Manashield

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Brax's Shield of Mana
The Arch Mage Brax was often at the forefront of the fight to bring down the more unpleasant creatures of the Realms, and regularly found herself in situations where the battle turned abruptly against her. In these situations, she realised, a Warmage is at her weakest for while offensively they are without peer, defensively they leave much to be desired.

Pondering over how best to deal with such situations, she came up with the idea of a variation on shroud. Instead of using negative energy to reflect damage, it would use positive energy to absorb it.

The result was her Shield of Mana - this spell can be cast at any time, and will immediately surround the mage with a shimmering energy shield. While the shield holds, the caster is protected against fully two thirds of any damage she would otherwise have taken. However, the shield is hugely draining to maintain. For each point of damage protected against the caster will lose 2 magic points. Additionally it can be sustained for no more than 10 seconds before the strain becomes too much. For these reasons, the Shield of Mana is best used in emergencies only, when the casters life hangs in the balance. Since it operates on a diametrically opposed principle to Shroud (positive energy vs negative energy), only one shield may be active at a time. While Manashield will not cancel Shroud, it will prevent it from providing any defence during its uptime. Also, like its negative energy counterpart, Mana Shield interferes with healing, although not in so serious a way. While healing will not harm the wearer of the shield, it will instead render the healing inneffective.

Cost: 8mp
Cast Time: Instant
Cooldown: 1 minute

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