Arcane

Summary

Players with the Arcane Skill can wield Arcane Staves, and can chose Arcanist for the paperdoll skill title
A players chance to hit/defend with an arcane staff is based on their Arcane skill, but is also capped by their Wrestling skill
Players with 80 Arcane and 80 Wrestling skill will be able to cast with an Arcane Staff equipped
See Arcane Staves for combat specific details

Players will have an (Effective Arcane Skill / 100%)) chance to avoid Spell Interruption from Creature/Environment Damage while casting with an Arcane Staff equipped

Arcane Codex Stances, Finishers and Abilities
Type	Name	Description
Stance	Leech	Has a 4% chance per rank on hit to restore 10 mana
Stance	Shield	Weapon swings increase your damage resistance by 4% per rank for 5 seconds (does not stack)
Stance	Scatter	Deals an additional 2% of damage per rank to 3 additional random targets within 3 tiles, with each target hit having a 1% per rank chance to be hindered for 3 seconds
Stance	Fracture	Damage is increased by 2% per rank for every 25 armor rating target still has active (to a max of 8% per rank)
Stance	Surge	Damage is increased by 10% per rank if player has triggered an aspect special in the last 15 seconds
Finisher	Drain	Inflicts 250% of damage to target and restores 40 mana
Finisher	Catalyst	Inflicts 300% of Damage on target and consumes all Arcane Buildup, increasing Damage by (7% * Arcane Buildup Consumed)
Weapon Ability	Seeking	For next 15 seconds accuracy increased by 25% and attack speed increased by 15%
Weapon Ability	Leyline	For next 15 seconds player recovers 5 mana every 3 seconds
Weapon Ability	Soulfire	Immediately applies maximum arcane buildup

Players can Train the Arcane Skill at any Mage NPC Vendor
Players gain Arcane Skill when making attacks with an Arcane Staff or when casting while equipped with an Arcane Staff