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Spells/Shroud of Bones

Shroud of Bones

Animate the skeletal remains around you to create a whirling storm that damages and bleeds nearby monsters.

Damage: 1 damage per second
Condition: +1 bleed per second
Duration: 20 seconds
Mana Cost: 15

Lasts

Where to get it

Offered from a spell chest, three spells at a time.

In the spell chest deck once this spell is unlocked on your save

The card that unlocks it

Shroud of Bones

Numbers

Damage	1
Minimum damage	1
Mana cost	15
Mana cost added each time the spell levels	2
Amount cast at once	1
Size	x3
Duration	20 s
Goes off the moment you cast it	no
Keeps hitting while it lasts	no

Lasts: this spell stays on the field for its duration.

Sigil

Draw this shape to cast the spell.

Bone 5

Sigil name in the game	bone
Strokes	1
Match needed	75%
Stroke order matters	no
Stroke direction matters	no

Affinity

Level I	Duration +5
Level II	Duration +5
Level III	Size +25%

Affinity is a spell's own mastery level and it carries between runs. Each level is applied on top of the ones below it. How affinity is earned.

Prestige options

Taking one of these cards from a boss chest changes how the spell behaves for the rest of that run. You pick one.

Sutured Serpent

Your Shroud of Bones summons the Sutured Serpent. When a monster reaches max bleeding stacks, the Sutured Serpents will consume them for massive critical damage.

Veil of Ice

Shroud of Bones freezes into sharpened icicles that chill all monsters it touches. Monsters that reach max bleed stacks are frozen solid.

Winds of the Dead

Your Shroud of Bones no longer encompasses just you. The Winds of the Dead shift with the direction of your movement, with larger shrapnel tearing through monsters it passes through.

Damage effects

The bursts, pools and fields this spell leaves behind. Each one takes this spell's own damage and size bonuses.

Bone Spike

Damage	5
Seconds between hits	0.25 s
Bleed stacks applied	1
Can crit	no

Burrow Bone Blast

Damage	15
Seconds between hits	0.25 s
Can crit	no

Special interactions

When this spell overlaps another one on the field, 3 pairings do something extra. Every pairing in this build is on Special interactions.

Ice SpearandShroud of Bones

While a spinning spear sits inside the bone aura, the aura throws a Bone shard from the spear.

Bone shard: A spinning bone. 1 Shroud of Bones damage, and it applies Bleed. Thrown every 0.2 s while a spinning Ice Spear sits in the aura.

InkandShroud of Bones

The bone aura drinks the ink and applies Ink to enemies inside it.

Ink: The enemy is stained dark and moves at half speed. A burning enemy that is also inked feeds the Inky Ignition perk. Unlike the crowd control statuses, ink lands on a boss too. Lasts 3 s at the start of a run, set by Ink Duration.

RiptideandShroud of Bones

The wave drinks the bone aura and applies Bleed to enemies it hits.

Bleed: Each tick deals the Bleed damage multiplied by the run's Bleed bonus. Bleed is the only damage over time effect that stacks: several sources bleed the same enemy at the same time. 2 damage every 1 s for 5 s. One application: 10 damage (5 ticks). Several sources can apply it to the same enemy at the same time.