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Priscilla the level 1 Illim Mesmer by NemesisZeru

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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.2.5
Addons

Weapons Pack 1.2.4

This adds new weapon types and egos to the game.

- Tridents are unchanged, but generate more often.
- Whips can now generate normally, and their accuracy bonus now slows the target.
- Swordbreakers are weak knives that have a chance to disarm on hit, and give bonuses to dual weapon defense.
- Rapiers are 1h weapons that use dagger mastery and rely on strength, dexterity, and cunning.
- Bucklers are light shields that can greatly increase your defense and give you faster attacks against those who miss you in melee.
- Buckler offense tree at varying levels of access for 5 or so classes. Skirmishers start with a buckler.
- Spears/Greatspears are slow weapons that can attack from a distance.
- Clubs/Greatclubs are maces that can pick up mindstar egos.
- Throwing knives can be used in melee or as a short ranged attack with the shoot talent.
- Daggers will now use the higher of strength or cunning if you don't have Lethality.
- Mindslayers can now equip ranged weapons in their psionic focus slot.
- Aurastones are magic-based items that can be equipped to modify your unarmed attacks.
- Magic Weapon Mastery applies to staves, aurastones, and sceptres, and can be learned in Angolwen.

Most of the stuff here can be individually turned on/off in the Game Options menu. So you could use this addon just for the extra tridents if you really wanted to.

Weapons Pack 1.2.4

Mesmer 1.2.5

A magical class based on creating and shattering illusions.

Mesmer 1.2.5

Haunted class 1.1.5

Haunted: an unarmed hate-based warrior

Haunted class 1.1.5

Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.2.4

Official Expansion!

Many in Maj'Eyal have heard of "demons", sadistic creatures who appear seemingly from nowhere, leaving a trail of suffering and destruction whereever they go. Their Fearscape floats far above the skies, watching and waiting, but not idly; their agents scout the land, their legions build up their forces, and their scholars develop new spells and strategies. As the barrier between our worlds begins to crack under their scrutiny, helpless Eyalites have begun to disappear, whisked up to serve as their slaves and playthings. They imbue these victims with magical powers to better survive the ensuing stresses - can you use your new-found abilities to escape the legions of Mal'Rok?

Features:

  • Start with a new class, the Doombringer! These avatars of demonic destruction charge into battle with massive two-handed weapons, cutting swaths of firey devastation through hordes of opponents. Armed with flame magic and demonic strength, they delight in fighting against overwhelming odds, softening up the crowd with waves of fire, then feeding on the flames and suffering of their surroundings to stay alive while quickly reducing any group to a pile of ash and gore.
  • Unlock a new class, the Demonologist, with an all-new item enhancement mechanic! Bearing a shield and the magic of the Spellblaze itself, these melee-fighting casters can grow demonic seeds from their fallen enemies. Imbue these seeds onto your items to gain a wide array of new talents and passive benefits, and summon the demons within them to fight on your side! Ever looked at a gigantic demon-cursed minotaur and wished it was on your side for once? Well, now you CAN summon one to pound your foes into paste while you cast devastating spells from afar, or call forth a squad of Fire Imps to pelt your enemies to death while they exhaust themselves on your impenetrable defenses! Demons have persistent health, making them a little more precious than disposable necromancer skeletons or summoner beasts, but can be revived from death nonetheless.
  • Two new zones, with all-new art, foes, and bosses! You've seen the plains of the Fearscape before, now see the lairs and headquarters of the demons themselves!
  • Over 10,000 words of written lore to find! The demons were once an enlightened, peaceful race, hailing from a distant planet known as Mal'Rok; learn what drove them to plot Eyal's eternal torture! Discover monuments to each of the demonic species and noteworthy individuals, showing the place of honor each has among them! Get a glimpse into the culture and daily lives of these sadistic invaders and their brainwashed thralls!
  • Unlock a new race, Doomelves: Shalore who've taken to the demonic alterations especially well, corrupting their typical abilities into a darker form. Blink away to safety, transform into a shadowy dúathedlen to hide in the shadows or prey on your foes with blasts of darkness, use your new resilience to soak up status effects and critical hits, and assault your enemies' minds to leave them unsteady in combat!
  • Between the aforementioned classes and Doomelves, a whopping 75 new talents!
  • Unlock two new cosmetic options! You know you've always wanted demon-horns.
  • Two new events, appearing anywhere in Eyal!
  • 20 new artifacts, with unique and interesting effects. Collect the Obsidian Treasures to amass more and more power! Slip your hands into the Will of Ul'Gruth and watch your sweeping blows smash down walls! Wear a giant hideous hell-mouth as a fashionable belt!
  • 7 new achievements! Conquer the worst Urh'Rok's forces can throw at you, and hang their metaphorical skulls from your profile page!

Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.2.4

Arcanum Class Pack 1.2.5

Primary Features:
Two new Archmage style classes; Arcanist and Elementist.
One new Enchanter class.
Some extra talents for Alchemist.
Lots of new artifacts.
Artifact gems are more interesting to attach to golems.
Crystal Focus/Heart items can be deconstructed to recover the gem.
Angolwen Academy: Get training in the Arcane here.
3 new runes.
Two new item types with unique egos: Ritual Blades and Wardstones.

Arcanist Features:
Like Archmage, but also starts with temporal, meta and nightfall unlocked, and no elemental categories.
Has two unique categories; High magic and Void magic.
Can also unlock Illusion, Distortion, Power and Morph.

Elementist Features:
Like Archmage, but only elemental categories.
Has three unique categories; Elementalism, Corrupted Elements and Elemental Fusion.

Enchanter Features:
Apply a variety of enchantments to your equipment.
Dabble in safe and unsafe hedge magic.
Defeat monsters with your prowess with a staff.

Archmage Features:
1 new category containing 8 arcane/elemental combo spells.

Alchemist Features:
Altered Alchemists Guild quest.
Two new unique categories: Poison Alchemy and Metal Alchemy.
They also get access to Mana Alchemy and Herbalism.

Arcanum Class Pack 1.2.5

Tomes of Knowledge 1.2.4

Do you dislike it, when your escortees die on harder difficulties at the zone in, without you being able to help them? Do you sometimes feel as if money was worth little to nothing in Maj'Eyal? If so, this addon might help you. The library of Last Hope now sells seven Tomes with on-use-rewards, that mirror those of seven escort-types. The library of Elvala sells two (very expensive) tomes, that lead to even greater rewards after using them.

Fixed: talent types are now known, but not learned

Tomes of Knowledge 1.2.4

Blazblue icons! 1.2.4

Well, I was messing around with the wonderful new custom tile feature, and discovered the Blazblue Chronophantasma chibis look pretty dang good when resized down to 64x64. Thus, I decided to resize all the chibis I could find(31 in total) and release them as an addon!

Requires donator status to actually use the custom tiles, I think. Other then that, let me know what you think! Some of the icons resized weird(Nu, Imperator, etc), but some turned out really amazing(Ragna!). C:

Blazblue icons! 1.2.4

Doctornull's Class Pack 1.2.5

This pack compiles several classes, with an emphasis on hybrid design. Not all classes are complete: the ones which I'm not satisfied with are marked as either INCOMPLETE or "in BETA".

The classes included in this pack are:
- The Transcendent Fist is an unarmed Psionic warrior, using a gem in his TK slot to hit with flexible energy types.
- The Storm Warden is a melee-and-ranged skirmisher with magical mobility and support spells.
- The Striker is a cunning and covert class, with a focus on delivering shock-and-awe thunderbolts from stealth.
- The Gravitic Infantry is a melee-focused Chronomancy user (formerly named the Heavy).
- The Creep is a stalker in the dark, cunning and covert in his hate.
- The Vector uses disease and debilitation to keep his foes at range while he snipes them to death.
- The Flenser is a Defiler whose knives debilitate and torture his victims.
- The Blood Mage is a Vim-based caster with a mild dip into staff-melee combat.
- ... and more!

(BETA) Shield Hero is an Adventurer who starts with heavy armor and a shield. Not very exciting unless you were annoyed about not being able to equip your Adventurer's shield right away.
(BETA) Prototype Hero is an Adventurer who starts with 1.3 mastery in every category. Not very useful for players, but it might be interesting for addon writers to spitball new category combinations.

(INCOMPLETE) The Flux Marauder is a Paradox thug, stealing time from his enemies.

x (Removed): The human-only Embers of Gerlyk are fire-using magical martial artists. Removed pending new content / 1.6 features.
x (Removed): The skeleton-only Fossils are geomantic martial artists. Removed pending new content / 1.6 features.

Doctornull's Class Pack 1.2.5

Doctornull's Tweak Pack 1.2.3

A collection of tweaks for existing ToME content.

Doctornull's Tweak Pack 1.2.3

Items Vault 1.2.0

Donators/Buyers bonus!
Items Vault 1.2.0

Midnight 1.2.5

Adds two new shadowy Celestial classes.
First is the Moon Paladin, who fight using two weapons and the two moons.
Second is the Starslinger, who imbues their shots with the power of the stars.
Also two new subraces that start in the Far East, regardless of class.
Mardrop Humans and Star Elves.

Now with a new starting zone: Save the Sunwall crops from a worm infestation.
New second starting zone: The Tenebrous Glades.
Travel to the barely made training camp of Midnight via a jumpgate on the west side of the Gates of Morning, then head southwest.
The shadows summoned to conceal the camp have become restless and dangerous. Quiet them down and investigate what is working them up.

Currently there are nine new categories.
Celestial/Night: A utility based generic category that generates negative celestial energies.
Celestial/Lunar Combat: Powerful offensive talents invoking the power of the moons.
Celestial/Guidance: Some defensive and one offensive talents for Moon Paladin.
Celestial/Shooting Stars: Combines star magic with ranged weapons.
Celestial/Deep Space: Some high level celestial magic for Starslinger.
Celestial/Sigils: Shape negative celestial energies into traps.
Celestial/Glory: High level light magic for Sun Paladins and Anorithil.
Celestial/Moon Magic: Magic derived from the two moons of Eyal.
Celestial/Umbra: High level dark magic for Anorithil and Star Slingers.

It also grants Sun and Glyphs to Sun Paladin at 1.3 mastery.
Reworks Chants and Hymns, and buffs Sunburst.

Midnight 1.2.5
Steamtech UI 1.1.4

Verdant Class Pack 1.2.5

Content is modular and various sections can be disabled via the options.

Primary Features
Druid class:
Uncast spells to produce nature based magical effects.
Its an agile nature mage, but can be played as a fighter/mage hybrid, or as a summoner hybrid.
Uses staves, alchemist gems and equilibrium.
Werebeast Class:
Werebeast fits somewhere between Cursed and Wyrmic, with a touch of Rogue thrown in.
Flavour is you have been cursed by nature's hate at those who harm it.
Can be played with conventional weapons or dual mindstars, stealthy or heavy.
Uses both Hate and Equilibrium.
Woodsman Class:
Archery, Summoning and Traps.
Use whatever you need to survive.
Summoner:
A full rework is available.
Allows you to command your critters to attack or defend.
Wyrmic:
A few talents improved and many new categories.
General:
Loads of nature based artifacts.
A few of new inscriptions.
Oozemancer can get the Wild-gift/Symbiant category.

Druid Info

Zigur:
As Druid's use spells they cannot become a Zigur follower, as this would make all their talents unusable.
However, you can still attempt to join Zigur, you might get something special instead.

Categories:
Wild-gift/Land
Wild-gift/Seas
Wild-gift/Winds
Wild-gift/Woodland
Wild-gift/Minerals
Wild-gift/Weather
Wild-gift/Moss
Wild-gift/Volcanism
Wild-gift/Boreal
Wild-gift/Jungle
Wild-gift/Natural Cycles
Wild-gift/Eyal's Embrace
Spell/Staff Combat
Cunning/Herbalism
Wild-gift/Call

Werebeast Info

Categories:
Wild-curse/Wolf Aspect
Wild-curse/Treant Aspect
Wild-curse/Shark Aspect
Wild-curse/Eagle Aspect
Wild-curse/Ritch Aspect
Wild-curse/Silent Hunter
Wild-curse/Psiclaws
Wild-curse/Snake Aspect
Wild-curse/TigerAspect
Wild-curse/Bear Aspect
Wild-curse/Croc Aspect
Wild-curse/Fungus Aspect
Cursed/Rampage
Cursed/Predator
Wild-gift/Hunter

Woodsman Info

Categories:
Cunning/Stealth
Cunning/Trapping
Cunning/Woodcraft
Cunning/Poisons
Wild-gift/Summon-melee
Wild-gift/Summon-utility
Wild-gift/Summon-commands
Technique/Marksmanship
Technique/Archery-utility
Technique/Bow-fexibility
Technique/Combat-Training
Cunning/Survival
Cunning/Herbalism
Wild-gift/Hunter

Summoner Info

Two new summonable critters and revised summoning categories.

New Categories:
Wild-gift/Summon-commands
Wild-gift/Summon-techniques
Wild-gift/Symbiant

Wyrmic Info

New Categories:
Wild-gift/Sea Drake Aspect
Wild-gift/Wind Drake Aspect
Wild-gift/Hunter
Wild-gift/Wild Drake Aspect
Chronomancy/Blink Drake Aspect
Corruption/Blood Drake Aspect

Talent changes:
Lightning Speed now converts your damage to lightning for your next hit.
Wing Buffet replaced with Ember Scales: a flamey aura sustain.

Verdant Class Pack 1.2.5

Call of The Divine 1.2.3

This addon revamps the Divination tree to make its ease of use match its usefulness.
The tree is now much more focused on Arcane Eyes, providing defense and utility based on them.
Additionally, it modifies Vision runes and Sun infusions.

Call of The Divine 1.2.3

Bazaar 1.2.5

- This addon introduces a new variant of vault, the bazaar, where you don't fight for items, but rather buy (or steal) them.

- A central aspect of this addon is a new questline (consisting of 3 follow-up-quests), which introduces the player to the bazaar-system. The questline starts in the Village of Elvala (look out for a special npc - he will lookout for you as well).

- I took the idea to this addon from starsapphire (Idea : Markets in dungeons! - http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=42553)

------ Details: ------

(1) Bazaars can appear in most dungeons and outdoor zones, which happen to also generate vaults; chances for regular vault-generation aren't being limited. Bazaars won't appear in the East however - tradesmen haven't made it there yet.

(2) Each bazaar contains a shopkeeper and a limited amount of items, which can't be pickuped by normal means (they are chained to the ground). Instead, you either have to pay to be able to pick up such an item - or you try to unchain it (success chances scale with cunning, dexterity and talent points in Heightened Senses and Stealth). Failure to unchain it will trigger a trap which teleports the player (and his party) to a parallel zone ("Mirrorscape").

--> To escape from the Mirrorscape, a special guardian needs to be killed. Alternatively, there are two hidden exit points. The Power of the Guardian scales extremely with the Base-Level of the Zone (Break-Points: Level 20, 30, 50, 70) and the item-quality the trap is based on (unique items are protected by stronger guardians). Killing the guardian allows the player to pick up the item in question.

--> Killing the shopkeeper unchains all item in his shop. Shopkeepers are extremely strong, however.

(3) Additionally, each shopkeeper has a rare ingredient for sale, and some of them also sell maps, which point to special treasure areas in a variety of zones. To find out about these special goods, chat with the vendor. (Again, treasuremaps point only to zones in the West.)

(4)In Elvala starts a questline, which leads to the discovery of a new zone, The Bazaar. Follow-up quests then introduce more in depth to the bazaar system.

(5) Most bazaar-vaults will also be generated inside the Infinite Dungeon - most Treasuremaps also work here.

(6) From time to time, a caravan will spawn on the overworld map. Encountering a caravan is similar to an "Ambush", however without meeting hostile npcs - instead, two shopkeepers will offer their items.

So, How to start? --> Go to Elvala, talk with a nice dwarf!

Notable modifications to the core game:

- added a new Faction ("Free Traders")
- Overload: added an event zone to Elvala
- Superload: engine/generator/map/roomer.lua - small extension to the code to enable bazaar-vaults to spawn, worldDirectorAI - adding a script for the caravans to spawn
- Hooks: data/talents/misc/npcs, data/talents/misc/objects, data/timed_effects, /data/general/stores/basic, data/general/objects/special-artifacts, /data/general/objects/boss-artifacts.lua, data/general/objects/world-artifacts

Feedback about bugs, improvements, compatibility issues very welcome.

Fixed:
- made vendors "slightly" tougher by giving them a more badass summon and draconic body
- put warnings on treasuremaps, where those lead to very dangerous areas
- fixed an issue with the Infinite Dungeon

24.11.
- Shopkeepers won't get extra talents/classes in higher difficulties anymore (this could lead to errors)
- increased Shopkeepers Life and Resists

27.11
- added more safety-checks to vendors before trying to "return home" after being dislocated, to address a possible error

1.12
- fixed shopguards following the player around while being neutral/friendly
- fixed levelranges to all treasuremaps, which should make them a bit easier on normal and doable on higher difficulties

12.12
- making vendorporting more failsafe (again)
- tuned down a certain lady in the pocket dimension

20.12.

- removed an empty event file from the bazaar main zone, as it would trigger an error with the latest ashes update

01.02.
- items inside bazaars got a new trap. Failing to unchain an items won't upset the vendor anymore, instead the culprit gets cast into an alternate zone, the mirrorscape (much like fearscape)
- caravans spawn from time to time on the worldmap
--> more details inside the updated content text

A warning: you are trapped inside the mirrorscape until you defeat its guardian or find the exit

Bazaar 1.2.5

Stone Wardens Bonus Class 1.2.3

Donators/Buyers bonus!
Stone Wardens Bonus Class 1.2.3

Charsheet Talents Improvement 1.2.3

Improves the charsheet talents listing. Note: might be be implemented by next patch

Charsheet Talents Improvement 1.2.3

Half Orcs 1.2.5

You are the bastard son of an orc invader from the east and a farmer's wife.
Not ever knowing your father, you decide the best way to find him is to become an adventurer.

Introducing Half-Orcs!

0.0.2 Bugfix Release:
Fixed survival instinct not triggering.
Fixed Running for your life increasing global not movement.

0.0.3
Fixed survival instinct not increasing with multiple mobs
Rebalanced survival instinct to give less bonus that Cunning/Tactical/Tactical Expert
Renamed race from Half to HalfOrc (Will change this later to Half-Orc or Half Orc if I can figure out why it wasn't letting me)
Other bugfixes that I can't remember

0.0.4
Went Mad.
Broke Survival instinct
Fixed Survival instinct
Rescaled Survival instinct

0.0.5
Killed more bugs.
Wondered if bugs are spreading?

0.0.6 "Home sweet home Edition"
Killed bugs.
Created half-orc's home. Can only be accessed once for now, will fix this later.
Renamed Tough Upbringing to Garkul's Successor
Added misc things that I forgot to note down.
Removed Survival instinct, shifted talents down and added Devourer's Strength as the new third tier talent

Half Orcs 1.2.5

Illim race 1.2.3

This addon adds an Illim race, an otherworldly explorers whose native world died from old age before their kind did.

Illim race 1.2.3
CampaignMaj'Eyal
ModeNormal Adventure
SexFemale
RaceIllim
ClassMesmer
Level / Exp1 / 89%
Sizemedium
Lifes / Deaths
Killed by Forest Troll Hedge-Wizard at level 1 on the 75th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 14:48
Killed by Priscilla at level 1 on the 75th Pyre 122nd year of Ascendancy at 15:04
0 / 2

Primary Stats

Strength15 (base 15)
Dexterity11 (base 10)
Constitution11 (base 10)
Magic14 (base 14)
Willpower11 (base 10)
Cunning15 (base 13)

Resources

Life104/104
Mana105/105
Healing Factor1
Regeneration0.25

Speed

Mental0%
Attack0%
Movement-66.666666666667%
Spell0%
Global+100%

Vision

Sight10
Lite2

Offense: Mainhand

Damage10
Accuracy5
Crit Chance4%
APR2
Speed1.00

Offense: Spell

Spellpower14
Crit Chance2%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower13.7
Crit Chance2%
Speed1

Offense: Damage Bonus

All0%

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)0 (30%)
Defense0.35
Ranged Defense0.35
Fatigue0
Physical Save9.1
Spell Save8.75
Mental Save9.1

Defense: Resistances

All 0%( 70%)

Defense: Immunities

Instadeath Resistance100%

Inscriptions (2/3)

Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: 8
Cooldown: 18
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: instant
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to fire a beam of lightning, doing 13.33 to 40.00 lightning damage.
Also transform you into pure lightning for 2 turns; any damage will teleport you to an adjacent tile and ignore the damage (can only happen once per turn)
Rune: Lightning
Runes
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 14
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: 1 turn
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to become invisible (power 10) for 5 turns.
As you become invisible you fade out of phase with reality, all your damage is reduced by 40%.
Rune: Invisibility

Class Talents

Spell / Signets1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 27
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Description: While sustained, this signet increases the percentage of your health that each of your newly-created illusions receives by 6.

    When you deactivate this signet (which takes no time) it resets the cooldowns on Mind Wrack and Decoy.

    The effects will increase with your Strength.

    Commentary: Superficially similar to the "Resilience" talent for Summoners, but with a different passive benefit calculation. Since Mesmers cannot really wear any armor and have low health, they primarily survive by avoiding damage and by having their illusions take damage for them. As a result, this talent, which buffs illusion health by 5-25%, may actually be closer to "Shielding", which buffs damage shields by 25-60%.
    Signet of Illusions
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 90
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Description: While sustained, this signet increases the arcane, light and physical damage you deal by 0.48%.

    When you deactivate this signet (which takes no time) it stuns all foes (power 15) within radius 1 for 3 turns.

    The effects will increase with your Strength.

    Commentary: Mesmers primarily deal arcane, light and physical damage. The scaling (3% per talent level) falls between "Hymn of Shadows" (5-25% over five levels) and "Wildfire" (2% per talent level).
    Signet of Domination
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 90
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Description: While sustained, all temporary beneficial effects applied to you have their durations increased by -1 turn(s). Each temporary effect instance can be extended only once. The duration increase is applied whenever you take an action, so ephemeral beneficial effects that last at most one turn (such as Mesmeric Dodge) may not be extended.

    When you deactivate this signet (which takes no time) it blinds all foes (power 15) within radius 1 for 3 turns.

    The effects will increase with your Strength.

    Commentary: This "boon duration and synergy" effect has no general equivalent in ToME. There are talents that increase the durations of particular effects (e.g., only damage shields or only regenerations). This Signet increases all beneficial effects that last more than one turn. This has a pleasant synergy with default Mesmer staff powers, but the clever player will find other fruitful combinations (e.g., buffs from inscriptions or charms, etc.).
    Signet of Midnight
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 90
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Description: While sustained, your movement speed is increased by 1%.

    When you deactivate this signet (which takes no time) it creates a burst of celerity, increasing your movement speed by 22% for 1 turn(s). Any actions other than movement will cancel the effect. Note: since you will be moving very fast, game turns will pass very slowly.

    The effects will increase with your Strength.

    Commentary: The passive speed benefit follows "Celerity" (but does not include free item set switching). The burst speed benefit is half as strong as "Lightning Speed". Mobility is critical for Mesmers, and this is the only Mesmer power that increases raw movement speed.
    Signet of Inspiration
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 90
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Description: Every three turns while this signet is sustained you heal 0.00 per illusion you control.

    When you deactivate (which takes no time) this signet it creates an ethereal burst, healing you for 14. In addition, the burst resets the cooldowns on the Mirror Blade, Phantasmal Berserker, Phase Retreat, and Phantasmal Warlock talents.

    The effects will increase with your Strength.

    Commentary: This ability helps Mesmers when they need it most: in the middle of a tough battle that requires multiple illusions. When the illusions are gone, the deactivation power resets some of the cooldowns needed to summon more. The passive healing rate scaling (3.0 per illusion per talent level every 3 turns) loosely follows "Fast Metabolism" (about 3.0 per talent level every turn), assuming you can keep three illusions alive.
    Signet of Ether
0/5
Spell / Mesmer staff1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 3
    Travel Speed: 800% of base
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Is: a spell
    Description: Bounces an orb of kinetic energy between foes and allies that applies random beneficial effects to allies and harmful conditions to foes.

    Damage to foes: 9.03 physical damage, plus one of:
    either 27.08 illusion arcane damage over 4 turns
    or 27.08 illusion light damage over 4 turns.
    In addition, weapon "on melee hit" effects can trigger.

    If illusion damage over time would be applied to a victim already suffering from that type of ongoing illusion, the resonance causes the entire previous illusion damage to be dealt at once before the new illusion effect is applied.

    Effect to allies: Mesmeric Overload (+10% to all damage per application, max 10%) for 5 turns.

    After the attack the mesmer steps back one square away from the target.

    The bolt can bounce to a creature within range 6 of the last target up to 3 times. A creature cannot be struck by multiple bounces from the same use of this talent. Note that because of the bouncing you can profitably aim this talent at a friendly target, such as an illusion. The effects increase with Magic and the critical chance is based on your spell crit rate.

    Commentary: This is one of three staple Mesmer powers. It reinforces a focus on ranged attacks and mobility. The cooldown and damage follow "Flame", except that Flame is dealt over 3 turns while this is dealt over 4 (further encouraging mobility). Stacking Mesmeric Overload from illusions can result in a substantial damage increase during long-running fights, but requires investment in this talent to raise the cap.
    Winds of Chaos
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 3
    Cooldown: 15
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a spell
    Description: Teleports you to up to 3 tiles away, to a targeted location in line of sight.

    In addition, an illusionary clone will be created at your old location. The illusionary clone has 1% of your health (plus a 0% bonus from signets), deals 0% of your damage, never moves, and knows the talents Winds of Chaos, Spatial Surge and Ether Blast at the same levels you do. Newly-created illusions are invulnerable for one turn. Illusions disappear after five turns without an enemy target. It serves largely to distract foes.

    This spell takes no time to cast.

    Commentary: An iconic Mesmer ability, Phase Retreat is commonly used to escape melee foes as well as to dodge projectiles and area-of-effect attacks. The cooldown is the same as "Phase Door" and the instant perfect control follows "Dimensional Step", but the range is significantly lower than both.
    Phase Retreat
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 4
    Cooldown: 18
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Is: a spell
    Description: Summons an illusionary clone of you in an empty square in range 4. After the summoning the Mesmer steps back one square away from the target.

    The illusionary clone has 0% of your health (plus a 0% bonus from signets), deals 50% of your damage, never moves, and knows the talents Winds of Chaos, Spatial Surge and Ether Blast at the same levels you do. Newly-created illusions are invulnerable for one turn. Illusions disappear after five turns without an enemy target.

    When using Winds of Chaos, the illusion deals an additional 10% damage to a foe for each detrimental effect currently afflicting that foe.

    Commentary: Phantasms have more health and deal more damage than normal illusionary clones. Between the Mesmeric Overload buff from Winds of Chaos and this phantasm's bonus based on enemy conditions, this talent has the potential to double your damage output -- if it can be kept alive.
    Phantasmal Warlock
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 35
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a spell
    Description: Surround yourself with chaos armor for -20 turns. When you are struck, you receive a random beneficial effect and your foe receives a random detrimental effect.

    Beneficial: Heal for 10.
    Beneficial: Earthen Barrier (reduces incoming physical damage by 14%) for 5 turns.
    Beneficial: Out of Phase (increases resists by 14, reduces incoming negative effect duration by 14%) for 5 turns.

    Detrimental: Confused (50% chance) for 5 turns.
    Detrimental: Crippled (30% melee, spell and mental speed) for 5 turns.
    Detrimental: Blinded (power 14) for 5 turns.

    Effects increase with Magic.

    Commentary: An iconic Mesmer power. The healing scaling follows "Healing Light". Commonly used when a tough foe has cornered the Mesmer and is in melee range. Be careful, however: if you are a Mesmer and foes are hitting you repeatedly, you are probably already about to lose.
    Chaos Armor
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 35
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Is: a spell
    Description: Summon a chaotic magical storm of radius 0 for 6 turns. Each turn the storm applies a beneficial effect to allies. Each turn the the storm applies damage and one random detrimental effect to foes.

    Damage: 1.85 physical. In addition, weapon "on melee hit" effects can trigger.
    Detrimental: Stunned for three turns (power 14.00).
    Detrimental: Frozen for three turns (power 14.00).
    Detrimental: Poisoned for 5.56 damage over three turns.
    Detrimental: Weakened for three turns (power 33).

    Beneficial: Mesmeric Overload (+10% to all damage per application, max 0%) for 5 turns.

    After summoning the storm the mesmer steps back one square away from the target.

    The effects will increase with your Magic. This talent does not generate critical hits.

    Commentary: An iconic Mesmer power, and their only real source of area denial and true area-of-effect control. The damage to foes is immaterial compared to the crowd control effects, which are re-applied every turn as foes sit in the storm: forcing a foe to walk through a Chaos Storm is a significant advantage. Dually, sitting in one's own Chaos Storm can yield growing damage bonuses from stacks of Mesmeric Overload.
    Chaos Storm
0/5
Spell / Mesmer greatblade1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 12
    Cooldown: 3
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Conjures a spatial disturbance beam that can hit multiple foes. The damage increases with your Strength and your distance to the target. The critical chance is based on your physical crit rate. After the attack the mesmer steps back one square away from the target.

    Range 8+: 40.30 physical damage
    Range 7: 36.27 physical damage
    Range 6: 32.24 physical damage
    Range 5: 28.21 physical damage
    Range 4: 24.18 physical damage
    Range 3: 20.15 physical damage
    Range 2: 16.12 physical damage
    Range 1: 12.09 physical damage
    In addition, weapon "on melee hit" effects can trigger.

    Commentary: This is one of three staple Mesmer powers. It reinforces a focus on long-range attacks and mobility. The cooldown and damage follow "Lightning", but the damage total is based on distance instead of being based on chance.
    Spatial Surge
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: 800% of base
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Bounces an illusionary greatblade between foes and allies. The weapon applies random beneficial effects to allies and harmful conditions to foes. After the attack the Mesmer steps back one square away from the target.

    Base damage to foes: 4.85 physical damage. The damage will increase with Strength and the critical chance is based on your physical crit rate. In addition, weapon "on melee hit" effects can trigger.
    Extra effect to foes: Weakened for three turns (power 33).
    Effect to allies: Mesmeric Overload (+10% to all damage per application, max 0%) for 10 turns.

    The bolt can bounce to a creature within range 6 of the last target up to 3 times. No creature will be struck twice by the same bolt.

    In addition, an illusionary clone is created adjacent to your current location. The illusionary clone has 1% of your health (plus a 0% bonus from signets), deals 0% of your damage, never moves, and knows the talents Winds of Chaos, Spatial Surge and Ether Blast at the same levels you do. Newly-created illusions are invulnerable for one turn. Illusions disappear after five turns without an enemy target. It serves largely to distract foes.

    Commentary: The damage scaling follows "Flameshock". This does not stun but does have a lower cooldown and creates an illusion.
    Mirror Blade
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Slices an illusionary greatblade through the target area. Each foe within a radius -1 of the target is struck for 7.73 physical damage and has up to 0 beneficial temporary effect(s) or sustained talent(s) removed. In addition, weapon "on melee hit" effects can occur. After the attack the Mesmer steps back one square away from the target. The damage increases with Strength and the critical chance is based on your physical crit rate.

    Commentary: The damage scaling follows "Fireflash", but the radius here is smaller and the cooldown is higher. Removing beneficial effects from foes is thematic to the Mesmer.
    Mind Stab
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 8
    Cooldown: 20
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Summons an illusionary clone of you in an empty square in range 8. After the attack the mesmer steps one square away from the target.

    The illusionary clone has 15% of your health (plus a 0% bonus from signets), deals 50% of your damage, never moves, and knows the talents Combat Accuracy and Illusionary Death Dance at this level. Newly-created illusions are invulnerable for one turn. Illusions disappear after five turns without an enemy target. Illusionary Death Dance can be used every other turn: the illusion attacks all foes in radius 2 for 140% of weapon damage and cripples them, reducing their speeds by 33% for one turn.

    Commentary: Phantasms have more health and deal more damage than normal illusionary clones. Illusionary Death Dance follows "Death Dance" but with radius 2 (recall: illusions cannot move) and an additional cripple. This is the only Memser talent that uses attacks to inflict direct weapon damage; the illusion can miss.
    Phantasmal Berserker
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 28
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Push back all foes in front of you with waves of magical energy. Sends out three consecutive blast waves in a 1 radius cone to foes. Each wave separately deals 1.70 physical damage, applies weapon "on hit" effects, and knocks victims back by two squares. The blast waves usually hit foes more then once, depending on the radius and the knockback effect.

    After the attack the mesmer steps back one square away from the target.

    The damage will scale with your Strength.

    Commentary: The radius and damage loosely follow "Repulsion Blast", but with a 50% damage increase (instead of Paradox scaling) and 700% cooldown increase. This is typically a last-ditch talent for Mesmers who are out of mobility talents.
    Illusionary Wave
0/5
Spell / Mantras1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 1
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a spell
    Description: Meditate, charging a spell that will distract your target.

    You store up the energy to use mantras slowly, gaining one charge every 30 turns after last use of any mantra. Once charged, Mantras have no other cooldown and can be used rapidly. Mantra effects increase with Magic.

    Mantra of Distraction confuses (power 50%) and dazes all foes in radius 2 for 2 turn(s) and takes no time to use. Dazed targets cannot move, deal half damage, and have half defense, saves, accuracy, and power. Any damage will break the daze.

    You currently have 0 out of 0 stored charges of Mantra of Distraction.

    Commentary: This Mantra acts as an ersatz mobility power, buying the Mesmer precious turns to escape or heal during a fight. The radius scaling is similar to "Bellowing Roar", but this talent deals no damage.
    Mantra of Distraction
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 1
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a spell
    Description: Meditate, charging a spell that will damage your target.

    You store up the energy to use mantras slowly, gaining one charge every 30 turns from last use of any mantra. Once charged, Mantras have no other cooldown and can be used rapidly. Mantra effects increase with Magic and the critical chance is based on your magical crit rate.

    Mantra of Pain deals 3.73 arcane and 3.73 light damage to one target and takes no time to use.

    You currently have 0 out of 0 stored charges of Mantra of Pain.

    Commentary: Mesmers typically deal slightly less damage than other "squishy" classes (Archmages, Oozemancers, etc.). This Mantra provides additional damage when other talents are unavailable but does not directly smooth out the Mesmer weapon swap cooldown cycle.
    Mantra of Pain
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 1
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a spell
    Description: Meditate, charging a spell that will grant you stability.

    You store up the energy to use mantras slowly, gaining one charge every 30 turns from last use of any mantra. Once charged, Mantras have no other cooldown and can be used rapidly. Mantra effects increase with Magic.

    Mantra of Concentration grants you free action for 1 turns. This prevents all stuns, dazes, and pinning effects. Mantra of Concentration takes no time to use.

    You currently have 0 out of 0 stored charges of Mantra of Concentration.

    Commentary: This is the free action effect from "Infusion: Movement", but without the wild speed movement bonus. Mesmers have no innate way to gain resistance to stunning, dazing or pinning, so talents that remove such effects are critical.
    Mantra of Concentration
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 1
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a spell
    Description: Meditate, charging a spell that will free you of harmful effects.

    You store up the energy to use mantras slowly, gaining one charge every 30 turns since last use of any mantra. Once charged, Mantras have no other cooldown and can be used rapidly. Mantra effects increase with Magic.

    Mantra of Resolve removes 1 detrimental effect(s) currently afflicting you, chosen at random. It takes no time to use.

    You currently have 0 out of 0 stored charges of Mantra of Resolve.

    Commentary: Mesmers have no innate way to gain elemental resistance or resistance to stuns, dazes and the like. Talents that can remove control or damage-over-time effects are thus critical.
    Mantra of Resolve
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 1
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a spell
    Description: Meditate, charging a spell that will restore your health.

    You store up the energy to use mantras slowly, gaining one charge every 30 turns since last use of any mantra. Once charged, Mantras have no other cooldown and can be used rapidly. Mantra effects increase with Magic.

    Mantra of Recovery restores 29.76 health. Mantra of Recovery takes no time to use.

    You currently have 0 out of 0 stored charges of Mantra of Recovery.

    Commentary: The scaling is the average of "Arcane Reconstruction" and "Healing Light". As befitting a high-level talent, this acts as an emergency "get out of jail free" card, but note that the low health and lack of armor on a Mesmer mean that one-shots remain a danger.
    Mantra of Recovery
0/5
Spell / Mesmer shortblade1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 4
    Cooldown: 3
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Assaults nearby foes with a two-stage attack.

    First, the mesmer creates a range 4 beam that deals light damage to all foes, possibly pinning them. The effects increase with your Strength and your physical crit chance. The mesmer then teleports to the last square in the beam.

    Second, the mesmer creates a radius 4 cone that deals arcane illusion damage to all foes, possibly stunning them. The effects increase with your Magic and your spell crit chance. The mesmer steps back one square away from the cone.

    Beam Damage: 14.95 light damage
    Beam Effect: Pinned for 1 turn(s) (power 15)
    Cone Damage: 14.60 arcane illusion damage (over 4 turns)
    Cone Effect: Stunned for 1 turn(s) (power 14)
    In addition, weapon "on melee hit" effects can trigger.

    Commentary: This flexible talent can either serve as a short-range escape or as a source of disabling and damage. It requires careful positioning to be as damaging as Winds of Chaos or Spatial Surge, however. At low talent levels the mesmer must be dangerously close to foes to be effective -- this is a 'quadratic'-style talent that becomes much more effective around talent level 4. The damage follows "Invoke Darkness" with the addition of pinning and stunning.
    Ether Blast
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 2
    Cooldown: 12
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Controls an area with a two-stage attack.

    First, the mesmer creates a cone of radius 2 that pins foes. The mesmer then steps back one square.

    Second, the mesmer creates a spinning trap of light anywhere in radius 2. The trap spins with incredible speed, typically enough to hit each nearby creature twice over about 8 turns. The trap harm foes and help friends in radius 6 (but not those standing directly atop it).

    Cone Effect to foes: Pinned for 0 turn(s) (power 14)
    Cone Effect to foes: Weapon "on melee hit" effects can trigger
    Beam Damage to foes: 3.81 light damage to foes
    Beam Effect to foes: Push 1 square
    Beam Effect to allies: Mesmeric Overload (+10% to all damage per application, max 0%) for 5 turns

    Cone effects increase with Magic. Beam effects increase with Strength and use your physical crit chance.

    Commentary: The created trap follows "Aether Beam" in total damage but with double the radius. While not as effective as Chaos Storm, this talent can serve as reasonable area-of-effect control and damage. However, the relatively long time it takes to deal full damage means tha the mesmer must find other ways to stay alive in the interim.
    Vortex
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Description: Protects and retaliates with a two-stage defense.

    First, the mesmer creates a personal illusionary shield for 1 turns. During turn 1, the shield keeps you out of phase with reality (100% resist all, 100% detrimental effect duration reduction).

    Second, the next 0 time(s) a source of damage would be applied to you, this shield attempts to create an illusionary clone adjacent to the attacker. After each such attack you take one step away from the attacker.

    The illusionary clone has 1% of your health (plus a 0% bonus from signets), deals 0% of your damage, never moves, and knows the talents Winds of Chaos, Spatial Surge and Ether Blast at the same levels you do. Newly-created illusions are invulnerable for one turn. Illusions disappear after five turns without an enemy target. It serves largely to distract foes.

    This spell takes no time to cast.

    Commentary: Note that distance and line-of-sight are not required for this talent to function. However, unlike other effects that create illusionary clones, this one is not entirely under the Mesmer's control: you must take a hit from a foe to trigger it. It is thus difficult to use proactively, for scouting, or to draw early fire.
    Illusionary Counter
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Controls an area and manipulates cooldowns with a two-stage attack.

    First, the mesmer projects a distoring sphere of radius 2 in range 10. Enemies within the sphere are damaged and pulled toward the center. Allies within the sphere are pushed out.

    Second, the mesmer creates a temporal curtain: a wall up to length 9 in range 5 with thickness-radius 1. Whenever a foe interacts with the curtain, up to 0 of that foe's available talents (chosen at random) are placed on a 0 turn cooldown. For each such talent placed on cooldown, one of the mesmer's cooling-down talents (chosen at random) has its timeout reduced by 0 turn(s). Whenever a friendly illusionary clone or phantasm interacts with the wall, one of the illusion's cooldowns is reduced by 1 turn. The wall lasts for 2 turn(s).

    Sphere Damage to foes: 5 light illusion (over 4 turns)
    Sphere Effect to foes: Weapon "on melee hit" effects can trigger
    Curtain Effect to foes: 0 separate 0-turn cooldown transfers
    Curtain Effect to foes: Crippled (30% melee, spell and mental speed) for 3 turns

    Sphere effects increase with Strength and use your physical crit chance.

    Commentary: The sphere effect follows "Gravity Spike". With careful placement the sphere can separate the Mesmer from nearby enemies, allowing the wall to be placed between them. The mesmer has the flexible choice of filling the wall with friendly illusions (allowing them to attack faster) or leaving the wall empty so that foes will walk through it (allowing the mesmer's talents to recover faster). If this talent does not appear to be reducing your cooldowns, recall that most normal foes do not have actionable talents.
    Temporal Curtain
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 8
    Cooldown: 20
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Summons an illusionary clone of you in an empty square in range 8. After the attack the mesmer steps one square away from the target. This illusion is uniquely adaptive: it is the only mesmer illusion capable of moving on its own. It cannot take advantage of "free step" movement built into certain Mesmer powers but can spend its turn to walk after foes.

    The illusionary clone has 12% of your health (plus a 0% bonus from signets), deals 50% of your damage, CAN move, and knows the talents Winds of Chaos, Spatial Surge and Ether Blast at the same levels you do. Newly-created illusions are invulnerable for one turn. Illusions disappear after five turns without an enemy target.

    Commentary: Phantasms have more health and deal more damage than normal illusionary clones. This is the only illusion with even a hint of movement, admitting a range of summoner tactics (e.g., sending the illusion into a foe-filled room you cannot see).
    Phantasmal Bladefighter
0/5

Generic Talents

Spell / Mesmer utility1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 42
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Gain invisibility for 1 turns (power 15, reduces outgoing damage by 50%). This talent takes no time to use.

    In addition, 1 illusionary clone(s) of you is created adjacent to your current location (if open space is available). The illusionary clone has 8% of your health (plus a 0% bonus from signets), deals 1% of your damage, never moves, and knows the talents Winds of Chaos, Spatial Surge and Ether Blast at the same levels you do. Newly-created illusions are invulnerable for one turn. Illusions disappear after five turns without an enemy target. Each illusion serves largely to distract foes.

    Effects increase with Cunning.

    Commentary: The duration scaling follows "Unstoppable". Invisibility is iconic for illusionist Mesmers, and this utility power provides access to it at low levels (but at 50% reduced damage instead of the usual 40%). The invisibility and the clone(s) serve to make this a useful escape power, but be wary of waiting until foes are in melee range to use it, since some foes will see through the invisibility.
    Decoy
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Heal yourself for 10, plus 1 per active illusion you control.

    Effects increase with Cunning.

    Commentary: The scaling and cooldown follow "Healing Light" but at a higher talent requirement. Repeated, weak healing that takes time is a Mesmer hallmark. Much like Archmages and similar squishy casters, Mesmers need early access to healing for survival. The weak-but-reusable nature of this heal provides actions for Mesmers to smooth out their weapon-swap-cooldown cycle.
    Ether Feast
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Is: a mind power
    Description: You create a mesmeric portal, bridging the space between yourself and a point within range. You immediately step through, leaving behind a pair of linked portal entrances. If you step on either portal you will be teleported to the other. The portals will last 2 turns. You may choose the general exit location target area (radius 10 within range).

    The effects scale with your Cunning.

    Commentary: The allies-only temporary portal is an iconic Mesmer power. The scaling and effects here follow "Wormhole" almost directly, but with one end of the portal under the Mesmer's feet and the other at an almost-random point in range (often into an unexplored area). This is provides a crucial but chancy additional escape power for Mesmers, and at higher levels can also be used for profitable back-and-forth kiting.
    Blink Portal
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 110
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: instant
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Surround yourself with an illusion of life. This increases three of your primary stats by 0 for 1 turn(s).

    In addition, while this effect is active, you will only die when reaching -10 life. However, when below 0 you cannot see how much life you have left.

    The effect will always increase your three highest stats and scales with your Cunning.

    Commentary: The effects follow "Infusion: Heroism". This provides another last-second saving grace power for squishy Mesmers. The relatively long duration should allow Mesmers losing a fight to escape and recover.
    Illusion of Life
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 2
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Summons an illusionary clone of you in an empty square in range 2.

    The illusionary clone has 10% of your health (plus a 0% bonus from signets), deals 0% of your damage, never moves, and knows the talents Winds of Chaos, Spatial Surge and Ether Blast at the same levels you do. Newly-created illusions are invulnerable for one turn. Illusions disappear after five turns without an enemy target. It serves largely to distract your foes.

    The effects increase with your Cunning.

    Commentary: The primary advantage of this power is the high health of the illusionary clone. This allows it to serve either as an indirect damage shield while you fight or as a long-lived distraction while you flee.
    Phantasmal Defender
0/5
Cunning / Survival1.00
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You notice the small things others do not notice, allowing you to "see" creatures in a 1 radius even outside of light radius.
    This is not telepathy, however, and it is still limited to line of sight.
    Also, your attention to detail allows you to detect traps around you (0 detection 'power').
    At level 3, you learn to disarm known traps (0 disarm 'power').
    The trap detection and disarming ability improves with your Cunning.
    Heightened Senses
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your cunning manipulations allows you to use charms (wands, totems and torques) more efficiently, reducing their cooldowns by 0%.
    Charm Mastery
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You look at your surroundings with more intensity than most people, allowing you to see stealthed or invisible creatures.
    Increases stealth detection by 5 and invisibility detection by 5.
    The detection power increases with your Cunning.
    Piercing Sight
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Your quick wit allows you to see attacks before they land, granting you a 5% chance to completely evade them and granting you 0 defense for 6 turns.
    Duration increases with Willpower, and chance to evade and defense with Cunning and Dexterity.
    Evasion
0/5
Spell / Mesmer traits1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 2
    Cooldown: 5
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Perform a mesmeric dodge, teleporting you to an open square within range.

    During the dodge you become out of phase with reality (100% resist all, 100% detrimental effect duration reduction) for one turn, rendering you almost invulnerable.

    In addition, during the dodge you quickly swap your current weapon set and your alternate weapon set.

    At Talent level 2, you also create an illusionary clone of yourself in your old location. The illusionary clone has 6% of your health (plus a 0% bonus from signets), deals 1% of your damage, never moves, and knows the talents Winds of Chaos, Spatial Surge and Ether Blast at the same levels you do. Newly-created illusions are invulnerable for one turn. Illusions disappear after five turns without an enemy target. It serves largely to distract foes.

    Commentary: This is one of three staple Mesmer powers. It reinforces a focus on ranged attacks and mobility. Perhaps most importantly, it greatly facilities the Mesmer's weapon swap cooldown cycle. A canny Mesmer might use a few greatsword powers until those are on cooldown and foes are in range, and then dodge-and-switch to staff powers. Using staff powers gives some greatsword powers time to complete their cooldowns, so on the next dodge-and-switch the cycle repeats. Mesmers care significantly about swapping weapon sets, but unlike Temporal Wardens they cannot swap for free at will. Instead, they must either use Mesmeric Dodge or spend a turn manually swapping.
    Mesmeric Dodge
1/2
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: At Talent level 1, this trait has no effect.

    At Talent level 2, all illusions you create release a slowing backlash when destroyed, crippling all foes in radius 2 (reducing their speed by 33%) for 3 turns. This occurs whenever an illusion dies for any reason (e.g., intentional Mind Wrack, lethal damage from enemies, etc.). In addition, your Winds of Chaos, Spatial Surge and Ether Blast talents knock foes back by 1 square.

    Commentary: Mesmeric Traits are minor passive benefits that require a significant investment of character development resources (cf. "Feats" in other RPGs). Crippling foes that kill illusions and knocking back foes via basic attacks significantly improve a Mesmer's ability to escape melee range and kite enemies.
    Crippling Illusions
0/2
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: At Talent level 1, this trait has no effect.

    At Talent level 2, all illusions you create have a +20% increased critical hit chance on all attacks. In addition, creating an illusion reduces your current remaining Mantra meditation recharge time by 50%.

    Commentary: Mesmeric Traits are minor passive benefits that require a significant investment of character development resources (cf. "Feats" in other RPGs). This trait directly increases illusion damage -- typically by about 10%, but the exact amount depends on your critical chance and critical damage multiplier. It also supports a Mantra-heavy build, but recall that any Mantra use still resets the recharge time, so strictly alternating Mantra uses with illusion creations is "not a combo."
    Illusionary Frenzy
0/2
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: At Talent level 1, this trait has no effect.

    At Talent level 2, whenever you de-activate a signet its mesmeric energies purge one temporary detrimental effect from you, chosen at random.

    Commentary: Mesmeric Traits are minor passive benefits that require a significant investment of character development resources (cf. "Feats" in other RPGs). This trait further rewards Mesmers who have invested in Signets. It can be easy to forget about the burst de-activation powers of Signets, and this trait provides an additional incentive. Mesmers have no innate resistance to stuns, dazes, lingering elemental damage, etc., and thus treasure every option for removing negative status effects.
    Cleansing Signets
0/2
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: At Talent level 1, this trait has no effect.

    At Talent level 2, whenever one of your illusions dies you scavenge some of its etheric essence and heal yourself for 3. The effect scales with Cunning.

    Commentary: Mesmeric Traits are minor passive benefits that require a significant investment of character development resources (cf. "Feats" in other RPGs). This trait encourages a mobility-and-shatter playstyle by providing extra durability.
    Restorative Illusions
0/2
Race / Illim1.00
  • Effective talent level: 1.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 50
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Illim's soul strength far surpasses that of most Eyalites, and they may extend its power beyond body's border in a blast, removing ailments unnatural to them.
    Invokes 5 soul shards, each instantly removing one effect of one of the certain kinds. Unused shards stay around user for 5 turns, being consumed on future detrimental effects.
    Each time an effect is removed this way, user regenerates 100 health over 5 turns, scaling with user's level; this effect is refreshed each time that happens
    Affected effect types type are as follows:
    At talent level 1: Stuns and Pins, as soul refuses to be restricted.
    At talent level 2: Poisons and Diseases, as soul cleanses the blood.
    At talent level 3: Silences and Disarms, as soul is free to to act and fight.
    At talent level 4: Confusions and Blinds, as soul's senses are sharp and keen.
    At talent level 5: Sleep and Stone, as soul is ever vigilant.
    Absolute Territory
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Illim do not belong to this world, and as frail as their bodies may seem, they are not fully a subject to its hazards.
    Gain 4% physical resistance. Additionally, when you take a hit in physical damage that takes more than 7% of your current Life, you gain 6% physical resistance for 1 turns.
    Otherworldly
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Illim's memory of their home can extend their body's limits beyond ordinary.
    Each time you are overhealed by a healing effect or regeneration, you store 28% (14% for direct heals) of its value as a damage shield, lasting five turns.
    It will boost any other damage shield you might have, but won't affect its duration.
    This talent cannot extend the shield's strength beyond 0% of your current regeneration rate.
    Fruits of Memory
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Description: Illim appear peaceful, but there's a reason their race survive for so long. And if you pick a strife with Illim, I wouldn't place my bet on you.
    Grants 100% life leech chance and 2% bonus lifesteal for 1 turns.
    Fruits of Life
0/5
Spell / Shatter illusions1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 14
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: 1 turn
    Is: a mind power
    Description: Detonate all of your active illusions, harming every foe within radius 2 of one of your illusions.

    Damage: 22 light and 22 arcane.
    Stunned: 0 turn(s) (power 15, from Diversion).
    Confusion: 0 turn(s) (power 50%, from Cry of Frustration).
    Pre-Detonation Pull: foes in radius 0 (from Into the Void).

    Invisibility: 0 turn(s) per detonated illusion (power 15, reduces outgoing damage by 40%, from Distortion).

    Effects increase with Cunning. The critical chance is based on your mental crit rate.

    Commentary: This is an iconic Mesmer ability. When illusions are about to die -- or when you want to end a fight early -- they can be detonated to harm or cripple foes. The scaling is 150% the damage dealt by the icy spell "Shatter". Mind Wrack is harder to aim, requires and destroys illusions, and does not inflict control effects without additional talent points spent elsewhere. It does have the potential to hit multiple targets, however, and foes surrounded by multiple illusions can be hit multiple times.
    Mind Wrack
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Mind Wrack now stuns foes within range of your detonated illusions. Foes are stunned (power 15) for 0 turn(s). The effect increases with your Cunning.

    Commentary: These talents improve Mind Wrack in the same fashion that the Rampage or Shadow trees improve their base talents. Stunning may give the Mesmer a chance to escape now that all of its illusions are gone.
    Diversion
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Mind Wrack now confuses foes within range of your detonated illusions. Foes are confused (power 50%) for 0 turn(s).

    Commentary: These talents improve Mind Wrack in the same fashion that the Rampage and Shadow trees improve their base talents. Confusion is rare, but if the Mesmer is lucky it can be more useful than stunning.
    Cry of Frustration
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Mind Wrack now takes you out of phase with reality, rendering you Invisible for 0 turn(s) cumulative per illusion shattered with power 7 cumulative per illusion shattered. As you become invisible you fade out of phase with reality: all of your damage is reduced by 40%. (Reminder: you may cancel beneficial temporary effects early if you so desire.) The effect increases with your Cunning.

    Commentary: This provides another flavor of post-Wrack escape for the higher-level Mesmer.
    Distortion
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Just before each of your illusions detonates via Mind Wrack, it pulls all foes within radius 0 toward itself. (The order in which illusions detonate is unspecified. Multiple illusions can pull the same foe.)

    Commentary: This is a flavorful way of increasing the effective range of Mind Wrack while providing an indirect escape for the Mesmer.
    Into the Void
0/5

Effects

detrimental effect
There is no gravity here; you float in the air. Movement is three times as slow, and any melee or archery blows have a chance to knockback. Maximum encumbrance is greatly increased.
Zero Gravity

Quests

Explore the caves below the ruins of Kor'Pul and the Trollmire in search of treasure and glory!

* You must explore the Trollmire and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
* You must explore the ruins of Kor'Pul and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
Of trolls and damp caves		active

Equipment

Light source
brass lantern
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Light radius: +2


A brass container with a wick emerging from it, protected from draughts by a sheet of greased paper. It can be carried by a handle.
brass lantern
Main armor
linen robe (0 def, 0 armour)
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloth ; tier 1



A cloth vestment. It offers no intrinsic protection but can be enchanted.
linen robe (0 def, 0 armour)
In main hand
iron longsword (10-14 power, 2 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 11

3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / longsword ; tier 1

Base power: 10.0 - 14.0
Uses stat: 100% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.4% crit.pwr / acc
Armour Penetration: +2
Physical crit. chance: +2.5%
Attack speed: 100%


Sharp, long, and deadly.
iron longsword (10-14 power, 2 apr)

Inventory

iron greatsword (17.5-28 power, 1 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 11

3.00 Encumbrance.
1.40 Ego Multiplier.

Type: weapon / greatsword ; tier 1
It must be held with both hands.

Base power: 17.5 - 28.0
Uses stat: 120% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.4% crit.pwr / acc
Armour Penetration: +1
Physical crit. chance: +2.5%
Attack speed: 100%


Massive two-handed swords.
iron greatsword (17.5-28 power, 1 apr)
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
rough leather sling
Requires:
- Dexterity 11
- Talent Shoot

4.00 Encumbrance.

Type: weapon / sling ; tier 1

Accuracy bonus: +0.1% dam / acc
Attack speed: 125%
Firing range: +6


Slings are used to hurl stones or metal shots at your foes.
rough leather sling
This item will automatically be transmogrified when you leave the level.
linen cloak (1 def, 0 armour)
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / cloak ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +1


A cloth coat typically worn as a loose outer garment. It is spacious enough to be worn even over bulky metal armour.
linen cloak (1 def, 0 armour)
opal
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / blue ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +2 Str / +2 Dex / +2 Mag / +2 Wil / +2 Cun / +2 Con
When used to imbue an object:
Changes stats: +2 Str / +2 Dex / +2 Mag / +2 Wil / +2 Cun / +2 Con


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
opal
Scrying Orb
Powered by unknown forces
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Plot Item]
Type: orb / orb

When carried:


This orb will automatically identify items you find.
Scrying Orb
Transmogrification Chest
Powered by unknown forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

[Plot Item]
Type: chest / sher'tul

When carried:
It can be used to transmogrify all the items in your chest at once (also done automatically when you change level), costing 0 power out of 1000/1000.

This chest is an extension of old Sher'tul places of power. Any items dropped inside are transported to an other place, processed and destroyed to extract energy.
The byproduct of this effect is the creation of gold, which is useless to process, so it is sent back to you.

When you possess the chest all items you walk upon will automatically be put inside and transmogrified when you leave the level.
Simply go to your inventory to move them out of the chest if you wish to keep them.
Items in the chest will not encumber you.
Transmogrification Chest
ametrine
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / yellow ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Physical crit. chance: +1.0%
Changes damage: +2% all
Spell crit. chance: +1%
Mental crit. chance: +1%
When used to imbue an object:
Physical crit. chance: +1.0%
Changes damage: +2% all
Spell crit. chance: +1%
Mental crit. chance: +1%


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
ametrine
zircon
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / yellow ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +1
Changes resistances: +1% all
When used to imbue an object:
Armour: +1
Changes resistances: +1% all


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
zircon

Achievements

Log


Forest Troll Hedge-Wizard overcomes the light illusion.
The shield around Forest Troll Hedge-Wizard crumbles.

Priscilla seems less dangerous.

Priscilla is no longer invisible.

Resting starts...
Rested for 0 turns (stop reason: hostile spotted to the north (Forest Troll Hedge-Wizard)).

You switch your weapons to: iron longsword (10-14 power, 2 apr).

Priscilla uses Mesmeric Dodge.
You do not have line of sight.
Forest Troll Hedge-Wizard casts Manathrust.
Forest Troll Hedge-Wizard hits Priscilla for 33 arcane damage.
Priscilla the level 1 illim mesmer was imploded to death by Forest Troll Hedge-Wizard on level 2 of Trollmire.
You have no more lives left.
Priscilla deactivates Signet of Illusions.
You enter a zero gravity zone, beware!
From the brink of death you seem to be yanked to another plane.
Saving game...
Forest Troll Hedge-Wizard killed Priscilla!
Talent Rune: Lightning is ready to use.

Talent Rune: Invisibility is ready to use.

Saving done.
Saving game...