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{{spell
| mnemonic = MINORWATER
| duration = Instantaneous
| type = Attack
| subtype = [[bolt]]
| target = Single
| dtype = [[Hitpoint]]
| interval = One-shot
| status = None
| ctype = [[Impact critical table|Impact]]
| navigation = {{wizard base navigation}}
}}
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<section begin=description /><noinclude>'''Minor Water''' is an</noinclude><includeonly>An</includeonly> elemental [[bolt]] spell that enables the caster to send a bolt of highly compressed water from the palm of the hand toward a designated target.<section end=description /> Successful attacks will cause the target to sustain [[hitpoint]] damage and possibly [[Impact critical table|impact]] based [[critical]] injuries.

This spell can also typically be found in [[aquamarine wand]]s dropped as treasure items from creatures or available for purchase from certain shops within each town. It can be imbedded into appropriate items by skilled wizards who have knowledge of the [[Magic Item Creation (420)]] spell. Properly trained [[Alchemy|alchemists]] can create [[iridescent opal wand]]s which contain the Minor Water (903) spell.

When a target is [[rooted]] by [[Cold Snap (512)]], if Minor Water is cast at the target it will be converted to [[Minor Cold (1709)]]. This requires training in [[Elemental Lore, Water]]. With 20 ranks in [[Elemental Lore, Fire]], this spell can be [[EVOKE]]d to cast [[Minor Steam (1707)]] for 5 mana.

== Soaking ==
Minor Water has a 20% chance to soak a target for 20 seconds, making it more susceptible to [[901|Minor]] and [[910|Major Shock]] spells by granting a flat +30% chance and +3 second duration to [[stun shock|Stun Shock]]. The chance to soak may be increased with training in [[Elemental Lore, Water]].

Soaking is indicated by the message: '''''The water completely drenches a {target}!'''''

Soaked targets will receive a -25 penalty to target defense (TD) when also affected by [[Cold Snap (512)]].

{{Usage-channel-evoke|s=903|2=[[Minor Steam (1707)]] (requires a 20 ranks of [[Elemental Lore, Fire]] and costs 4 mana)}}<br><br>
*Use {{boldmono|CAST}} or {{boldmono|CHANNEL}} as described above to cast [[Minor Cold (1709)]] at a target in conjunction with [[Cold Snap (512)]] (requires [[Elemental Lore, Water]])
*Cast can also be used to extinguish burning objects, [[creature]]s or [[character]]s (may be subject to a skill check). Casting at oneself or other characters from defensive or guarded [[stance]] simply drenches them with water (no mechanical effect).

==Lore Benefits==
===Elemental Lore, Water===
Training in [[Elemental Lore, Water]] provides two direct benefits:

*It increases the chance to soak a target based on skill:
<div {{prettydiv|margin-right=600px}}><center><tt>'''20 + Elemental Lore, Water [[skill bonus]] ÷ 2</tt></center></div>
<section begin=Water Lore Bonus/>
:{| {{prettytable}} align="center"
!align="right"|Elemental Lore, Water ranks||0||1||6||8||13||18||24||30||40||60
|-
|align="right"|Chance for soaking||20%||22%||30%||40%||50%||60%||70%||80%||90%||100%
|}
<section end=Water Lore Bonus/>
::''Not all thresholds shown''

*It increases the spell's [[damage factor]] by .001 per rank for the first 50 ranks, .001 per two ranks for ranks 51 - 100 and .001 per four ranks for ranks greater than 100.

:{| {{prettytable}}
|- style= "text-align:center; background: #DDD;"
|'''Water Lore Ranks'''||'''<center>DF Increase</center>'''
|-
|<center>1 to 50</center>||0.001 per rank
|-
|<center>51 to 100</center>||0.001 per two ranks
|-
|<center>101 to 200</center>||0.001 per four ranks
|}
::The total DF increase with 200 ranks EL, Water lore is 0.100.

[[Cone of Elements (518)]] can cast a multi-fire version of this spell with 20 ranks of Water Lore and all Water Lore benefits will carry over to the other spell.

====Interaction with [[Cold Snap (512)]]====
In addition to the direct benefits, a minimum of 10 ranks of Water Lore allows Minor Water to be cast at targets already [[rooted]] by Cold Snap, and each cast will be converted to [[Minor Cold (1709)]]. The number of casts this is applicable is equivalent to the bonus level of a seed 10 [[summation]] of ranks.
<section begin=Water Lore Conversion Bonus/>
:{| {{prettytable|text-align:center;}}
!align="right"|Elemental Lore, Water ranks||10||21||33||46||60||75||91||108||126||145||165||186||208||231
|-
|align="right"|Casts of Minor Water converted to Minor Cold||1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14
|}
<section end=Water Lore Conversion Bonus/>

===Elemental Lore, Fire===
20 ranks in [[Elemental Lore, Fire]] unlocks the ability to convert Minor Water to [[Minor Steam (1707)]]. This option will only activate with the [[EVOKE]] command, has a cost of 5 mana per cast. This version of the spell uses both the Minor Steam damage and [[Steam critical table|critical]] tables.

==Damage Factor Tables==
;Normal Casting
{{Boltspell table start}}
{{Boltspell table entry|spell = Minor Water|DFcloth = .455|DFleather = .345|DFscale = .283|DFchain = .242|DFplate = .173
|AvD1=30
|AvD5=30|AvD6=29|AvD7=28|AvD8=27
|AvD9=29|AvD10=27|AvD11=25|AvD12=23
|AvD13=31|AvD14=27|AvD15=23|AvD16=19
|AvD17=25|AvD18=19|AvD19=13|AvD20=7}}
{{Table end}}<noinclude>

;Evoke
{{boltspell table start}}
</noinclude>|- align=center
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=#eeeeee|'''Minor Steam'''||bgcolor=#cccccc|DF
| {{{DFcloth|.600}}} || colspan=4| {{{DFleather|.550}}} || colspan=4| {{{DFscale|.385}}} || colspan=4| {{{DFchain|.333}}} || colspan=4| {{{DFplate|.267}}}
|- align=center
|bgcolor=#cccccc|AvD

|{{{AvD1|70}}}

|{{{AvD5|60}}}||{{{AvD6|59}}}||{{{AvD7|58}}}||{{{AvD8|57}}}

|{{{AvD9|50}}}||{{{AvD10|48}}}||{{{AvD11|46}}}||{{{AvD12|44}}}

|{{{AvD13|45}}}||{{{AvD14|41}}}||{{{AvD15|37}}}||{{{AvD16|33}}}

|{{{AvD17|40}}}||{{{AvD18|34}}}||{{{AvD19|28}}}||{{{AvD20|22}}}<noinclude>
{{Table end}}

;Cast with Cold Snap rooted condition in effect
{{Boltspell table start}}
</noinclude>{{Boltspell table entry|spell = Minor Cold|DFcloth = .667|DFleather = .460|DFscale = .385|DFchain = .375|DFplate = .355
|AvD1=45
|AvD5=40|AvD6=39|AvD7=38|AvD8=37
|AvD9=35|AvD10=33|AvD11=31|AvD12=29
|AvD13=40|AvD14=36|AvD15=32|AvD16=28
|AvD17=30|AvD18=24|AvD19=18|AvD20=12}}<noinclude>
{{Table end}}</noinclude>

==Channel Damage==
{{bolt-channel}}

==Spell Messaging==
;Standard cast
<pre{{log2}}>
>prep 903
Your hands glow with power as you invoke the phrase for Minor Water...
Your spell is ready.
>cast nymph
You gesture at a sea nymph.
You hurl a stream of water at a sea nymph!
AS: +156 vs DS: +7 with AvD: +30 + d100 roll: +77 = +256
... and hit for 111 points of damage!
Massive blow to left eye sending bone back into the brain!
The sea nymph falls to the ground and dies.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

;Standard cast with soaking effect

<pre{{log2}}>
>Incant 903Your hands glow with power as you invoke the phrase for Minor Water...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a hill troll.
You hurl a stream of water at a hill troll!
AS: +191 vs DS: +133 with AvD: +29 + d100 roll: +79 = +166
... and hit for 31 points of damage!
Nice blow to left arm!
The hill troll is stunned!
'''The water completely drenches a hill troll!'''

;Soaking effect wearing off
<pre{{log2}}>
'''The majority of the water drenching a hill troll appears to have dried.'''

;Minor Steam Version
<pre{{log2}}>
>pre 903 evoke wraithYour hands glow with power as you invoke the phrase for Minor Water...
Your spell is ready.
>You gesture at a wraith.
You hurl a seething blast of steam at a wraith!
AS: +206 vs DS: +75 with AvD: +70 + d100 roll: +43 = +244
... and hit for 116 points of damage!
Smash to the cheek deforms left eye socket.
Vapor swirls as the ethereal bones reform.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

{{AR}}
{{:iridescent opal wand}}
== Resources ==
*[[Elemental_lore_review_(saved_posts)#Minor_Water_(903)|Elemental lore review (saved posts)]]

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