<<A death dirge begins to wail loudly!
The dirge wails a sad, eerie song!
A death dirge gestures at you!
CS: +47 - TD: +45 + CvA: +3 + d100: +96 == +101
Warding failed!
The death dirge focuses its voice on your twohanded sword, causing you to take several moments to regain your grip.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
A death dirge begins to wail loudly!
>remove my ring
You slide a polished gold ring off your finger.
>wear my ring
You slide the ring on your finger.
Suddenly your surroundings shift...>>

A death dirge's casting strength appears to be +47. My TD appears to be +45. My 4x studded leather armor appears to be making me vulnerable by +3.

Looks like I ward pretty well against death dirges, but how else can I defend myself?

I need to boost my TD by, what, +5 or +6?

Thanks,
-LizardClan

AIM: LizardClan1

If you wear heavier armor, the CvA will go down; this amounts to faux TD: it makes it easier for you ward off spells.
Also, if your armor is not magical, just throw on a suit of <the same AsG you wear now> that is magical. The CvA is more favorable if you're wearing magical armor.

101/light blues + 107/deep blues == an easy +10 and +25 (respectively) to warding. Empaths, Clerics, Rangers, and other Paladins are usually more than willing to throw a bunch your way if you ask (and especially if you send mana to replace what they cast on you).

Yeah, I keep forgetting to check the website and see if the numbers are different now. (And all of my characters wear both of them all the time anyhow, on the "just in case" principle.)

Non magical shields, for no good reason, used to raise your TD by 10 (magical ones didn't). No idea if this is still true, been years since I checked, but it might still be.


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