Specializations/Spellblade

Spellblade

Hexes etched into the steel; the swing reads as both strike and incantation.

Top tags economy · rider · buff

Chainglyph fragment5 fragments per caster · 15 fragments party-wide

SpellGenerates
Etched Steel1 glyph fragment where you stand
Warding Stroke1 fragment, placed where the attacker was standing rather than where…
SpellConsumes
Runic Slash2 fragments
Incantationevery fragment on the board
Blink Cut1 fragment
Spellstrike1 fragment

Spells

Spell Tags Consumes Falloff
Etched Steel
  • rider
  • economy
— Steep

Deals an extra elemental burst on every third swing and places 1 glyph fragment where you stand.

n = bodies caught

Glyphwork
  • ground
  • economy
— —

Places a glyph fragment where you were standing on every swing. Each expires after a stated duration. 5 per caster, 15 party-wide.

Runic Slash
  • zone
  • clear
2 fragments Standard

Consumes 2 glyph fragments and burns a line between them. The line hangs in the air, damaging anything that crosses it. 2 per caster, 6 party-wide.

n = targets crossing it

Incantation
  • projectile
  • burst
every fragment on the board Standard

Consumes every glyph fragment on the board and throws a crescent of force forward, gaining 1 cutting edge per fragment. At 5, the first body struck takes a guaranteed critical.

n = bodies struck across all edges

Blink Cut
  • dash
  • mobility
1 fragment Steep

Consumes 1 glyph fragment and teleports you to it, striking through anything on the line in transit.

n = bodies on the line

Spellstrike
  • rider
  • control
1 fragment —

Applies a brand with a melee hit. Branded enemies take increased damage from all your magic, counting toward the general Vulnerability bucket.

Warding Stroke
  • reactive
  • defense
— —

Negates a committed incoming attack and places 1 glyph fragment where the attacker was standing, not where you are.

Lend the Etching
  • buff
  • support
— —

Grants an ally's attacks your brand for a duration, even without Spellstrike slotted. 1 per caster, 4 party-wide. All lent brands and yours count as 1 term.

Falloff: per-target output × n^-k down to a floor, where n is targets hit. The band supplies both — Flat k=0/100% · Shallow k=0.13/60% · Standard k=0.25/50% · Steep k=0.39/35% · Punishing k=0.77/15% — and — is a spell that states none.