Related topics: Life Magic (Skill), Item Enchantment Alternatives, Creature Enchantment Alternatives, Character Templates
The Life Magic skill deals in protection and a wide variety of effects based on the secondary attributes of Health, Stamina, and Mana.
Buffing
Life magic buffs can improve the natural armor, protection against the seven damage types, and regeneration of Health, Stamina, and Mana of the caster or target.
Self
Alternatives:
- Use loot armor, clothing, and jewelry, which can come with built-in life magic spells. These spells are activated with the Arcane Lore skill.
- Use quest Armor, Clothing, and Jewelry, which can come with built-in life magic spells. These spells are activated with a variety of skills, though the most common is arcane lore.
- Take advantage of the Natural Resistances by increasing your Endurance and Strength.
- Use the Crystal of Life Protections found in either the Whispering Blade Chapterhouse or Rossu Morta Chapterhouse, depending on your server.
- Use the Buffing Array found in Freebooter Keep or Northwatch Castle.
- Use Alchemy Gems. Gems can be crafted for all the life buffs, level III - VII.
- Find and use loot generated gems, which can come with built-in life magic buffs.
- Collect and use a variety of quest Gems, Potions, and Food which have life buffing effects. This includes the gems from the Gift Box Quest, the lugian food from Captain K'rank's Errands, and miscellaneous items like the Gem of Black Fire and Pepper Jack Cheese.
- Have a friend, Alternative Character, or Buff Bot buff your attributes and skills.
Other
Alternatives:
- Give Alchemy Gems to others so they may consume them. Gems can be crafted for all the life buffs, level III - VII.
- Give use loot generated gemsto others so they may consume them.
- Give and use a variety of quest Gems, Potions, and Food which have life buffing effects to others so they may consume them. This includes the gems from the Gift Box Quest, the lugian food from Captain K'rank's Errands, and miscellaneous items like the Gem of Black Fire and Pepper Jack Cheese.
- Find and use loot generated orbs on other players, which can come with castable Regeneration, Rejuvenation, and Mana Renewal.
Debuffing
Life magic debuffs can worsen the natural armor, protection against the seven damage types, and regeneration of Health, Stamina, and Mana of the target.
Alternatives:
- Use Alchemical Throwing Phials. These phials mimic the effects of imperil, vulnerability spells, and fester. They require base Alchemy skill to wield.
- Use Gearcrafted Lenses. These lenses mimic the effects of imperl. They require base Assess Creature skill to wield.
- Use Princely Runed Weapons and Royal Runed Weapons. These weapon sets have a cast on strike Gossamer Flesh (Imperil VII) spell. Sword users also have the similar Sword of Soroku and dagger users have the similar Assassin's Edge.
- Spear users only: Use the Blessed Spear of the Mosswart Gods which has a cast on strike Decrepitude's Grasp (Fester VII).
- Use the Enhanced Dark Sorcerer's Phylactery which has a built in Decrepitude's Grasp spell. Note that the orb takes 250 Life Magic to activate - this can be achieved through the use of a Life Giver's Crystal.
- Note that while the Rift Orb (Tenebrous Rift) has a built-in Gossamer Flesh spell, the orb itself requires 350 Life Magic to activate, making this not an alternative to life magic.
No Alternatives:
- Without magic, there is no way to mimic the effects of Exhaustion.
- Without magic, there is no way to mimic the effects of Mana Depletion.