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Moon Requiem · Mar 04, 2005, 08:35 PM // 20:35

Animate Bone Horror
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Exploit target corpse to animate a level 1-12 Bone Horror.
Energy Cost 15
Casting Time 5 seconds
Recharge Time 5 seconds
Skill Type Spell
Linked Attribute Death Magic

So with 12 death magic, you summon a lvl 12 Bone Horror. With 15 death magic, do you summon a lvl 15 bone Horror?

I played with an elementalist before and with 14 air magic, the damage done by the spell is greater than the maximum value listed... so I'm wondering about the summons.

Sausaletus Rex · Mar 04, 2005, 08:41 PM // 20:41

The variables in skill descriptions are based off the x...y where x=value at attribute level 0 and y=value at attribute level 12. So, yes, skills scale well past what you'll see on their descriptions. 12 is just the level they expect people to get to without extraordinary matters. Supposedly, skills are balanced up to att.20 or beyond to account for what happens in expansion if they were to add in more +att. skills and items that could push people higher than the current max of 18~19. Just how a skill scales depends on its progression, of course. Something like Blood Siphon doesn't gain a pip of degen every attribute rank while something like Meteor gains more than a single point of damage. But, yes, you've got the basic idea. Higher Death = Higher level for your minions.

Mar 04, 2005, 08:35 PM // 20:35	#1
Moon Requiem Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2005	Death Magic summons Animate Bone Horror -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exploit target corpse to animate a level 1-12 Bone Horror. Energy Cost 15 Casting Time 5 seconds Recharge Time 5 seconds Skill Type Spell Linked Attribute Death Magic So with 12 death magic, you summon a lvl 12 Bone Horror. With 15 death magic, do you summon a lvl 15 bone Horror? I played with an elementalist before and with 14 air magic, the damage done by the spell is greater than the maximum value listed... so I'm wondering about the summons.

Mar 04, 2005, 08:41 PM // 20:41	#2
Sausaletus Rex Death From Above Join Date: Dec 2004	The variables in skill descriptions are based off the x...y where x=value at attribute level 0 and y=value at attribute level 12. So, yes, skills scale well past what you'll see on their descriptions. 12 is just the level they expect people to get to without extraordinary matters. Supposedly, skills are balanced up to att.20 or beyond to account for what happens in expansion if they were to add in more +att. skills and items that could push people higher than the current max of 18~19. Just how a skill scales depends on its progression, of course. Something like Blood Siphon doesn't gain a pip of degen every attribute rank while something like Meteor gains more than a single point of damage. But, yes, you've got the basic idea. Higher Death = Higher level for your minions. __________________ In my day, we didn't have virtual reality. If a one-eyed razorback barbarian warrior was chasing you with an ax, you just had to hope you could outrun him.