Astral Shield

Vicious Love · #1 April 4th, 2006, 08:11 PM

Hm. So, in all likelihood, Astral Shield is enhanced by Spell Foci, Rune Smashers, the Green Eye, and Rings of Wizardry/Sorcery, just like every other "standard MR roll" spell out there. Except Blood Vengeance, apparently.

Cainehill · #2 April 5th, 2006, 01:57 AM

I'm actually guessing not, simply because once cast, Astral Shield is semi-static : MR only seems to come into play when a spell / effect is cast, where AS is more of a constant effect. My guess is that it's more like, mmm, regen or fireshield : the spell effect goes by the level of magic in the path, and probably gets shafted when the caster shapeshifts or otherwise loses magic ability.

(Which, fwiw, seems bogus to me : If a dragon casts fire shield in human form, Fire Magic 9, the fire shield should be at that strength from when it was cast, not taper off when the caster changes shape and loses magic ability. Ditto Regen, etc. Oh - and if a Pythium mage casts Fire Shield at F7 from communicants, does _his_ FS go down in strength as communicants die?)

Agrajag · #3 April 5th, 2006, 04:21 AM

I don't know about that, I imagine the Fire Shield is actually being maintained through the battle by magical power from the casting mage, so its only as strong as the fire-magic-power the mage can supply it with.
I guess...

OG_Gleep · #4 April 6th, 2006, 01:02 PM

Hrm I didn't know AS/Fireshield scaled with magic paths. What is effected by increased magic power? Chance of catching fire, and/or damage?

And speaking of communicants...are there any spells that rely on base magic power? Someone said that Magic duel uses pre-buffed/booster for both sides. Is there any others?

Endoperez · #5 April 6th, 2006, 01:34 PM

If you have a Fire 9 Moloch cast Fire Shield, you'll quickly see that damage, at least, rises quite a lot.

Oversway · #6 April 6th, 2006, 05:50 PM

I think f9 gives you 15ap damage, right?

OG_Gleep · #7 April 7th, 2006, 02:09 AM

I just assumed because of the charcol shield it was fixed. Normally you can tell because of the + in the spell dscription if the spell can be powered up. Fire shield has no such marker in the description, as I doubt any of the damage via buff spells do.

Do all improve will higher spell paths? Does a 9w mage get more bang out of Breath of winter for instance?