Wild Surge Monolithic Elemental Dismissed by Re-Casting Same Spell Buff

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Musashi_O1
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Wild Surge Monolithic Elemental Dismissed by Re-Casting Same Spell Buff

Post by Musashi_O1 » Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:02 pm

Description of Bug Experienced:
(please include information of what you did, that lead up to the bug, what you expected to happen there, and what actually happened, then move on to describe below:)

If you get a Wild Surged Monolithic Elemental (Either randomly, or -Fate'd), and it happened to have Summoned off a Buff of some kind, Re-Casting that Buff will cause the Summon to Dismiss.

Steps to reproduce the Bug:
Trigger Monolithic Summons off a (Self?)-Buff Spell (Personal example, the Resistance Cantrip)
OR
\-fate 92 (Wild Mage Specific, Guarantee Monolithic on Next Cast)

Self-Cast Resistance
\- Monolithic Summon will Appear

Self-Cast Resistance a Second Time
\- Monolithic Summon will Disappear

Expected Result:
Summon doesn't Dismiss

Actual Result:
Summon Dismisses

Screenshot(s)
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(Don't have any handy due to usual random nature of Surges, currently)

Additional Information/Notes

From how I've observed Wild Surges, often the Surged Effect will be attached to your Character as a <Buff> labeled off the spell Cast. A la, casting Daze and getting Ice-Skin will give you a Damage Reduction Effect from the Source [Daze]. I'm thinking what's happening is if I cause the Summon to trigger off a Self-Buff, Recasting the Self-Buff is Deleting the Wild Surged Version, and causing the Summon to Dismiss.

Unsure a potential fix without adjusting how Surge Effects get Assigned to the Player.


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