Avrenka

Mathematician Avrenka
Status
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Guild	Moon Mage
Instance	Prime

A Human who values knowledge above all else, Avrenka seeks the truth and its meaning behind everything. Skeptical to a fault, he takes no one at their word -- but equally, he will not dismiss anyone's words without careful consideration. To him, social constructs hold no value -- only truth and knowledge have merit.

Background

Avrenka, whose name means "Moon Tree" in Gamgweth, was born under an oak tree at a night when all three moons shone brightly.

Raised on the outskirts of Dirge by his father, an apothecarist, Avrenka was no stranger to delivering medicines to miners injured from accidents, trolls, volcanic eruptions, to name a few. And while his two older brothers demonstrated talent and skill in the healing arts, Avrenka found he had none.

Instead, he excelled at school, particularly in Mathematics and Astrology. So when he became of age, with his father's reluctant approval, Avrenka moved to Crossing to become a Moon Mage to pursue greater knowledge on how the universe works.

Nowadays, Avrenka spends his time conducting magical research experiments, and maintains his adolescent practice of rescuing fallen adventurers.

Avrenka's Crappy Guide to Starting a Moonmage

"Hey, you. You're finally awake." -Ralof

1 - Forage sticks/branches and sell 'em to Mags for a few gold

2 - Go to Tembeg's, buy 1 of each armor type covering every body part (recommended: leather hauberk, plate gauntlets, chain helm, scale mask), and buy target shield (toggle shield A, wear shield)

3 - Type STANCE. Always max out Evasion Stance, then split the rest between Shield and Parry.

4 - Go to the Tanner, ask falken for rope, toggle bundle W

5 - Go to shipyard rats, skin every rat you kill and bundle it with the rope, wear the bundle, adjust it and tie it. Train offhand (feint left), TM (target stra, wait, cast), Debil (prep burden, cast). Prioritize balance gaining attacks like feint, jab, gouge, bob.

6 - Study divine charm. Learn how to use it to heal yourself and teleport yourself around. It stops working after several circles. You lose the starting spells EASE, MAF, BURDEN, and STRA after Circle 10. Familiarize yourself with the Empath guild and find out how to get healing before the charm stops working.

7 - Go back to the tanner, sell your bundle. Do this until you have 5 gold. Or go scavenging in the Empath Courtyard, sometimes people drop nuggets or other sellables on the ground or in the statue that you can sell at either the Gemshop or Pawnshop.

8 - Go to Milgrym's, buy 1 of each weapon type (recommended: scimitar, bola, broadsword, greathammer, greataxe, flail, shortbow + arrows, crossbow + bolts, sling + rocks), and buy parry stick and wear it.

9 - Go to the backroom of Berolt's, buy two weapon straps, then go back to Milgrym's and buy a spear and quarterstaff. Tie the straps to the spear and quarterstaff, and wear them over your shoulder as those 2 weapons won't fit in backpacks.

10 - Now you're fully kitted out. Look up Zoluren Hunting Ladder in elanthipedia, follow the progression.

11 - Train every skill. Type "EXP 0" and look up each skill in elanthipedia.org. It'll tell you how to train each skill.

12 - For training magic, cast at the most mana you can before failing. Use DISCERN <SPELL> to figure it out. Later on, you'll need to add in PREP SYMBIOSIS to make spells more difficult, in order to keep your training up. For sorcery, get a Bless runestone from Sierack's, focus it until it stops teaching, then start casting it. Get Sorcerous Patterns feat to reduce backlash rate. Type SPELL STANCE 130 100 70 to get a little extra juice in your spells.

"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him... better, stronger, faster." -Oscar Goldman

Stats -- raise what you need. Priority is getting your Encumbrance down to (None), so raise Str and Stam until it's gone. If you're getting hurt too much in combat, raise Ref. Raise Str and Agi to reduce swingtime on attacks. Raise Wis, Int and Disc when possible to increase learning rate (there are whispers that only Wis impacts learning rate, but this is not conventional wisdom). No need to raise Cha. Stats have diminished returns after 30, further diminshed returns after 60, and even more so after 100.

-- It is possible to train physicals to only 30, and then raise mentals to 100 to min/max learning rate -- but you need good armor, shield and parry stick, and a solid understanding of combat mechanics. Many people simply raise all stats evenly, except Cha of course.

Crucial Spells to get:

1 - get PG as soon as possible, training Astro is very difficult without it.

2 - get CALM, it's easier to train Debil with it than Burden

3 - get TKT for training TM, it's super fast

4 - get MAF, you'll need it as it'll be awhile until you can cast TKSH

5 - beeline toward SHW (need 80 Debil), it'll make training Debil insanely easy

6 - beeline toward SEER (need 80 Aug & Util), it gives evasion buff

7 - beeline toward COL (need 80 Ward), it makes hunting safer

8 - get Shift Moonbeam, Locate, Moongate, and Ripplegate Theory (need 80 Util) -- otherwise why did you even make a Moonmage?!

9 - get AUS/Shadowling, more mana is always nice

Now feats:

1 - Sorcerous Patterns to reduce backlash rates

2 - Injured Casting & Cautious Casting so you don't fail every spell when you're hurt

3 - Deep Attunement & Efficient Harnessing for more mana

4 - Raw Channeling & Efficient Channeling to use cylics

5 - Magic Theorist & Improved Memory to use spell scrolls

Advanced Spells to get:

1 - RTR, this makes training Astro so much easier

2 - DC, this helps maxxing out your Divination Tool a lot faster and easier. Tools are useful for reliable targeted predicts, which can fail even at 1,000 Astro ranks (with min Cha). Buy the 700 plat tool you see in fests, the 7k plat tool is overkill and not needed. Tools cheaper than 700 plat will not max out. You can forget this spell after you've maxed out your tool.

3 - TKS, makes training TM even easier and farms fast

4 - TKSH, our best ward

5 - Riftal Summons -- Shift Moonbeam has a range limit of 2 zones. RS has no limitation at all.

6 - Lay Ward -- really good at blocking spells that critters cast at you

7 - Feats: Faster Targeting, Faster Matrices, Faster Battle Prep are nice for casting spells a little faster, meaning faster training

"Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road..." -Greenday

Now comes the great question -- will you PvP, or will you remain in PvE? If the latter, then your build is completely flexible from here on out. Choose whatever spells you like, it has little bearing on your ability to hunt. You will have spell slots in abundance, you won't even know what to do with it all.

If, however, you decide to undertake the road less traveled, you must plan your spell & feat selection carefully. You cannot get everything you want.

Crucial PvP spells: WD, PD, Burn, IFL, Sorrow, Mindshout, Unleash, IOTS, Rend, Shear, RF, Shape Moonblade.

Crucial PvP feats: Debil Mastery, TM Mastery

Helpful PvP feats: Silent Prep, Advanced Spell Knowledge

Spells to avoid: SoV, Empower Moonblade, ART/TS/MT, Sleep, Thoughtcast, Hypnotize. I also did not have the slots for Shadewatch Mirror or Contingency, tho both very good open world spells.

Gear you need to PvP:

Armor -- full Leather suit. Start with onyx-hide, work your way up to Punka, then Shadowleaf/MT end-loot. For shield, start with onyx-hide, then work your way up to agonite triangular sipar, then diamond-hide/octagonal. Evasion is our primary defense, so we need to minimize armor hindrance.

Weaponry -- In open world, TM focus is our best weapon, since offensively TM should be our highest skill. In WT Heroic, you'll want haralun weapons. Get the heaviest LE/LB you can, and the lightest 2HE/2HB you can -- you want max dmg but at least 3-4 balance so you don't miss. Get haralun spiked knuckles and the best piercing polearm you can find -- MANE PALM and MANE IMPALE are often your two hardest hitting ACMs. Also haralun HT that you can weapon bond, HURLing is another option that you want available to you in the fight.

Misc -- most important scrolls for Unleashing: AD, RAGE, and Awaken. Important scrolls to invoke: IP, HoT, Tremor, Lethargy, WB, maybe Frostbite or Vertigo. Secondary scrolls for Unleashing to land debils and resist enemy debils: Centering, Courage, EY, HES (or GOL), NON, REPR, SUF, SW, Tranquility, SOS. Other important scrolls for Unleashing to enable weapons: RW, RUE, RESO, TW, Ignite.

-- if you have a gyre, you don't need the following scrolls: Awaken, SOS, EY, WOTP, NON, LGV, SUF, SW, SUB.

-- you can use predicts to buff your TM, Sorc, Debil, Util, Aug, Shield, Defending, Light Armor, Tactics, and HT, so you won't need SUB, SAP, SR, WOTP, or Tailwind scrolls.

-- herbs. If you're on a budget, just get the ones for your chest, abdomen, and limbs. And nerves. But having the all heal herbs are really nice, but quite pricey. Herbs are crucial for winning any fight that goes longer than 3min.

See my crappy guide to PvP for more info.

"Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different than it was before." -CS Lewis

Choose a sect! Or don't, it's not obligatory. Btw it's permanent, non-reversible.

1 - Heritage House -- gives you a cantrip that reverses predict curses, very useful when you fail a predict. Reduces Unleash scroll destruction rate by a lot.

2 - Tezirite -- can predict curse easier. Reduced Bonegrinder backlash.

3 - Monk -- has a balance raising cantrip, balance is always good. Gains an extra Sorrow cast charge (~+9% dmg on avg).

All the other sects are PvP neutral

Avrenka's Crappy Guide to Moonmage PvP

"You have Unleash to put up other buffs to Batman your way to victory. You can get away with anything." -Rakkor

MM Strengths:

1 - versatile kit means you can have an answer for almost any situation, given the right prep

2 - extremely f2p friendly, Unleash obviates any need for wands or tattoos or gyre

3 - has the strongest Mind vs Will attack in the game: Mindshout, which unlocks other powerful Mind attack spells like WB, Vertigo, HULP

4 - Shear grants powerful anti-magic defense and usually allows you to have first cast. And moonblade makes it possible to cast double the offensive spells in the first minute.

MM Weaknesses:

1 - requires the most prep time

2 - lowest defense

3 - requires a lot of micro to realize full potential

Stage 1 - Mental Prep: Strategize

"What I learned at Tournament Camp this fall ... Have a plan. Have a backup plan. Have a backup plan to the backup plan." -Valynn

1 - Group fight - two ways to fight: aggressive and defensive

• default defensive, since MM is so paper thin
• stay hidden & invis, be last to act, keep your eye on enemy primary damage dealer
• let them come to you: setup Tremor, as these pulses do not reveal you
• if you're being focused, consider moving and hiding while putting up Shear. Then prep Sorrow or a debil, so you can immediately cast when you jump back in (don't forget to rejoin group leader)
• if you can afford to go full offense, do so. I.e. you're not primary target or you have a paladin/empath covering you
• MS is your most powerful spell by far. It'll blow away your opponents' Will defense wards, or give them full nerve damage if they don't have any. Nerve damage is crippling for 3 reasons: it lowers enemy defense significantly (-20%), lowers their Will defense significantly (-7%), and lowers their Stealth significantly. Once they have no Will wards and full nerve damage, they're wide open to getting WB, Rend, HULP, or Vertigo, all crippling Mind attack spells.

2 - 1v1s

• vs Stealthers (Ranger, Thief) -- hit them with MS, nerve damage is their worst enemy. Spam Sorrow, the bolts pull them out of hiding. If you REALLY need to, cast AVA or Tremor, but probably not necessary.
• vs Weapons (Paladin, Barb, Thief) -- be very conscious of your MAF going down, MAF is literally your lifeline. WD and Shove are also essential, unless you like eating 30% impales. Be ready to curse HT or LT if you know they will spam hurl.
• vs Magic -- LW + Shear is essential. Re-up Shear as much as possible.
• vs Anti-Magic (Necro, Trader, WM, Cleric, MM) -- you need to use weapons. Put up RW, TW, RESO, RUE, and Ignite along with LW + Shear. Hit them with IP, then use all your ACMs as quickly as possible.
  • Note: vs Necro you will need to MANE RUSH first before casting IP, due to how WORM works. Then as you're ACM'ing, try to get a MS in too. Once Necro has nerve damage, they can't snipe you anymore.
  • Note: vs Trader you will need significant Will defense, or you won't be able to penetrate Elision. If you can't get thru Elision, then play keep away with lots of Shear, IP and Sorrow. It's an uphill battle, since you basically have to pray IP will get thru their MOM before they get thru your Shear.

Basically, you figure out how to use IP and MS intelligently, then blow 'em away with ACMs or Sorrow depending if they have anti-magic or if they have superior weapon firepower. Stage 2 - Buffing

"ABB: Always Be Buffing" -Illiya

1 - Prediction pools - predict buff your sorcery, TM and tactics at the minimum. You'll also want the option available to curse enemy HT, shield and evasion. RTR is critical.

2 - Native spells - BC for predicts, if needed. AUS + Shadowling for mana. IOTS (Int/Disc), SEER, TKSH, MAF, PSY, CV, Shadows, RF, WD.

3 - Runestones - Axinite (GG) for wisdom and Lay Ward.

4 - Scrolled - Best spells are IP (best hard stun), and Tremor (best soft debil). WB, HOT, Lethargy, Frostbite and Vertigo are also good.

5 - Unleash - SAP (Augmentation), RAGE, AS/Awaken, AD, SUF/Centering, SR, EY are critical. (You can replace SAP and SR with predict buffs). Note: SAP, AS, SUF and EY are castable on others. (AS is only 5 min if casted on other). For stats: SW/SoTT, GoL, and Finesse are important. For debils: REPR, Courage, NON, Tranquility.

6 - Teammate buffs - For stats: Ask for MEF/TURI, Vigor, SoTT/SW, DIG/WotP, and HES. For skills: ask for Instinct/SW, and EM. For misc: VOI. In Heroic, none of these are necessary since you can't go above +20%.

7 - Moonblade - load with your 3 best debils. IP is always in there for me. I like to load MS last, since the 4 sorrow charges get used up fast, and MS replenishes them.

As you can see, this is a lot of buffs. It takes me around 10min to buff. It's rough. Gyre helps save a lot of time.

Be aware that certain spells only last 10min, like WD, AS, Awaken, and LW. Save these spells for right before the fight starts.

Yes, always use AD for your cyclic. Unless you like being Ice Patched for 25 seconds. Everyone and their mom has IP, IP wands, IP tattoos. It's literally the best CC spell in the game. Which makes AD obligatory.

Stage 3 - Defense

"Oops I forgot to put on my armor" -everyone

1 - Armor - I personally believe stealth is too important for moonmages, so I always recommend going Leather. Shadowleaf, Punka and Corrugated are best. Do not clownsuit. Make sure armor is repaired. Make sure you're wearing it. There is an argument to be made to use chain in WT heroic mode.

2 - Stance - if you have SR up, you can stance 100% evasion, 9% parry, 100% shield in WT Heroic. Don't forget to adjust your stance!

3 - Shield - tertiary armor means we have to wear small shields. Diamondhide/shadowleaf, octagonal shield are best. Triangular agonite sipar, demonscale blasted plains are good too. I recommend wearing the shield, since many spells like Mindshout or Tingle can make you drop your held items. If you get MS'd and drop your shield, you'll die in like 2-3 hits.

4 - Balance - if you're wondering why you can't hit anybody and everyone's hitting you, it's probably cuz of your balance. When you're stunned/proned, your balance gets tanked to very badly, and likely you'll see "Opponent is overwhelming you". This is why landing debils is crucial, and why balance healing spells like AD, SUF and Centering are also crucial. This is why winning the debil contest usually means winning the match.

5 - Wounds - head and eye wounds prevent searching. Head wounds also prevent using wands. Leg, arm and nerve damage penalize stealth. Nerve damage also penalizes defense, Will, and magic skill, and prevents wand usage. Use herbs, they help.

Stage 4 - Offense

"I think you got 50% vitality on a Sorrow cast that first fight" -Malkien

1 - TM Focus - get an Accuracy one. Make sure you invoke it in your right hand, it's a 16-20 sec RT. The TM focus bonus goes away if you swap hands, stow it, drop it, or lower it. If you do any physical attack like punch, maneuver rush, it also goes away. But Tactics are okay to use, like grapple, sweep or shove.

2 - RAGE - have it up, or Sorrow won't hit.

3 - Mana - always put max mana into all your spells, or you'll hit like a wet noodle. (i.e. prep Sorrow 100)

4 - TM skill - make sure you buffed it by predict or SUB (or both!)

5 - Prep times - Sorrow gets no benefit from full prep, so cast it at the half-way point. Debils also get no benefit from full prep, but how quickly you can cast it depends on the spell difficulty. Burn is so accurate that you can also cast it at the half-way point, it doesn't need the full prep accuracy bonus. But don't use Burn, it sucks.

6 - Toggle AOE - set it to nongroup, or engaged if you want to be extra careful for your teammates sake. If you go AOE Engaged, be aware that WD auto disengages you, and make sure you have an "advance all enemies" script ready.

7 - Be mentally ready to abandon TM and use weapons against anti-magic matchups. Nothing worse than freezing in the middle of a fight cuz you can't mentally switch gears. Have ACM scripts ready (see: https://elanthipedia.play.net/Combat_maneuvers#Advanced_Combat_Maneuvers)

Stage 5 - MM Battle Spells & Tactics

"I always get thrown off by Shear" -Warbrolus

1 - Sorrow - since it's a non-target TM, you can full prep it before the fight starts and immediately cast it on sight. It is an extremely low accuracy spell, so make sure you have TM accuracy, RAGE, and TM skill buffs up. Also make sure you have balance advantage. Read the wiki on the spell, learn how it works, it's got a lot of weird things about it. This is our bread and butter spell, use it by default.

2 - PD - this underappreciated spell has 2 things going for it: it's body-part targetable, and it's armor piercing. Always target the head (i.e. prep pd 50, then target warbrolus head). Use it on your favorite paladin. Combo it with Sorrow and watch heads explode since they both do Internal Wound damage, and you're targeting the head with both these spells. You will likely need to full prep PD or it won't hit.

3 - Bonegrinder - I do not like this spell, and do not condone its use. It is too powerful.

4 - Shear - always use with LW. Most effective when used in the middle of the fight. I guarantee you if you leave a room and the opponent chases you, they will be tunnel visioning on casting Deadfall/Ice Patch on you, and the last thing they're expecting is a Shear waiting for them. Surprise! Note: do NOT use against Barbarians, as it stacks AGAINST you with their Swan & Serenity. It's also a double-edged sword vs Paladins, since their SP becomes more powerful when you have Shear up.

5 - Moonblade - Allows you to cast 3 extra spells in the first minute. Having the ability to cast Sorrow and then immediately follow up with an instant Mindshout or Ice Patch is huge. It also allows you to perform a Dazzle Rend combo, stripping their wards. Do not neglect this spell, make sure all 3 nodes are locked and loaded before the fight. Warning: this spell will require scripts or macros to work effectively.

Stage 6 - Stats

"Who would intentionally tank their stats for an edge in the arena? I'm shocked, just shocked!" -Avrenka

A moonmage's greatest weapon is Mindshout -- therefore, it behooves you to prioritize Intelligence first, then Discipline second, then Wisdom third, in order to maximize MS successfully landing. This will also help you land other Mind spells like Rend, WB, Vertigo, HULP.

Coincidentally, prioritizing those stats in that order will also give you great Will defense, which helps against the nastiest Debil spells out there, and also gives you pretty good stats for casting other strong secondary Debils like Ice Patch, Tremor, Lethargy, and Frostbite.

That's all folks. Thanks for reading my crappy guide.

Disclaimer: this is how I pvp right now. I'm constantly experimenting and learning new things every week. This is just what I learned. Feel free to ignore and do your own thing!

Avrenka's Crappy Experiments

First, go check out Tambellis' experiments: https://elanthipedia.play.net/Tambellis

Yes parry stick balance makes a notable difference.

Shield hindrance seems to be a bit more important than shield protection. Fortuitous chance to block is even less impactful than shield protection. (If I had to guess, 1pt hindrance = 1.5 pts of protection = 3 pts of fortuitous) This test may be skewed by the fact that I am a moonmage, and my Evasion is always higher than my Parry/Shield and my stance is 100% evasion, so hindrance probably is more impactful for me.

Bonegrinder + SCO: 75% instalock rate (86/115), 16% backlash rate (15/93)

TM body part targeting accuracy: vs t1 Xala: No target 94%, Legs 79%, Chest 94%, Abdomen 94%, Eyes 9%, Neck 34%, Head 69%

vs t2 Xala: No target 49%, Chest 21%

TM accuracy focus vs no focus, vs t2 Xala 85% hit rate vs 55% hit rate

• This should be equivalent to around a +10% to OF?

Moonmage TM spells vs t1 Xala

• PD appears to have a decent accuracy penalty (67.4%) vs DO/TKT/unempowered Burn (84-87%). This is likely to offset the extra dmg that PD gets from being armor piercing.
• Sorrow is even less accurate than PD (54.0%). Keep in mind, fully targeted spells get a +20% accuracy bonus, which Sorrow does not get.
• each IFL source appears to slightly increase Burn accuracy. Conventional wisdom holds that each source increases accuracy & damage by 10% (I'm not sure about this)
• TM accuracy focus appears to give about a 25-30% accuracy boost to hit

Punching no-target body part distribution: head 1.9%, eyes 1.6%, neck 3.2%, chest 18.4%, abdomen 8.9%, back 6.0%, arms 30.5%, hands 5.7%, legs 23.8%

TM no-target body part distribution: head 6.6%, eyes 8.5%, neck 7.5%, chest 9.4%, abdomen 17.9%, back 17.9%, arms 10.4%, hands 2.8%, legs 18.9%

Punching damage: plate gauntlets seemed about as effective as handwraps. Spiked knuckle dmg +7.4%, regular knuckle dmg +17.7% as compared to plate gauntlets/handwraps. Buffing brawling skill did not affect dmg when accuracy was capped (~95%). COMPARE verb is effective for comparing knuckles, but not accurate measure of difference in damage. Difference between storebought knuckles and haralun spiked knuckles about 20%. Difference between haralun spiked knuckles and leather gloves is almost double. Regular knuckles do about 6% more damage w/ PUNCH vs spiked knuckles, but spiked knuckles do about 15% more damage w/ MANE PALMSTRIKE vs regular knuckles (darkstone 85 hardness).

• SvS: primary stat counts for 1.5, secondary stat 1.0, tertiary stat 0.5
• Attacker vs Defender no advantage, success rate 15-20%
• Attacker vs Defender +5 advantage, success rate 100%
• Max mana provides +20 boost
• Minimum success stun = 6 seconds (SHW)
• +30 advantage stun = 17 seconds (SHW)
• Stun appears to lower Will defense by 20-25, full Nerve damage appears to lower Will defense by 7%
• Maximal success appears to be +50 advantage
• PSY appears to give 20-30 points of Will defense

Empath vit healing, pulses every 3 seconds, unlimited links possible: Charisma 14: 5%/link, Charisma 30: 6.3%/link, Charisma 60: 7.3%/link; max appears to be 8%/link

Gyres do not work with signature spells unless it's your guild

• invoking Gyre requires Arcana check, which depends on the difficulty of the spells being invoked
• i.e. max mana Intermediate spell difficulty (800 rank difficulty) had a 0% success rate with 800 ranks of Arcana, and somewhere around 30-40% advantage provided 100% success rate.

Armor testing on Moonmage w/ 859 evasion, 632 parry/armor/defend vs 2 Xala thralls + magus, solidly balanced

• Leather armor yielded the best results, at 0.29 dmg/atk
• Cloth and Bone were next best, at 0.36-0.37 dmg/atk
• Chain, Brig and Plate were noticeably worse, at 0.51, 0.61, and 0.80 dmg/atk respectively
• higher armor density appears to always be beneficial
• reinforcing armor is almost always bad
• Clownsuiting is even worse than Plate. Clownsuiting with mostly Leather was better than mostly Chain, 0.39 vs 0.54 dmg/atk (I had TKSH up to help)
• results indicate hindrance is extremely important, which may be due to my defensives being skewed towards Evasion. Whatever benefits the extra protection gave was more than outweighed by the % to-hit penalty. And, accuracy appears to increase damage all the way up to around 80-85% accuracy.

Light armor skill testing: it appears armor skill does make a difference. To-hit % seems to remain the same, but damage received from hits is slightly reduced with higher skill.

• Light armor skill 511 vs 756: lost vit/hit 2.83 vs 2.10, and 0.54 vs 0.41, sample size ~400-650 per test
• DR-Kodius has said that Armor skill affects Absorb slightly, but Protection heavily -- meaning, Armor skill impacts small hits a lot more than big hits (i.e. PvE more than PvP)

Fatigue 0% seems to apply a -20% DF and OF, prevents getting items, adds a lot of RT to athletics and makes it harder, and -20% to spellcasting.

• Lethargy drops target Fatigue to 50-60% (if below, no effect), and reduces Fatigue regen to stabilize at that level. If Fatigue ever hits 40% or below, it immediately tanks to 0% and stays there.

Avrenka's Crappy Notes on Random Mechanics

• Accuracy affects dmg by as much as -80% penalty to 2x bonus (KODIUS)
• Damage bonus from rank disparity is capped at 2x (KODIUS)
• Sliding % of damage is given as wound damage. At > 80%, is very little. (KODIUS)
• It is possible to be dragged away from your own rogue moongate, and avoid death
• Many TM spells do not work in water
• Moongate in water no longer applies an AOE stun
• Conventional wisdom holds that grapple and analyze apply a Defensive Factor penalty. From my own experience, nerve damage applies a DF penalty as well. I wouldn't be surprised if Stun status also applies a DF penalty too. It's been said that Immobilize applies an Evasion penalty.
• From my own experience, armor protection starts to deteriorate under 90% durability
• Many cyclics pulse every 18 seconds. RAGE, NAME, and REPR seem to pulse quite randomly (8-30 seconds).
• Herbs pulse every 30 seconds, 9 times, split between # of affected areas (i.e. limb remedy to multiple limb damage will heal multiples slower than chest remedy to chest damage)
• Gyres cannot be invoked while hidden/invis, so don't put an invis spell first into the gyre, then all the other spells won't invoke
• Certain spells can't be cast on others by non-native guild, like PSY and Uncurse
• Integrity barriers stack. So always combine LW with whatever, like AC, Shear, SP, WORM, etc. This makes it so your spells can go out (since LW doesn't affect it), but their spells can't go in. Shear and SP do not play nice with each other, I've tried stacking them, doesn't work.
• Casting Blend breaks you out of group. Whole Displacement pulses break you out of group. Soul Bonding breaks you out of group, and prevents you from joining any groups at all while it's on you.
• Shift Moonbeam has a 2 zone limit.
• WT Arena HIGH multiplies your stats to equalize them to 800 points in total, but only for SvS purposes. So if you're wondering why you get hit harder than others, it might be cuz your Reflex and Stamina aren't 100 and theirs is. And if you're wondering why small players seem to always succeed their debils on you, it's probably cuz their mentals are way above their other stats.
  • HEROIC equalizes to 958 stat points. Health, spirit, fatigue pools are flexed with stats, but almost all other stat aspects are not (i.e. encumbrance, weapon RT).
• Tremor pulses 9 times (10 if you count the initial cast, which does hit) every 4-5 seconds. Spell ends in 42-44 seconds. Ending message does not hit. Vertigo is 8 pulses, same timing, but 1st pulse is missed.
• Bardic screams mechanics: https://discord.com/channels/619301383451181075/823599885693354064/953128015129366538
• I believe "stun" condition gives a sizeable penalty to DF, from my many armor tests. Tambellis theorized immobilize gives a large evasion penalty. Golameth believes immobilize gives the highest penalty.
• Glyph of Dueling mechanic: https://discord.com/channels/619301383451181075/619330202614497290/857613082099580959
• Damage calculation mechanics: https://discord.com/channels/619301383451181075/819303984719200297/1019333944212201513
• OF vs DEF mechanics: https://discord.com/channels/619301383451181075/819303984719200297/1431285731632091308
• Javac — 8/18/2026: Looking at the code, there is no autostance penalty.
• Javac — 8/20/2026: Armor is applied before reactors.
• CoZ mechanics: if target is wearing no armor and holding no weapons, CoZ does not take effect. CoZ only curses worn armor -- any armor put on after cast will not be cursed. CoZ takes 1-3 seconds to affect a weapon grabbed from a container, and will remain for the duration of the curse. CoZ does not affect parry sticks or brawling gear.
• Kodius -- 3/26/2021: templates have no hard caps, weapon stats increase +1 per stone of weight up to 7.5 density, swappables and throwables slightly penalized on base stats