Magnify (Druid Skill)

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Guild Level:  6
SP Cost:      25 spell points
Skill:        Atmosphere
Syntax:       magnify <target>

Druids extend great influence over nature, and can harness its might in various ways, not always benign. Using magnify, a druid gathers forth and enhances the elemental tendencies of the current season and focuses that power upon a single target, achieving various effects.

A list of the possible seasons and their respective effects is outlined below:

Spring - Harness Spring's airy breezes and batter your foe with a focused blast of wind.
Summer - Magnify the rays of the Summer sun and bathe your foe in waves of solar heat.
Autumn - Gather forth the waning of the natural world and weaken your foe with a painful withering.
Winter - Focus the icy grip of Winter and overwhelm your foe with layers of debilitating ice.

Commentary

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Magnify allows the druid to focus the elements on a foe and deal damage to them on a continuous basis for some time. With higher atmosphere skill the druid's magnify both lasts longer and deals more damage each time it hits the foe. Once the elements are magnified on one foe the druid is free to magnify the elements on additional foes; a high level druid with a sufficiently high atmosphere skill can have multiple foes under magnification at the same time.

Magnify is a highly efficient damage lore from a damage per spell point perspective and many high level druids defeat foes by using only magnify and a swarm of scorpions without ever using the blast or lance lores. These druids of course use quicksand and sometimes have their companion attack as well.

Magnify takes 2 rounds to cast.