Holy Aegis

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Holy Aegis
GP Cost 80
Learnt At 65 in faith.rituals.defensive
Skills Used faith.rituals.defensive.self/target
Requirements Prayer book
Granted By Gufnork
Best Baton(s)

Pale Yellow

Best Cane

Forest Green


Shelters a target from harm.

Description

Holy Aegis protects the recipient of the ritual with a translucent goat skin that functions similarly to a major shield. The ritual uses the skills faith.rituals.defensive.self (when targeted at oneself) or faith.rituals.defensive.target (when targeted at someone else). It is a relatively difficult ritual to perform reliably, and will still not be completely reliable at a bonus of 325. This ritual is one of Gufnorkian priests' biggest advantages, as it gives them the potential to eliminate much more damage from enemies' base attacks than other priests.

The major advantage of this ritual is that when performed on someone under the effects of a major shield, the damage absorption effect will stack with the major shield. The damage messages received will not reflect this, and will still give the message "your layer of fluff absorbs all of the blow" (for example), but the amount of damage absorbed will be noticeably increased. Holy aegis appears to be slightly, but not dramatically, better than major shield when dealing with special attacks. Unfortunately it does not plug this hole in a priest's defences.

It is not yet confirmed, but it seems that this ritual also stacks with security blanket, for a potential three-layered defence combined with major shield.

Though the gp cost is only 2/3rds of major shield, holy aegis lasts for a considerably shorter duration, and does not give a warning when it is running out of time, like minor shield, major shield and security blanket do. This means that the ritual is better used as a temporary boost to the major shield, rather than a permanent accompaniment to it.

Help File

Aegis places your target under the protection of your god, reducing any damage they incur based on your skills. You need a prayer book and a holy symbol consecrated to your god to perform this ritual.

Example

> perform holy aegis on me
You kneel in prayer.
You close your eyes and think of higher things.
You chant the psalm of sheltering.
Your hands begin to glow with a soft light.
The glow spreads down your arms from your hands and seems to sink into your body.
You feel that the hand of a higher being is sheltering you from harm.

Granted By

Gufnork

Learnt At

faith.rituals.defensive level 65

Skills Used

Base GP Cost

80 GP

Requirements

Prayer book

Meditate

Type Defensive
Step Count4
TargetOthers, Self
ComponentsHoly symbol, Prayer book
Required Powers???
Will Attempt to Resist N/A
Will Be Angered No/Unknown