Updates - Interlude - Skills and Magic

### **New Skills**

The following new skills have been added, and the following items are required in order to use some of them: Phoenix Blood, Einhasad’s Holy Water, Battle Symbol, and Magic Symbol. These can be purchased from Trader Ralford in the Ivory Tower.

Dispel skills have a chance of nullifying Force Barrier, Sonic Barrier, and Celestial Shield.

The re-use time for the following skills is not affected by the caster's Casting Speed: Invocation, Celestial Shield, Salvation, Soul of the Phoenix, Symbol of Defense, Symbol of Noise, Symbol of Resistance, Symbol of Honor, Symbol of Energy, Symbol of the Sniper, Symbol of the Assassin, Volcano, Cyclone, Raging Wages, Day of Doom, Gehenna, Anti-Summoning Field, Purification Field, Miracle, Flames of Invincibility, Mass Recharge.

Spellbooks (and one Blueprint) for the following skills can be purchased at the Rune, Goddard or Ivory Tower spellbook shops. Players have a chance to buy them every hour.

* Spellbook: Celestial Shield
* Spellbook: Invocation
* Spellbook: Summon Attract Cubic
* Spellbook: Aura Flash
* Blueprint: Summon Swoop Cannon

**Swoop Cannon**

Player characters who reach level 68 of the Warsmith class will gain access to the Swoop Cannon, a new siege summon.

The Swoop Cannon is a siege servitor designed for attack. It cannot be used to defend. It is different from previous siege servitors in that it can use its skill without switching modes.

It can be summoned only within the Siege War Zone.

46 A Grade Crystals are required for the initial summoning. After it is summoned, B Grade Gemstones are continuously consumed at a rate of 21 per minute.

The Swoop Cannon’s attack goes in the direction it is facing, regardless of whether a target has been selected. Its ranged attack fires in a parabolic arc. All players and NPCs who are near where its shots land — allies, enemies and neutral parties alike — will incur damage. When a shot falls on an ordinary field (non-siege zone), battleground, or the border area of an ordinary field, it damages players on the ordinary field and it incurs a PK penalty.

Shots cannot damage castle walls, doors, or headquarters.

The Swoop Long Shot and Swoop Middle Shot skills cannot be used inside a castle, along the castle wall area, nor outside a battleground.

Flash Gunpowder is consumed during attack. Flash Gunpowder can be purchased in the Town of Schuttgart and Rune Township.

The Swoop Cannon disappears when it is defeated.

**Castle-Owning Clan Skills**

New skills have been added to a circlet that can be equipped by clan members who control a castle, and to a crown that can be equipped by a castle lord.

The Lord’s Crown can be obtained from the Chamberlain, and each castle’s circlet can be purchased from the Chamberlain.

Also, Academy members have been changed so that they cannot equip a castle circlet.

Residential Shock Immunity: Greatly but temporarily increases resistance to shock attacks.

Clan Gate: Creates a gate for summoning clan members. The caster cannot move while the gate is in effect. The Clan Gate skill is located in the active skill window when the Lord’s Crown is equipped. When the lord’s skill is used, a summoning field is created near the lord, and the lord is put into an immobile state. At that time, a system message stating that a Gate has been created appears to all clan members who are logged on. For 2 minutes, clan members can speak with the Court Magician inside the castle and teleport to the lord’s location.

The skill is located in the active skill window when the item is equipped.

When ownership of the necessary castle is lost, the item automatically disappears and the skill is also lost.

### **Changes to Existing Skills**

The power of Stunning Shot has been slightly increased.

The requirements for casting Benediction have been changed from HP 25% to MP 25%.

Mana Burn and Mana Storm now awaken a target under the Sleep effect.

The effects for the following skills have been decreased. (Maximum damage effect during a critical attack)

\* Death Whisper, Dance of Fire, Eye of Pa'agrio, Chant of Rage
Elven Elders and Shillien Elders, classes that possess the Recharge skill, are no longer affected by Recharge.

The Wizard class attack spells have been changed to allow the target a chance to defend against the following:

\* Wind Strike, Aqua Swirl, Twister, Blaze, Death Spike, Prominence, Ice Dagger, Hurricane
The Greater Heal skills and Chant of Life/Heart of Pa’agrio magic effects have been changed to permit receiving the effects at the same time. You can now receive both effects at the same time. Also, a continuous heal buff is placed in the buff slot.

The location of a healing potion’s effect has been changed from the buff slot to a healing potion slot.

A Bishop who has trained level 11 in the Major Heal skill can now use skill enchantment.

The fleeing effect of Curse Fear and Horror has been changed to now affect players.

The effect of Soulshots on melee attack skills has been greatly increased.

The Magical Backfire skill’s effect has been increased.

The effects of the following skills have been greatly increased.

\* Whirlwind, Thunder Storm, Hammer Crash, Soul Breaker, Tribunal, Judgment, Armor Crush, Shock Blast
When using a skill after using Soulshot, you can now inflict more damage than before. (Not using a Soulshot has the same effect as before.)

\* Power Strike, Power Shot, Stunning Shot, Stun Attack, Iron Punch, Stunning Fist, Sting, Wild Sweep, Power Smash, Triple Slash, Double Shot, Burst Shot, Spinning Slash, Thunder Storm, Punch of Doom, Poison Blade Dance, Sword Symphony, Fatal Strike, Hammer Crash, Burning Fist, Soul Breaker, Crush of Doom, Strider Siege Assault, Lethal Shot, Sonic Rage, Force Rage, Earthquake, Spoil Crush, Hamstring Shot, Shock Blight, Armor Crush, Evade Shot, Tribunal, Judgment, Psycho Symphony, Demon Blade Dance, Double Sonic Slash, Sonic Blaster, Sonic Storm, Sonic Buster, Triple Sonic Slash
The following skills can now be enchanted:

\* Tribunal, Judgment, Arrest, Shackle, Mass Shackle, Banish Undead, Critical Blow, Mortal Strike, Stealth, Sand Bomb, Mass Curse Fear, Mass Curse Gloom, Trance, Erase, Magical Backfire, Mana Burn, Mana Storm, Turn Undead, Major Heal, Major Group Heal, Summon Swoop Cannon, Shock Stomp, Aura Flash, Banish Holy
The success rates for the following skills have been increased:

\* Seal of Chaos, Seal of Poison, Seal of Winter, Seal of Flame, Seal of Gloom, Seal of Mirage
The effect of the Deflect Arrow skill levels 2, 3 and 4 have been greatly increased.

The success rate of the Serenade of Eva skill has been increased, and the re-use delay has been greatly increased.

The effects and use requirements for Sonic Buster, Sonic Storm, Force Burst, and Force Storm have been changed. The focus use requirement has been raised by 1.

The character becomes semi-invisible when using the Silent Move, Chameleon Rest, Dance of Shadows, and Stealth skills.

The first two skill levels of Summon Mechanic Golem now require Crystal: D Grade to summon the servitor.

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Source : http://legacy.lineage2.com/news/interlude\_03.html

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