Light Manipulation
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This information is reliable as of patch 2.0.201.47. |
Category
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Mental |
|---|---|
Cost
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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 |
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.
One Lase charge is regenerated every 15 turns. This does not scale with level or willpower and it is not measured from the last turn that a charge was fired - the timer runs continuously every 15 turns regardless of when any charges were fired.
Formulas
The following formulas are used to determine damage, PV, maximum charges/light radius and reflect chance based on mutation level.[1]
| Formula | Applicable Levels | |
|---|---|---|
| Damage | 1d5+(Level - 6)
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Level 10+ |
| PV | 4 + Floor((Level - 1) / 2)
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All levels |
| Maximum Charges/Light Radius | 4 + Floor(Level / 2)
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All levels |
| Reflect Chance | (3 × Level + 10)%
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All levels |
Advancement Table
| Mutation Level |
Damage | PV | Max Charges/ Light Radius |
Percent Chance to Reflect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  1d31-3 (Avg: 2)
|
4 | 4 | 13% |
| 2 | 1d41-4 (Avg: 2.5)
|
4 | 5 | 16% |
| 3 | 1d51-5 (Avg: 3)
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5 | 5 | 19% |
| 4 | 1d4+12-5 (Avg: 3.5)
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5 | 6 | 22% |
| 5 | 1d5+12-6 (Avg: 4)
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6 | 6 | 25% |
| 6 | 1d4+23-6 (Avg: 4.5)
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6 | 7 | 28% |
| 7 | 1d5+23-7 (Avg: 5)
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7 | 7 | 31% |
| 8 | 1d4+34-7 (Avg: 5.5)
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7 | 8 | 34% |
| 9 | 1d5+34-8 (Avg: 6)
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8 | 8 | 37% |
| 10 | 1d5+45-9 (Avg: 7)
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8 | 9 | 40% |
| Mutation Level |
Damage | PV | Max Charges/ Light Radius |
Percent Chance to Reflect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1d5+56-10 (Avg: 8)
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9 | 9 | 43% |
| 12 | 1d5+67-11 (Avg: 9)
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9 | 10 | 46% |
| 13 | 1d5+78-12 (Avg: 10)
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10 | 10 | 49% |
| 14 | 1d5+89-13 (Avg: 11)
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10 | 11 | 52% |
| 15 | 1d5+910-14 (Avg: 12)
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11 | 11 | 55% |
| 16 | 1d5+1011-15 (Avg: 13)
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11 | 12 | 58% |
| 17 | 1d5+1112-16 (Avg: 14)
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12 | 12 | 61% |
| 18 | 1d5+1213-17 (Avg: 15)
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12 | 13 | 64% |
| 19 | 1d5+1314-18 (Avg: 16)
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13 | 13 | 67% |
| 20 | 1d5+1415-19 (Avg: 17)
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13 | 14 | 70% |
| Mutation Level |
Damage | PV | Max Charges/ Light Radius |
Percent Chance to Reflect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1d5+1516-20 (Avg: 18)
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14 | 14 | 73% |
| 22 | 1d5+1617-21 (Avg: 19)
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14 | 15 | 76% |
| 23 | 1d5+1718-22 (Avg: 20)
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15 | 15 | 79% |
| 24 | 1d5+1819-23 (Avg: 21)
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15 | 16 | 82% |
| 25 | 1d5+1920-24 (Avg: 22)
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16 | 16 | 85% |
| 26 | 1d5+2021-25 (Avg: 23)
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16 | 17 | 88% |
| 27 | 1d5+2122-26 (Avg: 24)
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17 | 17 | 91% |
| 28 | 1d5+2223-27 (Avg: 25)
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17 | 18 | 94% |
| 29 | 1d5+2324-28 (Avg: 26)
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18 | 18 | 97% |
| 30 | 1d5+2425-29 (Avg: 27)
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18 | 19 | 100% |
Tips
Advantages
- Never misses and has infinite range.
- Provides light without taking up an equipment slot, as other Light Sources do.
- Decent early-game damage and PV which scales with level.
- Can infrequently to consistently reflect light based damage depending on mutation level.
Disadvantages
- Light radius is small at low levels.
- It is difficult to use Light Manipulation as both a weapon and a light source at the same time.
- Use of Mass Mind is the only way to regenerate charges more quickly.
- 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
- ↑
XRL.World.Parts.Mutation.LightManipulation