Daenks/Meridian59_103 — pull request #569 by GarOfMeridian (2014-08-11 21:34:52+00:00)
Title: Deflect Rebalancing

Deflect is still Kraanan level 4 and still costs 20 mana, but it is no
longer a Personal Enchantment. Instead, it is a Radius Enchantment with
a static range of 6 (splash spells are range 4).

Deflect now creates a bubble that attempts to reflect all single-target
attack spells of any type that are cast from outside that bubble. If you
Lightning Bolt or Blast of Fire or Splash of Acid inside the bubble,
Deflect does nothing. You can't cast splash spells from greater than
range 6, so they are unaffected generally, but Deflect will attempt to
reflect Lightning Bolts and Fireballs that CAN be cast from that far
away.

Your Deflect bubble will protect all of your allies and your enemies.

Casting Deflect and affecting an innocent can cause you to be labeled an
outlaw; this is to prevent muling issues. Keep your safety on.

The general idea behind this new Deflect is that the original PE spell is
simultaneously useless and godly overpowered. It's useless because of
the huge mana cost, focus time, and short duration, but OP because
it reflected up to 75% of all attack spells of any sort.

This new Deflect reflects up to 50% of ranged attack spells cast from
outside the protection radius. It is intended to force mages to close
distance if they want to continue attacking you. For example, if
you AMA, and the mage casts Mana Convergence and Winds, he
can bolt you and you can't really fire arrows back. Now, you cast AMA
and Deflect, and he casts Mana Convergence and Winds, then you're
both forced to close to melee range.