Syphon Vim

Syphon Vim

	Mental
	3
	LifeDrain
	yes
Infobox data from game version 2.0.206.63

Syphon Vim

You bond with a nearby creature and leech its life force.

Mental attack versus an organic creature
Duration: 20 rounds
Cooldown: 200 rounds
Drains (level based) hit points per round

Syphon Vim is a mental mutation that causes the player to leech life force from a creature, dealing damage and healing the player over time.

Syphon Vim grants the "Life Drain" activated ability, which when used against an adjacent creature, will inflict syphoned and begin dealing damage and healing the player by an amount determined by mutation level. The creature will attempt to make a save against the life drain every turn; succeeding will cause them to "resist" the life drain, while failing will cause damage and healing to be applied. After initating the life drain, you do not need to remain near the creature or even within line of sight - the effect will continue until the duration of 20 rounds expires or the creature dies.

Syphon Vim will not work if used against an inorganic creature, such as a robot.

Formulas

The following formula is used to determine damage/healing amount based on mutation level.

Damage/Healing Amount	Level

The following formula is used to determine saving throw against life drain based on either mutation level or Ego modifier.

Saving Throw	1d8 + Max(Ego Mod, Level) > Enemy MA + 4

Note the "Max" function. This denotes that whichever variable is higher will be used in the equation.

If this statement is true, the creature will resist Life Drain. If it is false, Life Drain will succeed and effects will be applied.

Advancement Table

Mutation Level	Damage/Healing
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10

Mutation Level	Damage/Healing
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20

Mutation Level	Damage/Healing
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30

Ability Cooldown

Syphon Vim's cooldown (CD) in rounds depends on the user's willpower (WI) attribute:

WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD
9	270	15	210	21	150	27	90
10	260	16	200	22	140	28	80
11	250	17	190	23	130	29	70
12	240	18	180	24	120	30	60
13	230	19	170	25	110	31	50
14	220	20	160	26	100	32	40

Advantages & Disadvantages

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

Advantages

• Allows the player to remotely deal damage and heal after applying the effect
• Lasts for a relatively long time

Disadvantages

• Need to be in melee range to initiate the effect
• Moderate cost at character creation
• Damage and healing scales very slowly
• Very long cooldown

Creatures that have Syphon Vim

• goatfolk qlippoth(Level 1)
• bloated leech(Level 1)
• leech(Level 1)
• Santalalotze(Level 10)

References

This information is reliable as of patch 2.0.201.48.