Arcana

Study, force, and the breaking of rules

Magic requires rigor and a willingness to defy nature itself. By learning the hidden laws of the cosmos, you command storms, death, and elements to tear through your foes. Few have the discipline or the constitution to survive such study. Power of this magnitude demands everything from you.

Classes: Assassin, Bard, Warlock, Wizard, Elementalist, Necromancer, Stormcaller, Blightseer

Skills

What it lets you train, and from which level.

Dagger
Sorcery
Staff
Warding

Weapon skills open powers of their own: see Weapon powers.

Powers

As the game's Character Builder lists them, each at rank 1. Open a power for its full card.

8 granted automatically

Weapon Power

Cost: 8% of your stamina
Range: Self
Target: Self
Melee Damage: +0.4%
Duration: 10 s
Instant. Your next hit within 10 s carries it; choosing another weapon power replaces it.
Ready again in 20.2 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Personal Movement Buff

Cost: 25% of your stamina
Range: Self
Target: Self
Duration: 20 s
Cast: 0.2 s
Recycle: 120 s
Ready again in 120.2 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Personal Movement Buff
Debuffs Attack and Defense and will remove transformations
Cannot Move while Casting

None
Range: Self
Target: Self
Attack Rating: -50.0%
Defense Rating: -50.0%
Duration: 10 min
Cast: 1.5 s
Recycle: 60 s
Ready again in 61.5 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Sneak Attack!
You must be using Sneak or Invisibility to activate this power

Cost: 20% of your stamina
Range: Self
Target: Self
Attack Rating: +1.0%
Melee Damage: +88.0%
Duration: 10 s
Cast: 0.2 s
Recycle: 90 s
Ready again in 90.2 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Defensive Stance

None
Range: Self
Target: Self
Attack Rating: -0.1%
Defense Rating: +0.2%
Power Damage: -0.4%
Duration: 30 min
Instant
Rank: 1 / 40
Normal Stance will instantly cancel any other active Stance

None
Range: Self
Target: Self
Instant
Rank: 1 / 40
Offensive Stance

None
Range: Self
Target: Self
Power Damage: +0.8%
Duration: 30 min
Instant
Rank: 1 / 40
Precise Stance

None
Range: Self
Target: Self
Attack Rating: +0.6%
Duration: 30 min
Instant
Rank: 1 / 40

11 trainable

Single Target Magic Damage

Cost: 9% of your mana
Range: 36.6 m
Target: One player or creature
Damage: 5-13 (9 at your rank)
Aimed: 2× damage on a body hit, 3× on a head hit
Cast: 0.5 s
Ready again in 0.5 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Personal Armor Buff

Cost: 25% of your mana
Range: Self
Target: Self
Defense Rating: +49.0%
Duration: 10 min
Cast: 1.5 s
Ready again in 1.5 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Single Target Fire Damage Over Time

Cost: 20% of your mana
Range: 30.5 m
Target: One player or creature
Damage: 6-20 (13 at your rank)
Aimed: 2× damage on a body hit, 3× on a head hit
Duration: 30 s
Cast: 0.5 s
Ready again in 0.5 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Item Identification

Cost: 25% of your mana
Range: 3 m
Target: Everything you carry
Cast: 1.5 s
Ready again in 1.5 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Single Target Intelligence and Spirit Debuff

Cost: 10% of your mana
Range: 30.5 m
Target: One player
Duration: 30 s
Cast: 0.1 s
Recycle: 5 s
Ready again in 5.1 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Single Target Dexterity and Strength Debuff

Cost: 10% of your mana
Range: 30.5 m
Target: One player
Duration: 30 s
Cast: 0.1 s
Recycle: 5 s
Ready again in 5.1 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Single Target Magic Damage Shield

Cost: 12% of your mana
Range: 15.2 m
Target: A player or a friendly pet
Duration: 2 min
Cast: 1.5 s
Ready again in 1.5 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Single Target Stun

Cost: 15% of your mana
Range: 30.5 m
Target: One player or creature
Duration: 9 s
Cast: 0 s
Recycle: 1 s
Ready again in 1 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Single Target Root

Cost: 15% of your mana
Range: 30.5 m
Target: One player or creature
Duration: 20 s
Cast: 0.5 s
Recycle: 30 s
Ready again in 30.5 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Personal Recall

Cost: 50% of your mana
Range: Self
Target: Self
Cast: 1.5 s
Recycle: 300 s
Ready again in 301.5 s
Rank: 1 / 40
Single Target Magic Damage

Cost: 25% of your mana
Range: 36.6 m
Target: One player or creature
Damage: 6-8 (7 at your rank)
Aimed: 2× damage on a body hit, 3× on a head hit
Cast: 0 s
Recycle: 3 s
Ready again in 3 s
Rank: 1 / 1

Every character

Whatever the Path, every character has these.

Normal Stance will instantly cancel any other active Stance

None
Range: Self
Target: Self
Instant
Rank: 1 / 40
Personal Movement Buff

Cost: 25% of your stamina
Range: Self
Target: Self
Duration: 20 s
Cast: 0.2 s
Recycle: 120 s
Ready again in 120.2 s
Rank: 1 / 40

Paths