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====== Fire Shield ======

{{:abilities:fire_shield.png?nolink|}} Units with **Fire Shield** deal damage to creatures that make attacks against them((Note that testing shows that not all attacks provoke a response from Fire Shield.  Dancing weapons like the ??Dancing Trident?? and the AOE attacks from ??Enchanted Salt?? do not cause a response from Fire Shield.  Additionally, despite their name, spells like ??Freezing Touch?? are technically ranged attacks (Range **1**) and therefore do not cause a response from Fire Shield.)). Even attacks that do not hit will trigger fire shield; however, abilities which stop attacks from happening in the first place (e.g. [[Awe]]) will by extension prevent Fire Shield from dealing damage.

Fire Shields do their listed strength in [[Magic Weapons|magical]], [[armor-piercing]] {{:abilities:resist_fire.png?14&nolink|}}[[elemental-resistance|fire damage]], and never miss. The base damage (before [[DRN]]s) dealt is reduced by the Length of the attacker's weapon, however.

==== Example ====

  * Length 0 attacks (Bite, Fist, Dagger, or any other attack without a listed Length are Length 0) take **0** less damage from Fire Shield.
  * Length 1 attacks (Short Sword or Long Sword) take **1** less damage from Fire Shield.
  * Length 2 attacks (Great Sword) take **2** less damage from Fire Shield.
  * Length 5 attacks (Pike) take **5** less damage from Fire Shield.
  * Note that, similar to how [[repel]] works, the effective weapon length is increased by +1 length if [[Size]] 6 or greater. Reducing an additional point of damage.


==== Sources of Fire Shield ====

Some troops, [[Commander|commanders]], and [[Pretender-Chassis|pretenders]] have an innate, persistent Fire Shield. This can be boosted by [[empowerment]] or by giving them additional levels of {{:misc:magic:fire.png?14&nolink|}}[[Fire]] in pretender design; the damage boost is **+1** for every level of Fire more than what they started with.

  * For example, the ??Baphomet?? has a Fire Shield with a strength of **16**, but giving him {{path>F6}} elevates its strength to **20**, since he starts with {{path>F2}}.

The ??Fire Shield?? [[Combat Magic|spell]] gives the caster a Fire Shield with a strength of **9**, **+1** for every level of Fire they're overcasting it by. It is a [[Research|Level 3]] [[Enchantment]] that requires {{path>F1}} and zero [[gems]] to use.

  * For example, an ??Adon?? with {{path>F2}} would get a Fire Shield with a strength of **10**.

Then there's the Fire Shield [[bless]]; this provides a Fire Shield with a strength of **7**, **+1** for every level of Fire the blessed subject has.

  * For example, a ??Witch Hunter?? with {{path>F2}} would get a Fire Shield with a strength of **9**.

Last but not least, there are a few [[items]] that provide a Fire Shield with a strength of **9**; these items are the **??Charcoal Shield??** ([[Construction]] 5, {{path>E2F1}}, {{gems>10E5F}}), the **??Carmine Cleaver??** (Construction 7, {{path>F2E1}}, {{gems>10F5E}}), and the **??Crown of the Fire King??** (Construction 9, {{path>F4}}, {{gems>25F}}).

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