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

{{:abilities:fire_shield.png?nolink|}} A **Fire Shield** burns attackers, if their melee attacks hit.

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 (of course). The base Damage (before [[DRN]]s) dealt is reduced by the Length of the attacker's weapon, however.

=== For Example... ===

  * Your generic Fist attack has no listed length, so you'll take the full brunt of a Fire Shield.
  * Your Short Swords and Long Swords both have Length 1, so you'll take **1** less Damage than you could have from a Fire Shield.
  * Your Great Swords have Length 2, so you'll take **2** less Damage than you could have from a Fire Shield.
  * Your Pikes have Length 5, so you'll take **5** less Damage than you could have from a Fire Shield.
  * If you're [[Size]] 4 or greater, your weapon attacks get +1 Length, so that's another point of Damage you're spared from.

=== 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's 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]] 4, {{path>E2F1}}, {{gems>10E5F}}), the **??Carmine Cleaver??** (Construction 6, {{path>F2E1}}, {{gems>10F5E}}), and the **??Crown of the Fire King??** (Construction 8, {{path>F4}}, {{gems>25F}}).

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