Creature Spells & Abilities

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Here is a list of spells/abilities you can select for your characters to be gained at various levels. To upgrade a spell, a character must first gain the normal variation of said spell at some point at levels 1-10. Then, if they gain the spell again while in Elite Status, the spell will be upgraded.

Remember that you can pick any abilities for your creature so long as they remain within reason. It is also possible to stretch the nature of certain abilities. For example, a Web placed on an Archer could make a Net Arrow of some sort. Abilities can be as flexible as desired so long as it is also within reason.

If you are not sure then feel free to contact Metal Gear Rex for help.

Normal Spells

Spell Chart

Standard Combat

Name	Description	Upgrade	Traits	Cooldown
Melee	Standard physical attack	-	-	-
Arrow	Hits a target with an arrow	-	Projectile	-
Flame Breath	Breath that releases fire, dealing considerable damage over time	-	-	-
Frost Breath	Breath that releases frost, potentially freezing targets over time	-	-	-
Poison Breath	Breath that releases poison	-	-	-

Non-Elemental Spells

Name	Description	Upgrade	Traits	Cooldown
Guilded Bolt	Magically blessed Arrow	Boosts speed and damage noticably	Projectile/Navigating	Medium
Missile	Weak but fast magical screaming projectile	Boosts speed and damage noticably	Projectile	Very Low
Navigating Missile	Weak but fast magical screaming projectile	Boosts speed and damage noticably	Projectile/Navigating	Low-Medium
Grenade	Bouncing projectile that will explode after a short period of time, dealing considerable damage and knockback	Boosts damage considerably	Projectile/Area-of-Effect	Medium
Poison Cloud	Concentrated toxic projectile that explodes in poisonous gas over a 2 tile radius after making physical contact	Boosts radius to 3 tiles	Projectile/Area-of-Effect	Low
Fart	Releases strong toxic gas over a 2 tile radius	Boosts damage	Area-of-Effect	Low-Medium
Teleport	Allows the caster to instantly warp to any desired location known by thier Keeper	Reduces cooldown to Medium	Self-Cast	Long

Elemental Spells

Name	Description	Upgrade	Traits	Cooldown
Fire Spit	Fairly fast but otherwise standard fire projectile	Boosts speed and damage	Projectile	Very Low
Fireball	Slightly strong but otherwise standard fire projectile	Boosts damage	Projectile	Low
Meteor	Powerful fire projectile that also explodes if it hits terrain or other non-creature objects	Boosts damage considerably	Projectile/Area-of-Effect	Medium-High
Ice Shard	Slow ice projectile that deals decent damage but also briefly slows the target by ~20% with its chills	Boosts damage and boosts slowdown to ~33%	Projectile/Magic Status	Low
Hailstorm	Fires 32 simultaneous pieces of Hail for heavy knockback and damage at close range but weakens and spreads out the farther it goes	Boosts Hail count to 48	Projectile	High
Wind Lash	Very fast but very weak horizontal slice of wind	Boosts speed mostly and damage slightly	Projectile	Very Low
Whirlwind	Blast of wind that blows away all but the heaviest of units	Boosts the force and duration of the wind	Area-of-Effect	High
Tornado	Creates a tornado that pulls all but the heaviest of units towards the area it occupies while catching the neariest units within the tornado itself	Boosts the force and duration of the tornado	Area-of-Effect	Very High
Vine Whip	Creates a destructable thorny vine that can be used as a mid-ranged weapon	Boosts range to medium-long	-	Low
Cluster Roots	Causes small destructable thorny vines to sprout from the ground over a 2x2 tile area that can cut or trip enemies, has a long duration	Boosts vine quantity and thorn sharpness	Area-of-Effect	High
Lightning	Electrical beam that deals decent damage but also stuns the target for a duration, deals noticable bonus damage if the target is in water	Boosts stun duration	Instant-Hit/Magic Status	Medium
Thunder	Powered up lightning that lacks stun but deals significant damage with a dramatic boost on targets in water	Boosts damage	Instant-Hit	Medium-High
Bolting	5 weak bolts of lightning that move forward in all directions with stacking mini-stuns	Boosts bolt count to 7	Instant-Hit/Magic Status	Medium-High
Stalagmite	Causes a stalagmite to suddenly rise up from the ground at the targeted area causing mini stuns, deals significant damage to units at the center of the effect	Boosts rising speed of the earth, boosting damage and potential stuns	Area-of-Effect	Medium
Earthquake	Causes a mini earthquake and abrupt but minor landslides surrounding the caster with a 2 tile radius while stunning and dealing minor damage to all surrounding groundbound units with noticable to considerable damage to traps/doors, heavier units are more resistant	Boosts the radius to 3 tiles with noticably better stuns	Area-of-Effect	Medium-High
Cave-In	Causes numerous rocks to fall from the ceiling within a small 1 tile area, dealing loads of potential damage for anyone caught within and can even trap smaller targets underneath	Boosts area-of-effect to 2x2 tiles	Projectile/Area-of-Effect	High
Shine	Weak holy beam that deals significantly more damage to undead or other targets vulnerable to holy	Boosts damage	Instant-Hit	Very Low
Holy Rain	Creates a white cloud that releases holy rain to pour down on enemies and deal minor to noticable damage on them over a 2x2 tile area	Boosts damage slightly and area-of-effect to 3x3	Area-of-Effect	Low-Medium
Drain	Weak shadow beam that restores health to the target equal to the amount of damage it deals	Boosts damage	Instant-Hit	Low
Disruption	Slow but very powerful shadow projectile	Boosts damage considerably	Projectile	High

Enhancement Spells

Name	Description	Upgrade	Traits	Cooldown
Heal Self	Restores 5-30%	Restores 15-45%	Self-Cast	Medium
Heal Other	Restores 5-25%	Restores 10-40%	Ally-Cast	Medium
Heal Group	Restores 5-20%	Restores 5-35%	Group-Cast	High
Purify	Cures all negative magic statuses	Grants immunity to negative magic statuses for a brief period	Magic Status	Medium-High
Protect Self	Reduces damage by ~50% and protects against lethal/instant-death attacks (slicing off head for example) for a brief to moderate period of time	Reduces damage by ~66%	Self-Cast/Magic Status	Medium
Protect Other	Reduces damage by ~50% and protects against lethal/instant-death attacks (slicing off head for example) for a brief to moderate period of time	Boosts duration	Ally-Cast/Magic Status	Medium-High
Protect Group	Reduces damage by ~50% and protects against lethal/instant-death attacks (slicing off head for example) for a brief to moderate period of time	Boosts duration	Group-Cast/Magic Status	High
Speed Self	Doubles overall speed for a brief period of time	Boosts duration	Self-Cast/Magic Status	Medium
Speed Other	Doubles overall speed for a brief period of time	Boosts duration slightly	Ally-Cast/Magic Status	Medium-High
Haste Self	Triples overall speed for a very brief period of time	Boosts duration slightly	Self-Cast/Magic Status	Medium-High
Vigor Self	Cancels cooldown of another standard spell in trade for an extended cooldown afterwards	Reduces cooldown to Medium-High	Self-Cast	High
Vigor Other	Cancels cooldown of another standard spell in trade for an extended cooldown afterwards	Reduces cooldown to High	Ally-Cast	High-Very High
Vigor Group	Cancels cooldown of another standard spell in trade for an extended cooldown afterwards	Reduces cooldown to High-Very High	Group-Cast	Very High
Rebound Self	Creates a brief shield that redirects all projectiles and negative magic statuses back towards the caster	Boosts duration slightly	Self-Cast/Magic Status	Medium-High
Flight Self	Grants the ability to fly via cloud riding for a moderate duration	Boosts speed of the cloud	Self-Cast/Magic Status	Medium
Flight Other	Grants the ability to fly via cloud riding for a moderate duration	Boosts speed of the cloud	Ally-Cast/Magic Status	Medium-High
Flight Group	Grants the ability to fly via cloud riding for a moderate duration	Boosts speed of the cloud	Group-Cast/Magic Status	High
Invisibility Self	Grants invisibility to the target until the unit attacks or the spell burns out after a moderate duration	Hides the target from first tier Sight users	Self-Cast/Magic Status	Medium-High
Sight	Allows the user to see invisible targets	Grants vision to second tier invisibility	Self-Cast/Magic Status/Passive	-

Debuff Spells

Name	Description	Upgrade	Traits	Cooldown
Web	Creates a sticky web over a single tile, trapping units within it	Boosts area-of-effect to 2x2	Area-of-Effect/Status	Medium
Slow	Reduces overall speed of the target by ~50% for a moderate period of time, cancels out with Speed/Haste	Reduces speed by ~66%	Projectile/Magic Status	Medium
Poison	Slowly damages and disorients the target for a brief to moderate duration with increasing effectiveness overtime	Boosts effectiveness even further overtime	Instant-Hit/Magic Status	Medium-High
Freeze	Encases a single target in a block of ice for a brief to moderate duration	Boosts duration	Projectile/Magic Status	Medium
Entangle	Traps a single target in a tangle of thorny vines that rise from the ground	Boosts vine quantity	Status	Medium
Fear	Summons fear and illusion magic to all enemies in a 3 tile radius around the caster that can have a variety of effects depending on the effected unit's characteristics	Increases radius to 5 tiles and the strength of the nightmares	Area-of-Effect/Magic Status	High
Seal	Seals a single spell of the target to prevent it from being cast even if passive for a brief to moderate period of time, effect can be intentionally cut short in trade for a shorter cooldown	Boosts seal duration	Magic Status	Medium
Seal Group	Seals a single spell of the target to prevent it from being cast even if passive for a brief to moderate period of time, effect can be intentionally cut short in trade for a shorter cooldown	Boosts seal duration	Group-Cast/Magic Status	High
Seal All	Seals all non-passive spells of the target to prevent them from being cast for a very brief period of time, effect can be intentionally cut short in trade for a shorter cooldown	Boosts seal duration	Magic Status	High

Trait Legend
Projectile: Is a projectile, self-explanatory
Instant-Hit: Travels instantly, hitting the targeted area immediately after being cast
Navigating: Moves of its own accord to seek out the intended target
Area-of-Effect: Effects everything within a defined radius around the casting point
Status: Changes the unit's state, which can cripple or aid the unit in a certain way
Magic Status: Similar to Status except the unit's state is altered through magical means
Self-Cast: Can only be used on the caster
Ally-Cast: Can only be used on someone other than the caster
Group-Cast: Effects the caster and two nearby allies, or an enemy and two of their nearby allies
Passive: Is always active

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High Power Spells

High Power Spells are significantly stronger than normal Spells. Creatures can only get a single High Power spell when in Normal Status and a second one in Elite Status. High Power Spells are more so used by those who are primarily Spell Casters and not really seen in non Spell Casters.

Blaze               - Creates a quick and powerful blazing Fireball that deals massive damage with a bit of recoil
                      and explodes upon impact for considerable knockback.

Blizzard Bomb       - Creates an icy explosion over an area of up to five tiles, dealing minor to considerable damage
                      to all enemies within the radius of the attack. It also slows targets down (50%) for a short period
                      of time due to the cold, but this is not considered a Slow status and can be stacked with a real Slow
                      spell. Damage is mostly concentrated in the central tile casting area. Targets within that area can
                      also be Frozen for a brief period of time. Units who are resistant to Ice magic or cold can negate
                      the slow effect, or if they're in the central casting area, they reduce the Freeze effect down to a
                      slow spell.

Sonic Boom          - Summons a blast of wind that deals considerable damage and has incredible knockback for the
                      target. As the wind passes by other units on its way towards its intended target, it offers a
                      knockback for any nearby units, allies and enemies, with a sort of doppler effect.

Ivy Blood           - Passive. All spells have an additional Poison effect upon whatever targets they hit. It cannot
                      stack with itself but can be doubled in effect with an actual Poison spell. However, it does
                      have the negative side effect of halving any Heal magic, both when the Ivy Blood unit casts
                      Heal magic and when Heal magic is cast on the Ivy Blood unit.

Thunderstorm        - Summons a violent storm over a target for a moment, dealing massive AoE damage

Terra Crack         - Quickly creates a crack in the Earth, splitting the ground between the castor and the
                      target (who can be up to 5 tiles away), causing a potentially massive stun, or at least
                      complete loss of stability, for the target and any nearby units in addition to considerable to
                      major damage depending on how much the units are effected by the ability. This ability can also
                      deal a large amount of damage to Traps and Doors, or potentially destroy them outright depending
                      on the Trap/Door itself and the accuracy of the attack.

Banishment          - Removes a single summoned unit, while dealing considerable holy damage to the summoner.
                      It can be used against a target normally for raw holy damage. Also removes stains.

Death Curse         - Removes all buffs from the target and, for a short period of time, prevents buffs from
                      being cast on them while dealing constant minor damage, like a Poison. Additionally, while the
                      spell is still in effect, it causes the target to take 50% more damage. However, Undead units
                      are immune to the damage increase effect.

Invulnerability     - Can be casted on either the user or an ally. Once casted, the effected Creature will be immune to all
                      damage for a *very* brief amount of time.

Summon Skeleton     - Summons a "lesser Skeleton" that will fight for its summoner until it dies. Only a single Skeleton
                      can be summoned at any time. (Unless upgraded to two Skeletons) The summoned Skeleton can level up
                      and begins at Level 1. He cannot level up beyond the summoner. While summoned, the caster's other
                      Spells are significantly weaker than before and become even weaker when a second Skeleton is
                      summoned. The Summoned Skeleton's traits must be defined in the Profile and cannot be changed without
                      Game Master approval.

Chicken             - Turns the target into a clucking chicken, preventing them from being able to fight for a brief period
                      of time. The effect time is barely longer than Freeze but still varies due to the debuff being purely
                      magic based rather than ice based. Buffs are still in effect and the Creature has full control over
                      their chickened body, but they're easier to injure due to a lack of armor. They cannot be eaten and
                      may be cured at the Temple. The caster can chicken only a single Creature at a time.

Great Seal          - Completely blocks all spells for all units, enemies and allies, within a 2-3 tile radius
                      for a brief period of time. The effect time can be cut short but there is no reduction in
                      recharge time when doing so.

Word of Power       - Deals significant damage to all surrounding enemies in addition to a having a large push-back effect

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NPC Only Spells

NPC Only Spells are what their name might imply, in that they're available for NPCs only. These are the stronger of abilities that aren't very "balanced" and shouldn't be obtained normally.

Additionally, NPC Units are capable of breaking other rules, such as being able to obtain Spells regardless of their Level and capable of having multiple High Power Spells.

Haste Other         - Triples the speed of an ally for a very brief time, a handful of seconds

Haste Group         - Triples the speed of the caster and two nearby allies for a very brief time, a handful of seconds

Invisibility Other  - Turns an ally invisible for a short period of time, but becomes visible once attacking

Invisibility Group  - Turns the caster and two nearby allies invisible for a short period of time, but they become visible
                      once attacking.

Mist                - Creates a thick Fog of War over the surrounding area, stretching up to 7 tiles.

Rebound Other       - Creates a buffing effect for an ally that reflects incoming projectiles back at attackers

Rebound Group       - Creates a buffing effect for the caster and two nearby allies that reflect incoming projectiles back
                      at attackers.

Redirect            - Redirects nearby enemy projectiles towards the target instead of nearby and more vulnerable allies.

Speed Group         - Doubles the speed of the caster and two nearby allies

Summon Ghost        - Summons a "lesser Ghost" that will fight for its summoner until it dies. Only a single Ghost
                      can be summoned at any time. (Unless upgraded to two Ghost)