Sorcerous Backlash
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A significantly worse outcome than a backfire, a sorcerous backlash is a spell failure that results from infusing a spell pattern with a type of mana other than the one for which it was designed. Some combinations of mana are more dangerous than others because of differences in the way that those types of mana behave. Necromancers have a reduced risk of backlash because of their guild's focus on the arcane.
- Most dangerous combination: Life with Holy or Elemental with Lunar
- Least dangerous combination: Elemental and Life or Lunar and Holy
Training in the Sorcerous Patterns feat will not only reduce the chances of backlash, but indirectly reduce the damage as well.
Effects
Effects vary based on the degree of failure, but can result in damage up to instant death.
Example
You wave your ilmenite-tipped wand at a golden jackal.
The mana you were holding contributes to the spell.
The spell pattern resists the influx of Holy mana, and a strange burning sensation backwashes from the spell pattern into your body.
An instant rush of black and blue fire explodes into being, consuming your outstretched limbs and turning them into ash!
Necromantic Backlash
A related, but separate phenomina, Necromantic basklash is a type of Sorcerous backlash that occurs with Life mana.
Currently Necromantic Backlash has been turned off due to technical issues with the recent Sorcerous Backlash updates.
Previous Effects
- You sense the spell pattern spontaneously extrude a series of uncontrollable ganglia with the influx of unfocused mana.
- A sudden and violent explosion of pale, sickly green light ruptures from within your fingertips, cascading up in a dramatic, shuddering display that finally collapses upon you like a tidal wave!
This results in random damage, ranging from arm wounds light enough to be tendable to complete arm loss.
It also causes fleshrot.
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