Difference between revisions of "Spell Cost"

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A spell's Magicka cost is determined by several different and the spell's magnitude, duration, area, and whether or not its range is Target.

(BaseCost*fMagicDurMagBaseCostMult)
(Magnitude^fMagicCostScale)
Duration
(Area*fMagicAreaBaseCostMult)
(IsOnTarget*fMagicTargetCostMult)

If any of the pieces of the formula are less than 1, 1 is used instead.

The game settings fMagicDurMagBaseCostMult, fMagicCostScale, fMagicAreaBaseCostMult, and fMagicTargetCostMult have default values of 0.1, 1.28, 0.15, and 1.5 respectively.

The actual cost to cast these spells is further modified by the caster's skill in the appropriate school of magic (which itself is modified by the character's Luck):

fMagicCasterSkillCostBase+(fMagicCasterSkillCostMult*(1-((Skill+(0.4*(Luck-50)/100)))

The GMST fMagicCasterSkillCostBase defaults to 0.2 and fMagicCasterSkillCostMult defaults to 1.2.

Difference between revisions of "Spell Cost"

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-Casting a spell costs [[Magicka]]; the exact cost depends on the spell's cost and the player's skill. For custom player-made spells as well as Auto-Calculated spells made in the CS, the formula is
+A spell's Magicka cost is determined by several different [[Category:Settings|game settings]] and the spell's magnitude, duration, area, and whether or not its range is Target.
-  (BaseCost * fMagicDurMagBaseCostMult) * (Magnitude ^ fMagicCostScale) * (Duration) * (Area * fMagicAreaBaseCostMult)
+  (BaseCost*fMagicDurMagBaseCostMult)
-Where "BaseCost" is defined in the Magic Effect settings in the CS, and Magnitude, Duration, and Area are the parameters of the spell. If any of the parenthetical pieces of the formula is less than 1, 1 is used instead.
+ (Magnitude^fMagicCostScale)
+ Duration
+ (Area*fMagicAreaBaseCostMult)
+ (IsOnTarget*fMagicTargetCostMult)
+If any of the pieces of the formula are less than 1, 1 is used instead.
-The [[Category:Settings|game settings]] fMagicDurMagBaseCostMult, fMagicCostScale, and fMagicAreaBaseCostMult have default values of 0.1, 1.28, 0.15, respectively.
+The game settings fMagicDurMagBaseCostMult, fMagicCostScale, fMagicAreaBaseCostMult, and fMagicTargetCostMult have default values of 0.1, 1.28, 0.15, and 1.5 respectively.
+The actual cost to cast these spells is further modified by the caster's skill in the appropriate school of magic (which itself is modified by the character's Luck):
+ fMagicCasterSkillCostBase+(fMagicCasterSkillCostMult*(1-((Skill+(0.4*(Luck-50)/100)))
+The GMST fMagicCasterSkillCostBase defaults to 0.2 and fMagicCasterSkillCostMult defaults to 1.2.
 [[Category: Magic]]