healer-man/docs/WOW_MAGE_NETHERWIND_PRESENCE.md

WoW Mage Netherwind Presence

Source and selected behavior

The local generated 3.3.5a talent node talent-1846 is the authority for this custom Netherwind Presence mechanic. Its three rank rows are spells 44400, 44402, and 44403. The rank tooltips explicitly grant 1%, 2%, or 3% spell haste per stack for 10 seconds, up to three stacks. Thus the maximum rank-1/2/3 haste is 3%/6%/9%. Each rank's DBC row reports a 100% Proc Trigger Spell effect and the class mask ([536872960, 0, 0]) is the same across ranks. The rank rows link to child spells 966120, 966121, and 966122, respectively, and each has procChance 100 with no generated procFlags field. No WotLKDB fallback was used: its stock spell 44400 is a different, permanent 2% Netherwind Presence effect and does not describe this local custom talent.

The generated tooltip names seven trigger spells: Arcane Missiles, Arcane Barrage, Arcane Blast, Arcane Orb, Moonfire, Starfire, and Starsurge. The current generated Mage ability catalog contains Arcane Missiles, Arcane Barrage, and Arcane Blast. Arcane Orb is absent; Moonfire, Starfire, and Starsurge are Druid abilities in this project, not Mage catalog entries. They are kept in the source inventory but cannot trigger a Mage talent until the corresponding Mage actions exist. Slow is not a stacking trigger; it is the separate capstone action.

Runtime mapping and limits

• One eligible spell cast commitment adds one stack, refreshes the 10-second duration, and stops at three stacks. The local talent row does not include proc phase flags, so awarding at accepted cast commitment is an explicit event-phase inference. The runtime awards at most one stack per cast, including one stack for a channel cast rather than one stack per missile pulse. Failed or invalid casts do not reach this hook; a cast interrupted after commitment keeps its stack, matching the chosen commitment-time interpretation.
• Each stack contributes the rank's 1%/2%/3% to the existing spell-haste aura stat. The general talent parser skips this talent so its conditional haste does not become an always-on bonus.
• At max talent rank and three stacks, a Slow cast applies a separate 30% movement-speed aura for three seconds. The tooltip does not say this consumes Netherwind Presence, so the three haste stacks remain and keep their original expiry.
• The capstone aura is consumed by the player movement controller and generated party companion follow controller, multiplying displacement by 1.3 while active. Expired or differently targeted auras do not change movement. Runtime tests verify the modifier and expiry; an in-scene movement playtest remains useful to confirm feel and pathing.

The implementation intentionally does not add substitute Mage spell rows for Arcane Orb, Moonfire, Starfire, or Starsurge. Adding them requires local class-attribution/ability data beyond Netherwind Presence itself.