With the ritual + the 1 pulse heal - I didnt actually find much use in Bloodthorns. Just to have to keep casting it over and over - It's more tedious than useful to me, but I guess we can always just write a script for it, right?

Additionally, it looks like I cant cast MAF/RITS and Bloodthorns at the same time, so its even more meh to me.

<<Your ward is unable to attain coherence due to too many other spells of the same type affecting the same subject.

Falker

So I just decided to test this, and heal for the duration of the spell? Not even close. 100 mana cast lasts 30 minutes. Didnt get hit until the spell was down to 4 minutes. And within 10 seconds of checking the duration it was gone, after a pitiful heal, that did almost nothing. This has basically been my experience with it. Very underwhelming. Unless 100 mana cast is too small, or I'm doing something wrong, I'd say bloodthorn isnt worth getting.


R> perc

* A hulking Xala'shar vanquisher feints high at you. You dodge.
[You're winded, adeptly balanced and in good position.]
>
You reach out with your senses and see radiant (15/21) streams of deep green and blue Life mana flowing through the area.
Letting your senses extend further, you feel there is luminous (14/21) mana to the south, shining (13/21) mana to the southeast, and shining (13/21) mana to the east.
You sense the Skein of Shadows spell upon you, which will last for about thirty-three roisaen.
You are being protected by a strong Essence of Yew, which should last for thirty-two roisaen.
You sense the Bloodthorns spell upon you, which will last for about four roisaen.
You sense the Oath of the Firstborn spell upon you, which will last for about thirty-four roisaen.
You are preparing the Grizzly Claws spell at twenty mana.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
R>
A hulking Xala'shar vanquisher slams the dark steel plates attached along the length of its arms together before quickly drawing them against each other with a metallic screech, sending a shower of burning blue sparks hurtling towards your face!
One of the vines protecting you takes advantage of a gap in a hulking Xala'shar vanquisher's defenses and pricks it.
Moving a moment too late, the shower of sparks lands a good hit to your head with the savagery of an acidic dagger!
[You're bruised, winded, adeptly balanced and in better position.]
R>
* A hulking Xala'shar conjurer sidesteps and bashes at you. You block with a puffy-white targe.
[You're bruised, winded, adeptly balanced with opponent in good position.]
R>
A hulking Xala'shar vanquisher slams the dark steel plates attached along the length of its arms together before quickly drawing them against each other with a metallic screech, sending a shower of burning blue sparks hurtling towards your face!
With fluid movements, you manage to dodge the shower of sparks.
[You're bruised, winded, adeptly balanced and have slight advantage.]
>
A hulking Xala'shar vanquisher releases a maddening howl and hops east with a piercing laugh.
R>
A nearly painful prickling sensation surges through you as your protective healing matrix focuses on the worst hurts to your body.
The external wounds on your chest appear somewhat better.
You feel the link to your Bloodthorn collapse -- its energies are spent.

heal
R>
Your body feels at full strength.
Your spirit feels full of life.
You are slightly fatigued.
You have minor swelling and bruising around the right arm compounded by cuts and bruises about the right arm, minor swelling and bruising around the right leg compounded by cuts and bruises about the right leg, some minor abrasions to the chest, minor scarring along the chest area, some minor abrasions to the abdomen, some minor abrasions to the back, some minor abrasions to the left eye.

Yeah, sounds like you're casting at minimum instead of at cap.

I wasnt even paying attention to mana - figured 100 was enough, I'll try casting at 300. - I should be able to cap it or get close to capping it.

Falker

It does appear that my main problem with Bloodthorn was the mana at which I was casting. 800 mana cast saw a lot better results for the healing. Of course the statue took care of most of the 800 mana. So while I still think the idea of ritual spells and added items needed to cast spells was unnecessary to put it nicely - and its quiet ridiculous to think that we should need 800 mana to cast a spell (even though its a fake 800 mana) it does have a decent heal when cast at its max.

Falker

I actually dont hunt with buffs much, nowadays. The spells I had up, are the spells I use for training magics. :(

Falker