🔮 Mysticism

Mysticism is a body of magic first used by the Gargoyle Race. It was added with the Stygian Abyss expansion and may be learned by all races, not just gargoyles. Similar to Spellweaving and Necromancy, Mysticism has its own unique set of magic spells cast from a Spellbook.

Battle Focus and Imbuing augment the power of certain Mysticism spells. Evaluate Intelligence once augmented as well, but was swapped for Focus with Publish 64 in February 2010.

Lore

Humans and Gargoyles worked together from a common source of magic, and the Gargoyles went on to refine their arcane arts to deal with the cataclysms destroying their world. Gargoyles have mastered the art of magic called Mysticism.

Similar to Magery, Mysticism consists of 16 spells and eight ranks that signify their power and the magic ability required to cast them. These eight concentric ranks correspond to vortices within the ether, all spinning one within another as they expand through the universe. The more powerful a spell you wish to cast, the deeper into the inner circles of ether you must penetrate. The deeper you go, the more mana (magical energy) each spell requires you to expend. Spells of the Eighth Rank require great measures of both skill and mana, while spells of the First Rank are much easier and require less energy.

Mysticism as Magery requires the Spell Channeling property to handle weapons or shields for all of its spells with the exception of the spell Enchant (which adds by spell casting Spell Channeling to the weapon).

Those skilled in Mysticism are known as Mystics.

Training

It is best to train wearing a 100% Lower Reagent Cost suit. Other desirable properties include high Lower Mana Cost, Mana Regeneration, 2 Faster Casting and 6 Faster Cast Recovery.

0 - 40 - Train at Mystic vendor in Ter Mur
40 - 63 - Cast Stone Form
63 - 80 - Cast Cleansing Winds on yourself
80 - 95 - Cast Hail Storm on yourself
95 - 120 - Cast Nether Cyclone

Spells

Icon	Name	Mana Cost	Minimum Skill	Description
Healing_stone.jpg	Healing Stone	4 Mana	0 Skill	Conjures a healing stone, usable only by the Mystic.
Nether_bolt.jpg	Nether Bolt	4 Mana	0 Skill	Conjures a bolt of nether energy to assault a target with chaos damage.
Enchant.jpg	Enchant	6 Mana	8 Skill	Temporarily imbues a held weapon with a hit spell effect. If Mysticism and Focus or Imbuing (whichever is greater) are over 80 the weapon is temporarily granted Spell Channeling.
Pure_magic.jpg	Purge Magic	6 Mana	8 Skill	Removes one random beneficial ward from a target.
Eagle_strike.jpg	Eagle Strike	9 Mana	20 Skill	Conjures a magical eagle-like creature as a projectile that assaults a target with its talons.
Sleep.jpg	Sleep	8 Mana	20 Skill	Puts a target into a temporary sleep state until harmed or enough time passes. While asleep, the target will be unable to attack or cast spells, and moves at a slower speed.
Animated_weapon.jpg	Animated Weapon	11 Mana	33 Skill	An Animated Weapon is conjured and attacks nearby foes.
Stone_form.jpg	Stone Form	11 Mana	33 Skill	Infuses the caster with the essence of solid stone, making him slow to move and fight and cast spells, but gives him resistances to damage and a slight bonus to physical damage attacks.
Mass_sleep.jpg	Mass Sleep	14 Mana	45 Skill	Same as Sleep except works on multiple targets in a small area of effect.
Spell_trigger.jpg	Spell Trigger	14 Mana	45 Skill	Stores one Mysticism spell in a spell stone. The stone can be activated to instantly cast the stored spell.
Bombard.jpg	Bombard	20 Mana	58 Skill	Conjures a magical boulder projectile to hurled at a target. This spell also has a chance to knock-back and stun a player victim for 2 seconds.
Cleansing_winds.jpg	Cleansing Winds	20 Mana	58 Skill	Soothing winds cure poison, lift curses, and heal a target.
Hail_storm.jpg	Hail Storm	50 Mana	70 Skill	A torrent of rain brings down a storm of hailstones damaging the caster's enemies in the surrounding area.
Spell_plague.jpg	Spell Plague	40 Mana	70 Skill	Inflicts one or more victims with a terrible curse. Each time a victim hits with a harmful attack there is a chance that they will take an explosion backlash of fire damage.
Nether_cyclone.jpg	Nether Cyclone	50 Mana	83 Skill	Summons a gale of lethal winds that strikes all Targets within a radius around the Target's Location, dealing chaos damage. In addition to inflicting damage, each Target of the Nether Cyclone temporarily loses a percentage of mana and stamina. The effectiveness of the Nether Cyclone is determined by a comparison between the Caster's Focus or Imbuing (whichever is greater) and Mysticism skills and the Resisting Spells skill of the Target.
Rising_colossus.jpg	Rising Colossus	50 Mana	83 Skill	Summons a colossal stone titan that selects a Target to attack based off its intelligence and proximity. The Rising Colossus disappears after a set amount of time. The Rising Colossus' stats, skills, and duration are determined by the Caster's Focus or Imbuing (whichever is greater), and Mysticism skills. Requires 5 pet control slots.

Casting Success Chance

Skill	Spell	Minimum Skill	Success Chance %	?	?
8	Nether Cyclone & Rising Colossus	83	95.5	108	120.5

- At minimum skill level, there is a 25% chance to successfully cast a spell.
** Power Scroll required to achieved skill greater than 100
*** 100% success is not possible for 8th Rank Mysticism Spells, 99% at 120

Reference

UO Playguide - http://www.uoherald.com/node/137
Five on Friday - http://www.uoherald.com/fof/?fofId=130