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2023-03-05T16:42:26Z

Updated some text for clarity, added boldmono around some verbs, changed some internal links to reflect (hopefully) more accurate information.

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{{spell |
| name = Wither
| number = 1115
| mnemonic = WITHER
| duration = Instantaneous
| type = Attack
| subtype = [[Warding]]
| target = Single
| navigation = {{Empath base navigation}}
| dtype = [[Hitpoint]]
| status = None
| ctype = [[Disintegration critical table|Disintegration]]
| interval = One-shot
}}
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<section begin=description /><noinclude>'''Wither''' is a</noinclude><includeonly>A</includeonly> warding attack spell that draws upon an [[empath]]'s spiritual connection to summon the stray spirits within an area.<section end=description /> These spirits will surround the empath's target, causing it to wither from [[Disintegration critical table|disintegration]] damage. There are three disintegration cycles followed by one [[health]] damage cycle. The spirits focus on a specific body part until it is no more or the target dies. If the body part is destroyed before death or the spell's ending, the spirits will attack the next closest location.

Increased damage is possible when {{boldmono|[[CHANNEL (verb)|CHANNEL]]}}ing the spell from a higher [[stance]] and having an open hand.

Wither is effective against most living creatures as well as [[non-corporeal]] undead. Some creature types are immune to the spell, including many in the [[:Category:Golem family creatures|golem]] and [[:Category:Elemental family creatures|elemental]] families.

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==Lore Benefits==
===Spiritual Lore, Summoning===
Training in [[Spiritual Lore, Summoning]] provides a chance to summon additional spirits for an extra (fourth) disintegration cycle at a similar strength to the third cycle. The chance is {{mono|(Summoning Lore ranks / 1.5)}} percent.

:{| {{prettytable}} align="center"
!align="right"|Spiritual Lore, Summoning ranks||2||8||15||23||30||38||45||53||60||68||75
|-
|align="right"|'''Chance for extra damage cycle'''||1%||5%||10%||15%||20%||25%||30%||35%||40%||45%||50%
|-
|colspan="12"|
|-
!align="right" colspan="2"|Spiritual Lore, Summoning ranks||83||90||98||105||113||120||128||135||143||150
|-
|align="right" colspan="2"|'''Chance for extra damage cycle'''||55%||60%||65%||70%||75%||80%||85%||90%||95%||100%
|}
::''Not all thresholds shown''
===Mental Lore, Manipulation===
Training in [[Mental Lore, Manipulation]] provides a chance for target's muscular system to collapse, leading to instant death on a [[Summation chart|seed 1 summation]] of {{mono|((Mental Lore, Manipulation ranks - 10) / 2)}}. If the warding margin is less than 50, this chance is reduced by 2% of the base chance per each marginal point. For example, if the caster had a base 10% chance to kill the target, but the warding result was 140, the death chance would be reduced to 8% (losing 20% of base). With a warding result of 125, the chance would be reduced to 5%.

:{| {{prettytable}} align="center"
!align="right"|Mental Lore, Manipulation ranks|| 12 || 16 || 22 || 30 || 40 || 52 || 66 || 82 || 100 || 120 || 142 || 166 || 192
|-
|align="right"|'''Chance for instant death'''||1%||2%||3%||4%||5%||6%||7%||8%||9%||10%||11%||12%||13%
|}

==Channel Damage==
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==Messaging==
<pre{{log2}}>
Your mental command surges outward, echoing your need to the stray spirits nearby...
CS: +225 - TD: +99 + CvA: +25 + d100: +93 == +244
Warding failed!
A nebulous haze shimmers into view around a jungle troll, plunging inward to envelop his left eye!
... 20 points of damage!
Eyebrow and eyelashes of left eye melted off.
Trendy!
... 20 points of damage!
Eyebrow and eyelashes of left eye melted off.
Trendy!
... 60 points of damage!
Precise shot vaporizes left eye and much of brain behind while leaving skull intact.
The jungle troll falls to the ground as the stillness of death overtakes him.
The deep blue glow leaves a jungle troll.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
</pre>

<pre{{log2}}>
You channel at a giant fog beetle.
Your mental command surges outward, echoing your need to the stray spirits nearby...
CS: +225 - TD: +109 + CvA: +25 + d100: +80 == +221
Warding failed!
A nebulous haze shimmers into view around a giant fog beetle, plunging inward to envelop its right arm!
... 10 points of damage!
Unpleasant wound to right arm!
... 30 points of damage!
Small patches of right forearm disappear into red mist.
... 45 points of damage!
Strike bores into right arm, causing now-weakened bones to crack.
The beetle clicks its mouthparts wildly and waves its mangled limb around uselessly.
Cloudy tendrils writhe throughout the beetle's form, ravaging it for 87 points of damage!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
</pre>

;Instant Kill
<pre{{log2}}>
You focus your thoughts while chanting the mystical phrase for Wither...
Your spell is ready.
You channel at a stone giant.
Your mental command surges outward, echoing your need to the stray spirits nearby...
CS: +XXX - TD: +216 + CvA: +25 + d100: +67 == +XXX
Warding failed!
A nebulous haze shimmers into view around a stone giant, plunging inward in a dizzying spiral to envelop her completely! Silhouetted within the shifting spiritual miasma, the giant's form withers, wasting away to an attenuated mockery of herself. Even this pale shadow disintegrates, dissolving on the air as the last cloudy tendrils vanish.
As the last of the stone giant disappears, a tiny white pearl, a twisted wand, and a glint of silver takes her place.
</pre>

;Attacking a creature that is immune to Wither
<pre{{log2|margin-right=400px}}>
A nebulous haze shimmers into view around a steel golem. The haze pulses weakly, then disperses in an explosion of cloudy tendrils.
</pre>

==Resources==
*[[Mean casts per kill (317, 519, 1115)]]

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imported>MOD-GSMOTTE: Updated some text for clarity, added boldmono around some verbs, changed some internal links to reflect (hopefully) more accurate information.