Feature: After some serious testing (and because it was already being done on live servers thanks to wabbajack() preserving spells) I've removed the compatible_mobs list for mind_transfer, meaning you can now mind transfer to any player controled living mob.
Flowery fluff that no one would ever care about: changes the mindswap message for trying to swap into a dead guy, since a spell holder isn't nessisarily a space wizard
bugfix: gives notransform to etheral jaunting based on an observed edge case where a wizard was staff of changed while starting a jaunt and got stuck in bluespace for the rest of the round
meta: modified revive() so I could remove all that horrible snowflake I introduced to let reviving simple mobs come back
All the logging i have found in the code was changed to use the
proc(maybe i missed something)
Killed all runtimes found so far
Proc now handles all the checks, no need to add checks in the body of
object
Adds new functionality where wands will look different once they're out of charge for at a glace judgements
Adds a wand of nothing to the hacked item list for the autodrobe, by popular request
*Span classes the whole update
*Spellbooks no longer vanish after being used, instead used spellbooks now have various bad effects should they be attempted to learned from again (the original reader won't acidentally fall to this, as they will just say "I've already read this"). Leave em out as traps for people or properly dispose of your trash! Or...
*The charge spell can now attempt to recharge one use spellbooks so someone else can learn the spell. This only has a 20% success rate and will destroy the book should it fail (even if the book was actually unused). You can't attempt this on the wizard's spellbook
*The "staff of nothing" (functional) placeholder now uses the generic staff sprites
*Spellbooks can now be placed in bookshelves just like normal books
*The teleport spell won't yank anchored things anymore, but as a consolation it will warp the entire contents of a tile should it be targeted. The code has been tweeked so this shouldn't effect the server too bad even if large numbers of items are warped to unique locations this way
Fixes an issue where someone spamming a wand might lose charges without actually firing the bolt
Removes a few missed bugtesting lines
Adds a var (variable_charges) to be disabled for wands with assured max charges for future use
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Summon Magic:
This new wizard spell works much like summon guns except it instead brings the crew magical tools and weapons. There are preexisting artifacts (minus some that would cause huge confusion/balance issues) as well as new spellbooks, wands, and a staff. The chance of survivor antag is the same as summon guns.
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Charge:
This new spell allows for the recharging of otherwise unrefillable wands, but there's a heavy chance that the total number of charges will decrease with each casting until eventually they're impossible to keep recharging. As a bonus the charge spell can also be used to charge batteries and things that run on batteries (such as energy weapons). This carries the same max charge weardown penalties however. Lastly this spell allows a wizard to charge other wizards with a grab, reseting their spell cooldown. They cannot use it to charge themselves. It has a 60 second cooldown.
The wizard cannot buy this spell himself, it only comes randomly to the crew during Summon Magic and with the new apprentice loadout.
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Wands&Staffs:
Magic weapons have been overhauled into their own catagory so there won't be any more weirdness with batteries in staves or apparent magic resistance on things that reflect energy weapons.
Wands have been added, these wands come precharged with a number of shots that can be fired off at their leasure but cannot be recharged once emptied (unless the charge spell is used). They come in a varity of exciting flavors:
*Death: Slays instantly but has very few shots (1 to 3)
*Resurrection: Revives and/or heals instantly but has very few shots (1 to 3)
*Polymorph: Same function as the staff of change
*Teleport: Weaponized blink spell that doesn't respect space tiles and can also warp away machinery or items (but not turf)
*Door Creation: Puts easy access wooden doors in walls
*Fireball: Same function (but slightly lower damage) as the fireball spell
*Nothing: Lame and useless
Wands can also be used on the user (unlike staves) by clicking on them. Warning messages have been added to a few wands so people don't accidentally zap themselves with the wand of death unless they really want to.
Wands cannot be aquired by the wizard directly, and are only spawned during castings of summon magic.
There is also a new staff, the staff of healing, which works as a recharging version of the wand of resurrection. The new apprentice starts with one of these, and they can also be found during summon magic. The wizard cannot purchase it directly, and as a stave he could not use it on himself anyways.
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One time spellbooks:
Found exclusively in summon magic are one time use spellbooks that can teach any player a robeless spell. Once read the book vanishes.
Books come in the following flavors:
*fireball
*smoke
*blind
*mindswap
*forcewall
*knock
*curse of the horsemen
*charge (described above)
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New apprentice:
A fourth loadout for apprentice wizards has been added. This wizard is intended as a support role and comes with forcewall (for cover) and charge (used to keep him and the wizard well stocked in laser weaponry or to restore the wizard's cooldowns). It also comes equiped with a free Staff of Healing for keeping the wizard alive. Shoot the medic first folks.
Virologist starts with a small bottle of liquid plasma.
Filled in the gaps between the chem master with RGBA(255, 255, 255, 1) so you do not accidentally click on the floor anymore.
ChemMasters now has the green light overlay, which is only used by Pandemics but it looks better than red.
Syndicate Bombs now have enforced 60 second minimum timers, up from 30. Their crystal cost remains at 5.
Syndicate Detonators that can get around the 60 second timers are purchasable for 1 crystal for all (there are also ways to get around it with clever uses of the wires, but that's not new)
The Nuke Agents get a free syndicate detonator [MAP]
Syndicate Bombs can now be further disassembled beyond disarming them to let people actually lift the explosives out of the bomb, rendering it useless. These explosives will only detonate in the presence of another explosion, and give great research levels.
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