Kaustra

Kaustra
Type	Dark
Description	Consumes 20% of your maximum MP. Relentless dark damage slowly devours an enemy.
Cost	20% of max MP
Element	Dark
Jobs	Level 5 Scholar
Casting Time	5 seconds
Recast Time	30 seconds
Affected Targets	Single
Base Duration	Variable

Statistics

Speak to Erlene in The Eldieme Necropolis (S) (J-8) with your main job set to Scholar level 5+ to learn this spell.

May only be cast with Tabula Rasa active.

• Deals initial damage, then ticking periodic damage every 3 seconds.
• Periodic damage is 25% of the initial nuke's damage, capping at approximately 10k damage.
  • Periodic damage duration varies with the caster's current Dark Magic Skill. Duration in seconds can be calculated with (1 + floor(Dark Magic Skill/11)) x 3
• Can be made Area of Effect using Manifestation.
  • Using Kaustra with Manifestation on multiple targets causes the damage on each target to be reduced, much like a BLM's -ga spells.
• MP cost can be reduced to 10% of maximum MP by using Parsimony.

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