Editing Martyr Mage (section)

== General ==
A Martyr Mage deals damage with [[Life Magic]] via the Martyr's Hecatomb spells, [[Harm (Spell)|Harm]] spells, and [[Drain Health (Spell)|Drain Health]] spells.
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The  Martyr's Hecatomb spells, [[Curse of Raven Fury]], and the Drain spells are sources of offensive damage. The damage of these spells is based on your current [[Health]]. Because of this it is very important that Martyr Mages have as much health as possible. For this reason the Martyr Mage template has 100 innate Endurance.
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It is also for this reason that the completed template has trained [[Leadership]] in order to use the [[Gearcrafting#Leadership_Horns|Horns of Leadership]], which are created via Gearcrafting. When used in a fellowship (even a one person fellowship) these horns add to your health. These horns require a certain buffed leadership skill to activate. The best horn, the [[Platinum Horn of Leadership]], boosts your health by 10 points and requires 225 buffed leadership skill.
 
The drain spells are somewhat complex to work with and have non-intuitive effects. However, Drain 6 for example does a similar amount of damage to Martyr's Hecatomb 7 given a caster maximum health bar of 350, so the drains should not be discounted for offensive attacks. Here is a summary of the drain spells, the spell caps are not documented on the spell descriptions in game. 

=== Pros ===
* There is no protection against life magic damage. That is, since the damage is non-elemental and is dealt directly to the enemy's health, there is no life protection spell to reduce it.
* Because you do not deal in elemental damage you do not need to carry around a vast array of wands.
** Typically a Critical Strike (Quest: Biting Strike) or Crippling Blow (Quest: Crushing Blow) wand is desired.
* Template finishes early.
* Specialized Creature and Life makes for a good support mage, and not having war magic means more experience can be invested into creature/item/life.
* Drain spells have a much larger radius of operation than the void magic Destructive Curse spell, for example, which makes attacking Mob's remotely possible, and useful at times, although it is not particularly efficient, or timely way to take down a mob. (Players attempting this may wish to use Raven's fury, or Health to Mana, if practical to "empty" health in preparation for a drain of a remote target)

=== Cons ===
* Players have [[Natural Resistances]] which can reduce the damage of life magic spells.
* Some creatures are drain resistant or completely immune. Unfortunately, there is real no pattern to this. Drain resistance/immunity was added to creatures in the early days as a quick fix to prevent macroing and exploitation. For example, [[Acidic Diamond Golem]]s are immune to drains/harms. [[Diamond Golem]]s are not. This is because the Acidic variety were once macroed in [[Knorr]]. NB - Typically creatures are not immune to the life projectiles, but have varying immunity to the drain spells. Olthoi slashers, for example, are totally immune to Drain and Harm spells, however, not to any type of life bolt. 
* Because there is no protection spell against life magic damage there is also no vulnerability spell. You cannot substantially increase your damage by casting a spell or using a rended wand.
** Critical Strike, Crushing blow and Sneak attack can improve damage output somewhat.  
* Martyr Mages may be difficult to play for an inexperienced player, especially if that player has never played a mage before.

=== Drain Spell Details ===
{| class="article-table"
!Spell Level
!Drain %
!Restore %
!Damage cap
!Restore Cap
!Time to cast
(seconds)
!Range
|-
|I
|25%
|200%
|30
|60
|1.6s
|10
|-
|II
|25%
|160%
|50
|80
|2
|15
|-
|III
|25%
|133%
|75
|100
|2.5
|20
|-
|IV
|25%
|100%
|120
|100
|3
|25
|-
|V
|30%
|100%
|120
|120
|3.3
|30
|-
|VI
|40%
|75%
|151
|113
|3.3
|33
|-
|VII
|50%
|50%
|180
|90
|3.5
|38.3
|-
|VIII
|60%
|TBC
|TBC
|To be confirmed from retail data. 
The spell description for this

spell was incorrect at end of retail.
|3.5
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|}
Drain 1, 5 and 7 are the most useful drains and can be used in different situations. It is suggested the Martyr mage aim to use drain 1 and 7 (when available) as a staple.
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