore]] will increase the damage of the corresponding element cycle. Casters are able to create elementally themed maelstroms based on their [[attunement]] with the primary element appearing more often in damage cycles, e.g. a fire themed maelstrom will deal heat damage more often than the other element types. As mentioned, training in the appropriate Elemental Lore will increase the damage from those respective attacks, so being both attuned to an element and having corresponding lore training in the same element is advantageous. For lightning attuned casters, [[Elemental Lore, Air]] ranks will increase the electrical damage, but not the air damage, and vice versa if the caster is air attuned.
===Momentum of the Tempest===
At 50 combined [[Elemental Lore]] ranks, killing a target under the effects of targeted Energy Maelstrom (710) returns 5 mana to the caster and grants a 30 second buff that allows the next cast of 710 to only have 1 second of cast RT.

==Messaging==

<pre{{log2|margin-right=300px}}>
A stiff breeze begins to swirl around you. [initial messaging]

The winds swirl and intensify all around you, but you remain safely in the calm at the eye of the storm. [buildup cycle]

Violent winds rip through the area! [damage cycle: impact]

Brilliant flashes of lightning surround you! [damage cycle: lightning]

Large hailstones whip through the area! [damage cycle: crush]

The vortex of wind begins to weaken. [powerdown cycle]

The storm subsides and the air is calm again. [end messaging]
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== Resources ==
*[[/saved posts|Saved posts]]
*[[Flow storms]]

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