Magical feats

Magical Feats are a new feature introduced with the release of DR 3.0. They provide a wide range of passive enhancements and bonuses to make using mana, spells, scrolls, cambrinth, and other magical items easier.

Summary

• Magic feats are passive bonuses you can purchase with spell slots.
• Magic Primary and Secondary guilds receive free feats (two and one respectively) appropriate to their guild.
• Each ability costs one spell slot and has prerequisites.
• You can buy as many as you'd like.
• You can unlearn feats at a trainer for a small fee (first forgotten feat costs 1250 kronar)
• You may STUDY <trainer> for the syntax of what to ask.

You look <trainer> over, realizing they have knowledge of magical feats and can likely answer all of your questions.

[You can ASK <trainer> ABOUT FEAT to learn about magical feats in general]

[You can ASK <trainer> ABOUT <feat name> to learn about it - NOTE you must spell it exactly!]

[You can ASK <trainer> ABOUT LEARNING <feat name> to learn that feat]

[You can ASK <trainer> ABOUT FORGETTING <feat name> to forget that feat]

Choosing Feats

Feats are gained by learning them from an NPC Feat Trainer.

There are four feat trainers in Elanthia, all of whom teach all of the feats. They are located in Asemath Academy, on the streets of Riverhaven and Ratha, and out near Boar Clan.

• Magical Feat Trainer Ozursus who wanders the halls of the Asemath Academy.
• Eggleston who wanders the streets of Riverhaven.
• Ravari who wanders in the theater district on the third tier of Ratha.
• Orliss who wanders Boar Clan.

Spell Preparation

Name	Feat Required	First Requirement	Second Requirement	Game Description	Notes
Legerdemain		50 Stealth	50 Arcana	The shrewd magician does best to hide his intentions from others. This feat improves such attempts.	Increases difficulty of others recognizing which spell you are preparing as well as the chance others have to notice you preparing a spell when using PREPARE /HIDE.
Silent Preparation	Alternate Preparation	100 Stealth	100 Arcana	Training with Silent Preparation allows the magician to learn alternate spell preparations that are easier to conceal.	Silent preparations make it harder for others to notice you are preparing a spell when using PREPARE /HIDE or preparing from hiding. They do not affect the chance others have to recognize which spell you are preparing.
Basic Preparation Recognition		50 Perception	50 Arcana	This feat allows for the recognition of spells as they are being prepared.	Allows recognition of all basic or intro spells as they are being prepared whether or not you know the spell. Moon Mages get this feat for free at second circle.
Advanced Spell Knowledge	Basic Preparation Recognition	100 Perception	100 Arcana	This feat allows for easier recognition of magic spells as they are being prepared.	Allows recognition of all advanced and esoteric spells as they are being prepared whether or not you know the spell.
Faster Targeting		100 Primary Magic	100 Arcana	Learning this feat allows the magician to form targeting patterns faster.	Reduces targeting time by 2 seconds when using TARGET. Warrior Mages get this feat for free at second circle.
Faster Battle Preparations		100 Primary Magic	100 Arcana	This feat trains the mage for preparing offensive spells in an expedited manner.	Reduces the preparation time of all battle spells by 1 second. Note: This effect is small enough that latency and the way that the game handles timers makes the reduction unnoticeable most of the time.
Faster Matrices		100 Primary Magic	100 Arcana	With additional training such as this, a magician can form large matrices affecting a group with enhanced speed. This training only applies to spells of a non-offensive nature.	Reduces the preparation time of all standard spells by 2 seconds. Note: The in-game description is wrong. The effects of the spell and whether or not it affects a group have no bearing on this feat.
Faster Rituals		100 Primary Magic	100 Arcana	Non-offensive spells targeted at an individual see their preparations sped up considerable with the training this magical feat provides.	Reduces the preparation time of all ritual spells by 2 seconds. Note: The in-game description is wrong. The target of the spell has no bearing on this feat.
Alternate Preparation		100 Primary Magic	100 Arcana	This feat allows the use of unorthodox and customized spell preparations	This includes all non-silent alternate and illusory preparations. Necromancers get this feat for free at second circle.
Focused Preparation		100 Primary Magic	100 Arcana	Mental discipline granted by this feat allows the magician to hold spell preparations longer than normal.	Up to ~85 seconds before losing a preparation instead of ~70 seconds.

Spell Casting

Name	Feat Required	First Requirement	Second Requirement	Game Description	Notes
Sorcerous Patterns		100 Sorcery	100 Arcana	Tact with Sorcerous Patterns reduces the chance of violently backfiring spells, as well as the severity when it occurs.	This only impacts spell casting. I.e. it does not affect the backlash rate or severity of research projects.
Augmentation Mastery		100 Augmentation	100 Arcana	Specialized training increases the magician's capability with Augmentation magic.	Provides a bonus to Augmentation skill thereby raising personal mana cap for Augmentation spells. Does not allow max spell cap to be exceeded. Clerics get this feat for free at second circle.
Debilitation Mastery		100 Debilitation	100 Arcana	Specialized training increases the magician's capability with Debilitation magic.	Provides a bonus to Debilitation skill thereby raising personal mana cap for Debilitation spells. Does not allow max spell cap to be exceeded.
Targeted Mastery		100 Targeted Magic	100 Arcana	Specialized training increases the magician's capability with Targeted magic.	Provides a bonus to Targeted Magic skill thereby raising personal mana cap for Targeted Magic spells. Does not allow max spell cap to be exceeded. Warrior Mages get this feat for free at second circle.
Utility Mastery		100 Utility	100 Arcana	Specialized training increases the magician's capability with Utility magic.	Provides a bonus to Utility skill thereby raising personal mana cap for Utility spells. Does not allow max spell cap to be exceeded. Moon Mages get this feat for free at second circle.
Warding Mastery		100 Warding	100 Arcana	Specialized training increases the magician's capability with Warding magic.	Provides a bonus to Warding skill thereby raising personal mana cap for Warding spells. Does not allow max spell cap to be exceeded.
Improvised Rituals		100 Primary Magic	100 Arcana	This feat allows the magician to use universal or realm-attuned ritual foci.	Without the feat only charged single-spellbook foci can be used.
Cautious Casting		50 Primary Magic	50 Arcana	With the Cautious Casting feat, you grow more proficient at avoiding injury when backfiring spells.
Injured Casting		100 Primary Magic	100 Arcana	The penalty for casting spells while injured reduces with knowledge of the Injured Casting feat.	Empaths get this feat for free at second circle.
Area Casting	Augmentation Mastery	200 Augmentation?	200 Arcana?	This feat allows beneficial spells to be cast on all friendly targets in the same area.	Unlocks CAST AREA for beneficial spells that can already be CAST GROUP.
Group Supporter	Augmentation Mastery	200 Augmentation?	200 Arcana?	This feat allows beneficial spells cast on multiple people to be more effective.	Reduces the potency loss when beneficial spells are CAST GROUP/AREA.
Team Player	Augmentation Mastery	100 Augmentation?	100 Arcana?	This feat reduces the penalties for casting beneficial spells on people other than yourself.	Reduces the potency loss when casting on a target other than yourself. Does not appear to be working.

Attunement

Name	Feat Required	First Requirement	Second Requirement	Game Description	Notes
Deep Attunement		100 Attunement	100 Arcana	Magicians learning the secrets of Deep Attunement find themselves capable of faster harness regeneration.
Raw Channeling		100 Attunement	100 Arcana	Learning the Raw Channeling feat allows the powering of cyclic spells from attunement.	Bards get this feat for free at second circle. Bards also have this ability inherently at first circle at an increased attunement cost per pulse, so earning this feat effectively only eliminates that penalty for them.
Efficient Channeling		100 Attunement	100 Arcana	The mana cost of channeling cyclic spells reduces when trained with the Efficient Channeling feat.	-10% mana cost for cyclic spell pulses. Clerics get this feat for free at second circle.
Efficient Harnessing		100 Attunement	100 Arcana	Via the Efficient Harnessing feat you are able to reduce the strain of spellcasting on your attunement.	Casting spells, harnessing mana, charging cambrinth, and maintaining cyclic pulses from raw attunement have a 10% attunement cost reduction.
Cautious Harnessing		100 Attunement	100 Arcana	Holding mana becomes safer and less likely to leak with knowledge of the Cautious Harnessing feat.
Dedicated Cambrinth Use		100 Attunement	100 Arcana	This feat allows a cambrinth user to designate specific devices to either power cyclic spells, regular spells, or both.	Unlocks the use of INVOKE <CAMBRINTH> (SPELL/CYCLIC). INVOKE <CAMBRINTH> on its own will allow both as normal. All options can be used both when first invoking or after a cambrinth is already invoked.

Scrolls

Name	Feat Required	First Requirement	Second Requirement	Game Description	Notes
Improved Memory		100 Scholarship	100 Arcana	This feat allows the memorization of a second scroll spell.
Magic Theorist		100 Scholarship	50 Arcana	The Magic Theorist feat allows a magician to learn spell scrolls from other realms.	This feat is not required to learn cross-guild scrolls of the same mana type. E.g. a Cleric can temporarily INVOKE Paladin spells without this feat."

Note: Memorized spell scrolls can be forgotten using RELEASE SCROLL.

Research

Name	Feat Required	First Requirement	Second Requirement	Game Description	Notes
Symbiotic Research				Grants the ability to RESEARCH basic symbioses	Allows research of the Activate, Cast and Harness symbioses.
Mental Matrices	Symbiotic Research			Allows research of symbioses that affect mental capabilities	Allows research of the Discern, Impress, Remember and Resolve symbioses.
Physical Matrices	Symbiotic Research			Allows research of symbioses that affect body capabilities	Allows research of the Avoid, Endure, Spring and Strengthen symbioses.
Scholar	Symbiotic Research			Allows research of symbioses improve scholarly abilities	Allows research of the Examine, Learn and Perform symbioses.
Survivalist	Symbiotic Research			Allows research of symbioses improve wilderness survival	Allows research of the Explore, Harvest, Heal and Watch symbioses.