Focal Manipulator (Thaumcraft 6)

The Focal Manipulator is a block added by Thaumcraft 6. It is used to imbue foci with spells that can be cast with a Caster's Gauntlet.
== Recipe ==
== Usage ==
Right-clicking the Focal Manipulator will open its GUI, which is used to create custom spells.
The slot on the bottom left is a focus slot. In order to use this block, a focus must be inserted into it.
The middle area of the interface shows the current spell layout. Clicking on one of the pieces will select it, which allows editing its settings in the bottom right corner. Right clicking a piece will remove it and all pieces below. The top piece always is the Root focus medium, which affects the caster directly and cannot be selected.
The scrollable list on the left shows the usable spell patterns, which are divided into three types:
* focus mediums, which provide trajectories determining what is affected by the spell,
* focus effects, which apply an effect to the affected object,
* focus modifiers, which modify the spell behavior.
Clicking on one of the patterns will place it in the currently selected position in the layout. Every pattern has a complexity cost, which is modified by the pattern's settings and increased by 50% for each repeated use of the same pattern. 
The top bar is a text field where the spell's name can be set. This name defaults to the name of the focus item used.
The top right area of the interface contains:
* the "Start Crafting" button, which can be only pressed when all crafting conditions are met and starts the crafting process.
* the total complexity of the spell, which is limited by the used focus type and determines the casting cooldown and cost. If the Focus's complexity limit is exceeded by the planned patterns, the new Focus cannot be created.
* the experience level and Vis cost of crafting the spell.
* the Vis cost of a single cast of the spell.
* the Vis Crystals required to craft the spell.
Clicking the "Start Crafting" button will consume the required experience and Vis Crystals, and start draining Vis from the chunk containing the Focal Manipulator. The area where Vis is drained from can be increased to a 3×3 chunk area by placing a Workbench Charger on top of it. Once the required Vis is gathered, the created spell will be stored in the focus. If the focus contained a spell already, it will be overwritten.
== Focus patterns ==
=== Mediums ===
Name 	Crystal cost	Effect 	Settings
Root 	- 	Affects the player 	-
Touch 	 	Affects objects in the block reach range of the player 	-
Projectile 	 	Shoots a projectile that affects the hit object 	Projectile speed (1-5)Options: None, Bouncy (bounces off blocks, cannot trigger on hitting a block anymore), Seek hostile, Seek friendly
Bolt 	 	Shoots a bolt with a 16 block range that affects the hit object 	-
Arcane Mine 	 	Spawns a mine that triggers when a mob walks on it but takes 2 seconds to arm 	Target type: Friendly, Non-friendly
Cloud 	 	Creates a cloud that applies the spell effects every 5 ticks to all objects in range	Duration (seconds): 5-30Range (blocks): 1-3 
Multiplier:0.33
Summon Spellbat	 	Spawns a spellbat that attacks a target, applying spell effects to it 	Target type: Friendly, Non-friendly
Plan 	 	Affects all highlighted blocks 	Planning method: Full (can affect up to a 7×7×7 area of different blocks),Surface (can affect up to a 7×7 area of the same block type)
=== Effects ===
Name 	Crystal cost	Effect 	Settings
Fire 	 	Deals fire damage, sets target on fireIgnites blocks 	Burn duration (seconds): 0-5Power: 1-5
Air 	 	Deals projectile damage and knocks the target back 	Duration (seconds): 2-10Power: 1-5
Frost 	 	Deals projectile damage and applies SlownessFreezes nearby Water into Frosted Ice 	Power: 1-5
Earth 	 	Deals projectile damageBreaks weak blocks 	Power: 1-5
Flux 	 	Deals magic damage 	Power: 1-5
Curse 	 	Deals magic damage and applies harmful status effects on hit entitiesPlaces a static field that applies harmful status effects	Duration (seconds): 1-10Power: 1-5
Heal 	 	Heals the target, damaging undead targets instead 	Healing: 1-5
Break 	 	Breaks the hit blocks 	Silk Touch: Yes/NoFortune: No, I, II, III, IVBreaking strength: 1-5
Exchange	 	Replaces the hit blocks with the selected one from the caster's inventory 	Silk Touch: Yes/NoFortune: No, I, II, III, IV
Rift 	 	Creates a temporary 3×3 hole that can be walked through at the hit location 	Duration (seconds): 2-10Depth: 8/16/24/32
=== Modifiers ===
Name 	Effect 	Settings
Scatter 	Splits a trajectory into multiple weaker ones	Trajectory forks: 2-10Spread angle (degrees): 10-360
Split Target 	Splits a target into two weaker ones 	Multiplier:0.75
Split Trajectory	Splits a trajectory into two weaker ones 	-
Category:Thaumcraft 6Category:Magic