Recklessness: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:53, 19 August 2014

Related topics: Combat, Skills, Finesse Weapons, Light Weapons, Heavy Weapons, Missile Weapons

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Recklessness
Description	Increases outgoing melee or missile non-critical damage, and incoming non-critical damage from all sources.
Formula	(Strength + Quickness) / 3
Base Status	Untrained
Cost to Train	4
Cost to Specialize	2
Buffs	Recklessness Mastery (Spell), Strength (Spell), Quickness (Spell)
Debuffs	Recklessness Ineptitude (Spell), Weakness (Spell), Slowness (Spell)

Damage rating is increased by 20 for specialized and 10 for trained. Incoming non-critical damage from all sources is increased by the same.

Works for melee and missile combat.
Doesn't affect critical hits.
Activates when attack bar is between 20% and 80%.
If the Recklessness skill is lower than your attack skill (as determined by your equipped weapon), then the damage rating is reduced proportionately, but a Recklessness higher than your attack skill will not provide any advantage. The damage rating adjustment for incoming damage is also adjusted proportionally if your Recklessness skill is lower than your active attack skill.
While active, non-critical outgoing melee and missile hits receive the higher damage rating.
While active, non-critical incoming attacks from all sources are increased likewise.

Skills
Magic Skills	Arcane Lore, Creature Enchantment, Item Enchantment, Life Magic, Mana Conversion, Void Magic, War Magic
Combat Skills	Finesse Weapons, Heavy Weapons, Light Weapons, Missile Weapons, Two Handed Combat, Summoning
Secondary Combat Skills	Dual Wield, Dirty Fighting, Recklessness, Sneak Attack
Defense Skills	Magic Defense, Melee Defense, Missile Defense, Shield
Crafting Skills	Alchemy, Armor Tinkering, Cooking, Fletching, Item Tinkering, Lockpick, Magic Item Tinkering, Salvaging, Weapon Tinkering
Misc Skills	Assess Creature, Assess Person, Deception, Healing, Leadership, Loyalty, Jump, Run
Retired Skills	Appraise Armor, Appraise Item, Appraise Magic Item, Appraise Weapon, Axe, Bow, Crossbow, Dagger, Gearcraft, Mace, Spear, Staff, Sword, Thrown Weapons, Unarmed Combat

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 *Doesn't affect critical hits.
 *Activates when attack bar is between 20% and 80%.
-*If the Recklessness skill is lower than your attack skill (as determined by your equipped weapon) then the damage rating is reduced proportionately. The damage rating caps at 10 for trained and 20 for specialized so there is no reason to raise the skill above your attack skill. The damage rating adjustment for incoming damage is also adjusted proportionally if your Recklessness skill is lower than your active attack skill.
+*If the Recklessness skill is lower than your attack skill (as determined by your equipped weapon), then the damage rating is reduced proportionately, but a Recklessness higher than your attack skill will not provide any advantage. The damage rating adjustment for incoming damage is also adjusted proportionally if your Recklessness skill is lower than your active attack skill.
-*While active your non-critical outgoing melee and missile hits add this damage rating to your total.
+*While active, non-critical outgoing melee and missile hits receive the higher damage rating.
-*While active non-critical incoming attacks from all sources are likewise increased.
+*While active, non-critical incoming attacks from all sources are increased likewise.
 {{Skills}}
 [[Category:Skill]]
 [[Category:Combat]]