Sustaining a spell in the game results in a -2 dice pool penalty to all tests while it is sustained. This penalty does not apply to drain or damage resistance tests, but it makes things more lethal. In 5e and 6e, all you can do against a spell is to consistently get 6 hits on a Force 12 spell with your dicepool and an edge re-roll.
Drain resistance tests reduce the Drain Value by one, and any remaining Drain is suffered by the magician. Drain is usually Stun damage, though there are exceptions. Critters may sustain multiple powers or multiple uses of the same power at once equal to their Magic. Drain in the current patch would usually hover around 300 less.
Sustain is the ability to cast skills or abilities throughout a battle without running out the resources required to cast them, such as magicka or stamina. Drain appears to happen before sustaining, but focused concentration makes it easy to concentrate on multiple abilities. Sustaining of Increase Attribute is a special case, as the magician cannot rest and heal that drain while concentrating on sustaining a spell.
Sustained spells offer the opportunity to have an ongoing magical effect, but they also drain on the magician’s magical abilities. Haste claims that it drains mana rapidly, but only has a mana regeneration penalty and 10 fatigue. Spell Shield on the spellcasting test is used to maintain spells by sacrificing a portion of your max Magicka. Some drain stamina/mana while active and can be stacked with other sustained talents.
A sustain set is necessary to run out of magic quickly, and some spells can be used to drain stamina/mana while active. If a lock is using drain life, it should be to sustain, not to deal damage, resulting in a huge loss in damage output. When your magic resource hits 0, the sustain shuts down and instantly recovers the resource, preventing sustains from collapsing.
📹 ESO – How to Improve Your Sustain
In this guide we’ll go over how to master your sustain! If you keep running out of resources, fear not! Here are the various ways to …
📹 Imagine Dragons – Bones (Lyrics)
(Verse 1) Gimme, gimme, gimme some time to think I’m in the bathroom, looking at me Face in the mirror is all I need (Ooh-ooh) …
I find sustaining Magicka really easy, stamina on the other hand seems near impossible to me, between breaking free from stuns and using rolls alongside actual damage dealing moves feels like my stamblade is always completely drained of stamina after one PVP fight, meaning I’m always going 1-1, and for dungeons ill get through a room or two before the same thing, so annoying 😂
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(Verse 1) Gimme, gimme, gimme some time to think I’m in the bathroom, looking at me Face in the mirror is all I need (Ooh-ooh) Waiting ’til the reaper takes my life Never gonna get me out alive I will live a thousand million lives (Ooh-ooh) (Pre-Chorus) My patience is waning, is this entertaining? Our patience is waning, is this entertaining? (Chorus) I-I-I, got this feeling, yeah, you know Where I’m losing all control ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones I-I-I, got this feeling in my soul Go ahead and throw your stones ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones (Verse 2) Playin’ with thе stick of dynamite It was never gray and black and whitе There was never wrong ’til there was right (Ooh-ooh) Feelin’ like a boulder hurdlin’ Seein’ all the vultures circlin’ Burnin’ in the flames, I’m workin’ in Turnin’ in the bed, it’s dark in it (Pre-Chorus) My patience is waning, is this entertaining? Our patience is waning, is this entertaining? (Chorus) I-I-I, got this feeling, yeah, you know Where I’m losing all control ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones (In my bones) I-I-I, got this feeling in my soul Go ahead and throw your stones ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones (Post-Chorus) ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones (Bridge) Mirror of my mind Turnin’ the pages of my life Walkin’ the path so many paced a million times Drown out the voices in the air Leavin’ the ones that never cared Pickin’ the pieces up and building to the sky (Pre-Chorus) My patience is waning, is this entertaining? Our patience is waning, is this entertaining?
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-I got this feeling, yeah, you know Where I’m losing all control ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones I-I-I got this feeling in my soul Go ahead and throw your stones ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones Playing with a stick of dynamite There was never gray in black and white There was never wrong ’til there was right (ooh, oh) Feeling like a boulder hurtling Seeing all the vultures circling Burning in the flames I’m working in Turning in a bed that’s darkening My patience is waning Is this entertaining? Our patience is waning Is this entertaining? I-I-I got this feeling, yeah, you know Where I’m losing all control ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones (in my bones) I-I-I got this feeling in my soul Go ahead and throw your stones ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones Look in the mirror of my mind Turning the pages of my life Walking the path so many paced a million times Drown out the voices in the air Leaving the ones that never cared Picking the pieces up and building to the sky My patience is waning Is this entertaining? My patience is waning Is this entertaining? I-I-I got this feeling, yeah, you know Where I’m losing all control ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones (magic in my bones) I-I-I got this feeling in my soul (soul) Go ahead and throw your stones ‘Cause there’s magic in There goes my mind (I-I-I) Don’t mind There goes my mind (there it goes, there it goes) There goes my mind (I-I-I) Don’t mind (there it goes) There goes my mind ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones