Warding skill

Warding is one of the new magic skills added in the Dragonrealms 3.0 update which governs your ability to successfully cast and use barrier spells and abilities such as Ethereal Shield and Manifest Force. See the Magic page for details on how to best train Warding.

Spells and abilities that boost Warding

• Aspects of the All-God (Cleric)
• Bear Form (Barbarian)
• Sanctify Pattern (Cleric)

Spells and abilities that debuff Warding

• Aspects of the All-God (Cleric)

Abilities that train Warding

Barbarian Abilities

Barbarian Abilities

Type Effect Path Slots Badger Form form Moderate non-ablative barrier vs. Magic, Mind, Fear, or Charm attacks Horde 2 Bastion meditation Strong ablative barrier vs. Willpower attacks. Predator 2 Drought berserk A portion of incoming damage will be dealt to the next foe struck by the Barbarian. Flame 2 Flashflood berserk Pulsing anti-stun/anti-web/auto-standup Predator 2 Landslide berserk SvS barrier vs. attacks defended against with Reflex Predator 2 Serenity (meditation) meditation Very strong integrity magic barrier. Drains inner fire on block. Increases roar cost. Flame 2 Swan Form form Weak integrity anti-magic barrier. Flame 2 Tenacity meditation Physical damage resistance. Horde 2 Toad Form form Elemental damage resistance. Horde 2 Turtle Form form Strong anti-magic potency barrier. Flame 2

Bard Abilities

Bard Abilities

Min Skill Effect Type Slots Failure of the Forge 10 Token amount of damage reduction. Debuffs weapons held by aggressors. standard 2 Glythtide's Joy 10 TM integrity barrier for outgoing spells. cyclic 1 Naming of Tears 80 Non-ablative percentage damage barrier that pulses to groupmates. standard 2 Redeemer's Pride 10 Ablative barrier against Fear attacks and attacks vs. Will. Pulses to group at the level of the Bard's current barrier. standard 1

Cleric Abilities

Cleric Abilities

Min Skill Effect Type Slots Ghost Shroud 80 Reduces damage from incoming ranged physical attacks, while reducing the accuracy of targeted attacks. It also hides your features, and changes your appearance in the room. cyclic 2 Halo 250 Impact damage, Electrical damage, Damages undead. Pole/Melee range knockback/stun. battle 3 Minor Physical Protection 0 Percentage damage reduction. standard 1 Protection from Evil 10 Flat damage reduction and potency barrier against undead. standard 1 Sanyu Lyba 250 Reactive and non-protective anti-magic defense. battle 2 Soul Shield 10 Barrier vs Spirit attacks. Absorbs spirit damage. standard 1 Spite of Dergati 250 Prevents all spell casting in the area. battle 4

Empath Abilities

Empath Abilities
Min Skill Effect Type Slots Iron Constitution 10 -damage (from serious hits) standard 2 Perseverance of Peri'el 250 ablative vitality barrier ritual 3 Tranquility 80 +Discipline (stat), +defense against vs. fortitude attacks standard 2

Moon Mage Abilities

Moon Mage Abilities

Min Skill Effect Type Slots Cage of Light 80 Physical damage reduction, Elemental damage reduction/absorption standard 1 Psychic Shield 10 Ablative ward against vs. will contested abilities. battle 1 Shear 250 stunning ward vs. all spells including caster's battle 3 Telekinetic Shield 250 Percentage-based damage resistance; reduce target time of Telekinetic Storm standard 2 Whole Displacement 0 pulsing teleport out of combat battle 2

Necromancer Abilities

Necromancer Abilities
Min Skill Effect Type Slots Calcified Hide 80 Damage reduction. standard 2 Emuin's Candlelight 80 staggers incoming damage over time standard 1 Ghoulflesh 80 Splits wounds between necromancer and their CFB zombie or Risen. standard 2 Solace (spell) 10 Flat damage reduction and potency barrier against holy. standard 1 Worm's Mist 250 Magic barrier. battle 3

Paladin Abilities

Paladin Abilities
Min Skill Effect Type Slots Aspirant's Aegis 0 Physical damage reduction (casting on others drains caster) standard 1 Courage 10 +SvS against fear and spirit attacks standard 1 Holy Warrior (spell) 250 blesses held weapon, sometimes stuns attacker cyclic 2 Soldier's Prayer 80 -magic damage battle 1 Tamsine's Kiss 10 Converts incoming wounds into scars. standard 2

Ranger Abilities

Ranger Abilities

Min Skill Effect Type Slots Bloodthorns 250 Wound heal, Incoming melee attacks can trigger damage to aggressor plus a true heal on caster. ritual 3 Embed the Cycle 10 Standard percentage damage barrier against all types standard 1 Essence of Yew 10 ablative magic barrier standard 1 Forestwalker's Boon 80 pulsing calm effect on some animals battle 1 River in the Sky 80 The first hit registered in X seconds is completely negated. Vitality shield even while hit-negation is on cool down. standard 2

Thief Abilities

Thief Abilities

Min Skill Effect Type Slots Khri Adaptation Reduces damage from multiple strikes in a short period of time. Each subsequent strike within the time frame is reduced more than the last. 1 Khri Dampen Decrease stealth hindrance, anti-locate barrier, blocks hunt 2 Khri Evanescence Invisibility on receiving a sufficiently damaging strike 2 Khri Flight +Athletics, Balance heal, chance to catch and return throw a weapon thrown at you 3 Khri Sagacity Non-ablative, percentage barrier to physical damage. 1 Khri Serenity SvS barrier vs Will. 2

Trader Abilities

Trader Abilities

Min Skill Effect Type Slots Elision 400 Prevents opponent attacks at the cost of Starlight Aura. ritual 3 Iridius Rod 10 Elemental damage reduction. Ablative barrier. standard 1 Mask of the Moons 250 Spells cast at you will sometimes go awry cyclic 2 Nonchalance 10 Ward against Charm and Fear spells standard 1 Trabe Chalice 0 Damage reduction: Slicing and Puncture protection. Ablative barrier. Impact damage can shatter it temporarily. Vitality barrier. standard 1

Warrior Mage Abilities

Warrior Mage Abilities
Min Skill Effect Type Slots Aether Cloak 250 TM barrier and reflect. cyclic 2 Ethereal Shield 0 Non-ablative elemental damage shield. standard 1 Gam Irnan 10 Ablative physical damage resistance with cooldown per body part. standard 1 Grounding Field 250 Elemental field that converts incoming damage to elemental charge. standard 1 Veil of Ice 80 Ablative TM barrier. standard 2

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