Defense
Playtest 3.2 / 4th Ed Build Cost: N/A
Purchase: Granted by Auras Rank 1
Tagged: No
Duration: Latent
Skill Type: Spell
Prerequisites: Auras Rank 1
Skill List: Mage Basic Career
Skill Rules & Full Description
Spell Verbal: "I Weave an Aura of ...Defense"
Cost: 3 Power Points • Duration: Latent
- When invoked, this spell reduces the result of any damaging spell to one half. It has no effect against non-damage effect spells such as Sleep or Drain Magic. A Kill spell is reduced to doing half the target’s full Body Points, rounded up, minimum of two. This spell will halve the effects of a Life spell cast upon a character hurt by the element of Life, if the undead is intelligent enough to invoke it. If the character drops to 0 or -1 Body Points they are Bleeding to Death, not at the Brink of Death.
Granted by Rank Skill: Auras Rank 1
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Prerequisite & Progression Tree: Defense
Current Skill Skill Node General Requirement
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classDef skillNode fill:#121724,stroke:#3b4252,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#e5e9f0;
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classDef careerNode fill:#1e1a2b,stroke:#88c0d0,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#88c0d0;
n_defense["Defense"]
class n_defense target;
click n_defense "/rules/skills/defense" "View Defense"
n_auras_rank_1["Auras Rank 1"]
class n_auras_rank_1 skillNode;
click n_auras_rank_1 "/rules/skills/auras-rank-1" "View Auras Rank 1"
n_power_points["3 Power Points"]
class n_power_points skillNode;
click n_power_points "/rules/skills/power-points" "View 3 Power Points"
n_auras_rank_1 --> n_defense
n_power_points --> n_auras_rank_1
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