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You produce ambient light within a radius of (4 + Floor(Level/2))\nYou may focus the light into a laser beam (doing so reduces the radius of your ambient light by 1)\nLaser damage increment: (Level based)\nLaser penetration bonus: ((Level - 1) / 2 + 4)\nAmbient light radius increases by 1 every 15 rounds until it reaches its maximum value\n(10 + 3 * Level)% chance to reflect light-based damage
You produce ambient light within a radius of &C(level based)&y\nYou may focus the light into a laser beam (doing so reduces the radius of your ambient light by 1)\nLaser damage increment: &C(level based)&y\nLaser penetration bonus: &C(level based)&y\nAmbient light radius increases by 1 every 15 rounds until it reaches its maximum value\n&C(level based)%&y chance to reflect light-based damage
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| realitydistort = no
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{{name}} is a mutation that allows its user to fire damaging pulses of light, and to generate ambient light around them while they have lase charges remaining.
{{name}} is a mutation that allows its user to fire damaging pulses of light, and to generate ambient light around them while they have lase charges remaining.
A creature with this mutation can gain up to as many Lase charges as their maximum light radius, which increases by 1 every two levels.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Mutation Level
!Mutation Level
!Damage
!Damage
!PV
!PV
!Maximum Light Radius
!Maximum Charges/Light Radius
!Percent Chance to Reflect
!Percent Chance to Reflect
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| All levels
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! Light Radius
! Maximum Charges/Light Radius
| {{simple formula | 4 + Floor(Level / 2) }}
| {{simple formula | 4 + Floor(Level / 2) }}
| All levels
| All levels

Revision as of 20:06, 29 October 2020

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Light Manipulation
Category

Mental

Cost

4

ID?Use this ID to wish for the mutation
(example: mutation:LightManipulation)

LightManipulation

Reality DistortingReality distorting mutations
cannot be used under
the effects of normality.

no

Light Manipulation

You manipulate light to your advantage.

You produce ambient light within a radius of (level based)
You may focus the light into a laser beam (doing so reduces the radius of your ambient light by 1)
Laser damage increment: (level based)
Laser penetration bonus: (level based)
Ambient light radius increases by 1 every 15 rounds until it reaches its maximum value
(level based)% chance to reflect light-based damage

Light Manipulation is a mutation that allows its user to fire damaging pulses of light, and to generate ambient light around them while they have lase charges remaining.

A creature with this mutation can gain up to as many Lase charges as their maximum light radius, which increases by 1 every two levels.

Mutation Level Damage PV Maximum Charges/Light Radius Percent Chance to Reflect
1 1d3 4 4 13%
2 1d4 4 5 16%
3 1d5 5 5 19%
4 1d4+1 5 6 22%
5 1d5+1 6 6 25%
6 1d4+2 6 7 28%
7 1d5+2 7 7 31%
8 1d4+3 7 8 34%
9 1d5+3 8 8 37%
10 1d5+4 8 9 40%

Formulas

The following formulas are used to determine damage and AV based on mutation level.[1]

Formula Applicable Levels
Damage
1d5+(Level - 6)
Level 10+
PV
4 + Floor((Level - 1) / 2)
All levels
Maximum Charges/Light Radius
4 + Floor(Level / 2)
All levels
Reflect Chance
(3 × Level + 10)%
All levels

Tips

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

Advantages

  • Never misses and has infinite range.
  • Provides light in a small radius without taking up an equipment slot, as other Light Sources do.
  • Decent early-game damage and PV which scales with level.

Disadvantages

  • It is difficult to use Light Manipulation as both a weapon and a light source at the same time.
  • There is no way to decrease the time it takes to regenerate a charge.
  • Cannot fire through forcefields.
  • PV and damage scale poorly in the late game unless the mutation is leveled to 20-25 through ego modifier.

References

  1. XRL.World.Parts.Mutation.LightManipulation