Defenses

Defenses are temporary bonuses provided to your character through the use of skills, items, or quests, and most will persist until you leave the game or die. Your own defenses are visible at any time by using the DEF command, while certain abilities such as Tristitia allow you to view the defenses of others.

Acquisitio

Defences line:
You are filled with the greed of Acquisitio.
Provided by: Acquisitio enchantment (created by Spellcrafters), or Acquisitio (Rituals)

Pick up your kills, and random other things.

Adroitness

Defences line:
You are moving at an increased rate of speed.
Provided by: Adroitness (Acrobatics)

Allows you to move a few extra steps before receiving the Now, now, don't be so hasty! message.

Aegis

Defences line:
You have bound your lifeforce to shield <person>. Your lifeforce is shielded by the aegis of <person>.
Provided by: Aegis (Ascendance)

Deflects damage from one person to another.

Aethersight

Defences line:
You are sensing disruptions in the aether.
Provided by: Aethersight (Discernment)

Reveals when you are scried or located.

Aggressive

Defences line:
You are fighting with powerful blows.
Provided by: Aggressive (Knighthood)

Increases damage but decreases wounding.

Agility

Defences line:
Your agility is enhanced.
Provided by: Agility (Stealth)

Allows you to move a few extra steps before receiving the Now, now, don't be so hasty! message.

AmberMalt

Defences line:
Your pain is deadened by alcohol.
Provided by: Amber malt (created by Brewmeisters)

Deadens pain.

Ancestors

Defences line:
You are attended the spirit/spirits of <number> of your ancestors.
Provided by: AncestralCall (Wildarrane) Damage Modifier: +2 per spirit

Reduces damage; also used for other Wildarrane skills.

Angel Wings

Defences line:
Angelic wings sprout out of your back.
Provided by: Wings (Celestialism)

Allows flight.

Antlers

Defences line:
The Antlers sphere positively affects you.
Provided by: Antlers (Astrology)

Variable boost to dexterity.

Aromatic Oil

Defences line:
You are lightly coated with a layer of jasmine/vanilla/dragonsblood/sandalwood/musk.
Provided by: Aromatic oils (created by Lorecrafters)

Increases influence strength.

Ascendant Presence

Defences line:
Your confidence is bolstered by an Ascendant presence.
Provided by: Presence (Ascendance)

Weighed +1 to charisma, and ego regeneration.

Attunement

Defences line:
You are attuned to being in the <environment> environment.
Provided by: Attunement (Environment) Damage Modifier: 10

Reduces damage in the specified environment.

Aurasense

Defences line:
You are sensing fluctuations in your healing auras.
Provided by: Aurashift (Healing)

Allows sensing when a shifted aura will dissipate.

Autumn

Defences line:
You are followed by the autumn wind.
Provided by: Autumn (Lowmagic)

Increases experience gain.

Avoid

Defences line:
You are carefully avoiding the next targeted blow.
Provided by: Avoid (Acrobatics)

Avoids the next attack targetted at you by another player, stripping the defense. Movement or aggressive action also strip the defense.

Awareness

Defences line:
You are hyperaware of your surroundings.
Provided by: Awareness (Stealth)

Informs when an enemy enters the area.

Balancing

Defences line:
You are balancing carefully.
Provided by: Balancing (Acrobatics)

Provides a chance to resist falling. When it works, the defense has a chance of being lost.

Barbed Tail

Defences line:
You have a barbed tail.
Provided by: Barbedtail (Nihilism)

Can be used to sting people, afflicting with poisons.

Bardic Presence

Defences line:
You have a bardic presence.
Provided by: BardicPresence (Music)

Weighted +2 to charisma.

Barkskin

Defences line:
You have skin covered in treebark.
Provided by: Barkskin (Nature) Damage Modifier: variable based on skill level, max of 18

Reduces damage.

Beauty

Defences line:
Your ego is regenerating by virtue of the Ray of Beauty.
Provided by: Beauty enchantment (created by Enchanters)

Passive ego regeneration.

Benign Prophesy

Defences line:
You are under the effect of a benign prophesy.
Provided by: BenignProphesy (Runes)

Increases maximum health.

BioCurrents

Defences line:
Your body is tuned to symetrically spread wounds.
Provided by: BioCurrents (Psychometabolism)

Electric attack when touched.

Biofeedback

Defences line:
You are psionically resisting magic/fire/cold/electric damage.
Provided by: Biofeedback (Psionics) Damage Modifier: variable depending on skill level, max of 20

Reduces damage from the specified kind of attack.

BlackTea

Defences line:
Your vivaciousness is ceremonially/herbally heightened.
Provided by: Black tea (created by Brewmeisters), or a tea ceremony

Blocks epilepsy, vapors, and clumsiness.

Blend

Defences line:
You are blended in the foliage.
Provided by: Blend (Nature)

Shrouds your movement and actions while in forest.

Block

Defences line:
You are effectively blocking all weapon attacks.
Provided by: Block (Tahtetso)

Blocks all weapon attacks.

Bloodrage

Defences line:
You are gaining increased experience in your bloodrage.
Provided by: Black Crypt of Urlach

Increased experience gain for one day, doubled in taint.

Blue Chakra

Defences line:
You have empowered your blue chakra.
Provided by: Blue (Lowmagic)

Prevents your communications from being overheard by other players.

Blur

Defences line:
You are blurry.
Provided by: Blur (Illusions)

Decreases your chance to be hit by melee attacks.

BodyDensity

Defences line:
You are using your mind to make your body more dense.
Provided by: BodyDensity (Psionics)

Decreases the chances of being forcibly moved.

Bolting

Defences line:
You will instantly bolt when an enemy approaches.
Provided by: Bolting (Stag)

Move immediately if an enemy enters the room.

BoneDensity

Defences line:
Your bones are hardened psionically.
Provided by: BoneDensity (Psychometabolism)

50% chance to resist bone breaking.

Bonenose

Defences line:
Your face is painted with a bone nose.
Provided by: Bonenose (Crow)

Chances of healing broken limbs.

Bracing

Defences line:
You are braced to absorb damage.
Provided by: Bracing (Stealth) Damage Modifier: 15

Reduces damage.

Breathing

Defences line:
Your body is prepared for a marathon workout.
Provided by: Breathing (Athletics)

Reduces endurance loss.

BullRage

Defences line:
You are riled up by a bull rage.
Provided by: BullRage (Shofangi)

Allows stacking all kata modifiers.

Bumblebee

Defences line:
The Bumblebee sphere positively affects you.
Provided by: Bumblebee (Astrology)

Speeds focus body time.

Burning Censer

Defences line:
The Burning Censer sphere positively affects you.
Provided by: BurningCenser (Astrology)

Reduces asphyxiation damage.

Byahkari

Defences line:
You are waving <weapon> in a defensive pattern.
Provided by: Byahkari (Ninjakari)

Blocks attacks and counterattacks with unconsciousness.

Camouflage

Defences line:
You are blended in the foliage. You are camouflaged.
Provided by: Camouflage (Nature) or Camouflage (Hunting)

Conceals most actions in natural terrains.

CarrionStench

Defences line:
You are stinking with the stench of carrion.
Provided by: CarrionStench (Crow)

Causes bleeding in enemies.

Celerity

Defences line:
You are gifted with increased speed by the shield shrine.
Provided by: Shrine power

Speeds balance and equilibrium recovery.

Changeself

Defences line:
You are under an illusion to look <race>.
Provided by: Changeself (Illusions)

Alters your HONOURS and LOOK descriptions to reflect another race, but does not fool all inspections.

Channels

Defences line:
You have opened your aetheric channels to other planar entities.
Provided by: Channels (Celestialism) or Channels (Nihilism)

Summoning does not consume equilibrium.

CharismaticAura

Defences line:
You are compellingly charismatic.
Provided by: CharismaticAura (Influence)

Improves influence attack damage, and prevents disloyalty.

Cloak

Defences line:
Your body and soul are cloaked.
Provided by: Cloak (Cosmic) Damage Modifier: Variable based on Intelligence, max of 10.

Provides a chance to stop summoning, and reduces damage.

Cold Aura

Defences line:
You are surrounded by the cold of the grave.
Provided by: Lichdom (Necromancy)

Causes enemies to freeze.

Concentrated

Defences line:
You are fighting with focused strikes.
Provided by: Concentrated (Knighthood)

Increases wounding but decreases damage.

Consciousness

Defences line:
You are maintaining consciousness at all times.
Provided by: Consciousness (Athletics)

Prevents most forms of unconsciousness, though not sleeping.

Constitution

Defences line:
You are using your superior constitution to prevent nausea.
Provided by: Constitution (Athletics), Benediction (Sacraments), or Maiden (Moon)

Prevents the effect of the Vomiting affliction.

Covey

Defences line:
You are in a covey with <ship>.
Provided by: FirstMate (Aethercraft)

Links to the ship aether even when unlocked or off-ship.

Crocodile

Defences line:
The Crocodile sphere positively affects you.
Provided by: Crocodile (Astrology)

Reduces physical damage.

Crotamine

Defences line:
Your veins burn with immunity to deadly venoms.
Provided by: Crotamine (extracted by Poisonists)

Temporary immunity to certain poisons while crotamine's death is playing out.

Crowform

Defences line:
Your body is covered in black oily feathers.
Provided by: Crowform (Crow)

Grants the ability to fly, health regeneration while flying, resistance to being knocked from the air, more steps before the Now now, don't be hasty message when flying, reduced power cost to eyepeck, a weighted +1 to intelligence, room for more carrion, a more powerful CAW attack, the ability to heal health, mana, and ego when killing denizens, and a swoop attack.

Crowsfeet

Defences line:
Your face is painted with crow's feet.
Provided by: Crowsfeet (Crow)

Detect dreamweavers.

CrowSpy

Defences line:
Your nest is projecting visions to you.
Provided by: Spy (Crow)

Allows listening in on a location.

CrusaderCanto

Defences line:
You have an aura of holy crusading flames.
Provided by: CrusaderCanto (Starhymn)

Adds flame damage to damage.

DarkMalt

Defences line:
Your aggression is stoked by alcohol.
Provided by: Dark malt (created by Brewmeisters)

Increases damage inflicted.

DarkRebirth

Defences line:
Your soul is twined with a dark spirit that is waiting for your death.
Provided by: DarkRebirth (Crow)

Be reborn from an egg on death.

DarkSpirit

Defences line:
Your flesh is bound with a dark spirit that protects you.
Provided by: DarkRebirth (Crow)

The spirit protects you after rebirth.

Deathmask

Defences line:
Your face is painted with a gruesome deathmask.
Provided by: Deathmask (Crow)

Gain reserves when you kill.

Deathsense

Defences line:
Your mind is sensing the death of others.
Provided by: Deathsense (Discernment)

Shows when people die, but unlike Deathsight doesn't show where.

Deathsight

Defences line:
You are seeing death.
Provided by: Deathsight enchantment (created by Spellcrafters), or Deathsight (Cosmic)

Shows when and where people die.

Deepbond

Defences line:
You have a deepbond with <ship>.
Provided by: FirstMate (Aethercraft)

Will conglutinate on the ship on death off the Prime Material Plane.

Deepcover

Defences line:
You are masquerading under deepcover as <player>.
Provided by: Deepcover (Stealth)

Makes you appear like someone else.

Defensive

Defences line:
You are fighting defensively.
Provided by: Defensive (Knighthood)

Increases effect of stances and decreases offense.

Demon Scales

Defences line:
You are covered with demon scales.
Provided by: Demonscales (Nihilism) Damage Modifier: 8

Reduces damage.

Demon Wings

Defences line:
Bat-like wings sprout out of your back.
Provided by: Wings (Nihilism)

Allows flight.

Divine Fire

Defences line:
You have wreathed yourself in divine fire.
Provided by: Demigod power

Fully heals and cures on a tick, and prevents denizen attacks.

Dolphin

Defences line:
The Dolphin sphere positively affects you.
Provided by: Dolphin (Astrology)

Variable boost to intelligence.

Domoth Lesser Beauty

Defences line:
You are under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of Beauty.
Provided by: Domotheos of Beauty

Increased influence damage.

Domoth Major Beauty

Defences line:
You are under a Major Blessing of the Domotheos of Beauty.
Provided by: Domotheos of Beauty

Triples power and culture gained from bringing in bards.

Domoth Minor Beauty

Defences line:
You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Beauty.
Provided by: Domotheos of Beauty

Weighted +2 to charisma.

Domoth Lesser Chaos

Defences line:
Your <value> is under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of Chaos.
Provided by: Domotheos of Chaos

Regeneration of health, mana, or ego, randomly selected each Lusternian day.

Domoth Major Chaos

Defences line:
You are under a Major Blessing of the Domotheos of Chaos.
Provided by: Domotheos of Chaos

Increased resistance to astral insanity.

Domoth Minor Chaos

Defences line:
Your <stat> is under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Chaos.
Provided by: Domotheos of Chaos

Weighted +3 to the indicated stat, randomly selected each Lusternian day.

Domoth Lesser Death

Defences line:
You are under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of Death.
Provided by: Domotheos of Death

Vengeance aura that attacks killers.

Domoth Major Death

Defences line:
You are under a Major Blessing of the Domotheos of Death.
Provided by: Domotheos of Death

A permanent Catacombs of the Dead at the nexus.

Domoth Minor Death

Defences line:
You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Death.
Provided by: Domotheos of Death

Increased endurance and endurance regeneration.

Domoth Lesser Harmony

Defences line:
You are under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of Harmony.
Provided by: Domotheos of Harmony

Increased experience gain.

Domoth Major Harmony

Defences line:
You are under a Major Blessing of the Domotheos of Harmony.
Provided by: Domotheos of Harmony

Doubles the amount of dross power you can draw.

Domoth Minor Harmony

Defences line:
You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Harmony.
Provided by: Domotheos of Harmony

Decreased experience loss on death.

Domoth Lesser Justice

Defences line:
You are under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of Justice.
Provided by: Domotheos of Justice

An aura that deals damage to attackers.

Domoth Major Justice

Defences line:
You are under a Major Blessing of the Domotheos of Justice.
Provided by: Domotheos of Justice

Increases the damage of discretionary powers that cause damage.

Domoth Minor Justice

Defences line:
You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Justice.
Provided by: Domotheos of Justice

Increased willpower and willpower regeneration.

Domoth Lesser Knowledge

Defences line:
You are under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of Knowledge.
Provided by: Domotheos of Knowledge Damage Modifier: 10

Resistance to magic damage.

Domoth Major Knowledge

Defences line:
You are under a Major Blessing of the Domotheos of Knowledge.
Provided by: Domotheos of Knowledge

Triples power and culture gained from bringing in scholars.

Domoth Minor Knowledge

Defences line:
You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Knowledge.
Provided by: Domotheos of Knowledge

Weighted +2 to intelligence.

Domoth Lesser Life

Defences line:
You are under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of Life.
Provided by: Domotheos of Life

Decreased damage from all attacks.

Domoth Major Life

Defences line:
You are under a Major Blessing of the Domotheos of Life.
Provided by: Domotheos of Life

Health regeneration in non-enemy territory on the Prime plane.

Domoth Minor Life

Defences line:
You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Life.
Provided by: Domotheos of Life

Weighted +2 to constitution.

Domoth Lesser War

Defences line:
You are under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of War.
Provided by: Domotheos of War

Increased damage on all attacks.

Domoth Major War

Defences line:
You are under a Major Blessing of the Domotheos of War.
Provided by: Domotheos of War

20% increase in the level of guards.

Domoth Minor War

Defences line:
You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of War.
Provided by: Domotheos of War

Weighted +2 to strength.

DoublePain

Defences line:
You are psionically tuned to inflict pain.
Provided by: DoublePain (Psychometabolism)

Increases wounding inflicted.

Draconis

Defences line:
You are surrounded by numinous dragon scales.
Provided by: Draconis (Rituals) Damage Modifier: varies with skill level, up to maximum of 18

Protection against magical damage.

Dragon

Defences line:
The Dragon sphere positively affects you.
Provided by: Dragon (Astrology)

Reduces magical damage.

Drawdown

Defences line:
The moon has been drawn closer to you.
Provided by: Drawdown (Moon) Damage Modifier: 24

Provides mana regeneration, a weighted +1 to intelligence, damage resistance, a bonus to weapon stats, and a moonburst attack.

Dreamweave Control

Defences line:
You are in complete control of your waking mind.
Provided by: Control (Dreamweaving)

Prevents sleep and the need for sleep.

Drink

Defences line:
You are wearing a garb of shadows.
Provided by: Drink (Night)

Passive health regeneration and affliction curing in shadows.

Drunkard

Defences line:
You are acting drunker than you actually are.
Provided by: Drunkard (Dramatics)

Appear more drunk.

Earth's Pulse

Defences line:
You are attuned to the earth's pulse.
Provided by: Staff (Geomancy)

Increases magical damage.

Eavesdrop

Defences line:
You are listening in on another conversation.
Provided by: Eavesdrop (Stealth)

Listens to conversations in an adjoining room.

Ego Blessing

Defences line:
You have an ego blessing. You have a divine ego blessing.
Provided by: Quests, or enchanted candies

Increases ego.

Elasticity

Defences line:
You are concentrating on providing your muscles with increased elasticity.
Provided by: Elasticity (Acrobatics) Damage Modifier: 20

Reduces damage incurred by melee attacks not targeted at a particular body part.

EnergyContainment

Defences line:
Your body can contain elemental energies.
Provided by: EnergyContainment (Psychometabolism) Damage Modifier: variable depending on skill level, max of 25

Reduces damage from cold, fire, and electricity.

Engage

Defences line:
You have engaged <player>.
Provided by: Engage (Knighthood)

A chance to strike the target if they flee.

Enrage

Defences line:
You are enraged at the inferior races.
Provided by: Taurian racial ability

Weighted +2 to strength, and a chance of attacking non-taurians.

Elasticity

Defences line:
You are concentrating on providing your muscles with incre
Provided by: Elasticity (Acrobatics) Damage Modifier: 20

Reduces deep wounds caused by damage.

Elementshield

Defences line:
You are shielded from the elements.
Provided by: Elementshield (Elementalism) Damage Modifier: 15

Reduces damage.

Encore

Defences line:
You are performing an encore.
Provided by: Encore (any Music specialization)

Doubles speed of song performance.

Enhancement

Defences line:
Your strength is psionically enhanced. Your dexterity is psionically enhanced. Your strength and dexterity are psionically enhanced.
Provided by: Enhancement (Psychometabolism)

Weighted +2 to strength or dexterity, or +1 to each.

Enigma

Defences line:
The Enigma is upon you.
Provided by: Enigma (Tarot)

Adds a second random tarot card to all flings.

Faerie Wings

Defences line:
You are wearing faerie wings.
Provided by: Artifact faerie wings

Allows flight.

Falling

Defences line:
You are protected against falling suddenly.
Provided by: Falling (Acrobatics)

Provides a chance to fall without taking damage, with increased chance of success as you increase your Acrobatics skill.

Fear Aura

Defences line:
You are shrouded in veils of nightmare.
Provided by: FearAura (Ascendance)

Periodically causes fear to enemies.

Fervor

Defences line:
You are filled with an intense religious fervor.
Provided by: Fervor (Sacraments)

Increases damage against those suffering from inquisition effects.

Fire Potion

Defences line:
Your insides are warmed by a fire potion.
Provided by: Fire potion (created by Lorecrafters) Damage Modifier: 15

Protection against cold damage.

Fitness

Defences line:
You are utilising your bodily control to make yourself more fit.
Provided by: Fitness (Athletics), Benediction (Sacraments), or Maiden (Moon)

Speeds endurance recovery.

Flight

Defences line:
You are soaring high above the ground.
Provided by: Various racial, skill, or artifact abilities

You're flying.

Food

Defences line:
Your <stat> has been enhanced through fine food.
Provided by: Infused food (created by Cooks), or HeroFete (Cooking)

Weighted +1 to the affected stat.

Fool

Defences line:
A fool will mask your next <number> tarot flings.
Provided by: Fool (Tarot)

Conceals the effect of tarot flings.

ForceField

Defences line:
You have a forcefield protecting you from harm.
Provided by: ForceField (Telekinesis)

Diverts health damage to ego.

Fortuna

Defences line:
You are reaping the gifts of Fortuna.
Provided by: Fortuna (Rituals)

Weighted +1 to a randomly selected stat for one Lusternian day.

Frost Potion

Defences line:
You are tempered against fire damage.
Provided by: Frost potion (created by Lorecrafters) Damage Modifier: 15

Protection against fire damage.

Galvanism

Defences line:
You are more ready to handle electric currents.
Provided by: Galvanism potion (created by Lorecrafters) Damage Modifier: 15

Protection against electrical damage.

Geburah

Defences line:
You are surrounded by the Geburah Sphere.
Provided by: Geburah (Highmagic)

Weighted +1 to strength.

Genderbend

Defences line:
You are playing the part of a male/female.
Provided by: Genderbend (Dramatics)

Appear as the opposite gender.

Ghost

Defences line:
As an insubstantial ghost, you are immune to many attacks.
Provided by: Ghost (Necromancy)

Insubstantiality provides immunity to most effects.

Glacier

Defences line:
The Glacier sphere positively affects you.
Provided by: Glacier (Astrology)

Reduces cold damage.

Glamour

Defences line:
You have taken on a glamour of <person>.
Provided by: Glamour (Illusions)

Makes you appear to be another person in some actions and perceptions.

Gliding

Defences line:
You can glide upon any surface.
Provided by: Gliding (Psychometabolism)

Allows gliding over water and other surfaces.

Grappling

Defences line:
You are grappling <person> with your left/right arm.
Provided by: Hold (Kata) and other kata grapples

Traps the victim and prepares for certain attacks.

GreatPentagram

Defences line:
You are protecting the immediate area with a great pentagram.
Provided by: Greatpentagram (Highmagic)

Prevents most means of entering the room.

Greenman

Defences line:
Your face is painted with the image of the greenman.
Provided by: Greenman (Stag)

Recover willpower and endurance faster.

GreenTea

Defences line:
Your movements are ceremonially/herbally heightened.
Provided by: Green tea (created by Brewmeisters), or a tea ceremony

Blocks paralysis, weakness, and rigormortis.

Gripping

Defences line:
Your hands are gripping your wielded items tightly.
Provided by: Gripping skill in Knighthood, Shofangi, Tahtetso, Ninjakari, or Nekotai

Prevents many things that unwield or drop wielded items.

Grounding

Defences line:
The pull of the earth roots you more firmly to the ground.
Provided by: Malkuth (Highmagic) or Red (Lowmagic)

Resists summons.

Halo

Defences line:
You are glowing with a radiant halo.
Provided by: Halo (Celestialism) Damage Modifier: 8

Reduces damage.

Handstand

Defences line:
You are standing on your hands.
Provided by: Handstand (Acrobatics)

Resists most attacks, and reduces power cost for handsprings.

Harvest

Defences line:
Your soul is blessed under the harvest moon.
Provided by: Harvest (Moon)

Increased experience gain.

HealingAura

Defences line:
You are surrounded by a <aura> aura.
Provided by: Auras (Healing)

Passive, periodic healing or curing of certain afflictions.

Health Blessing

Defences line:
You have a health blessing. You have a divine health blessing.
Provided by: Quests, or enchanted candies

Increases health.

Held Breath

Defences line:
You are holding your breath.
Provided by: Breathing (Discipline)

Prevents asphyxiation attacks.

HexAura

Defences line:
You are surrounded by an aura of hexes.
Provided by: Hexaura (Hexes)

Draws hexes with you as you move.

HexControl

Defences line:
You are controlling your hexes.
Provided by: Control (Hexes)

Hexes will not fire automatically on entry of an enemy.

HexSense

Defences line:
You are sensing the status of your hexes.
Provided by: Sense (Hexes)

Notifies you if an enemy walks into one of your hexes.

HolyWater

Defences line:
A strange surge is growing inside of you. You are prepared to make use of holy water coursing through your body.
Provided by: Holy water (created by Alchemists)

Resistance to damage.

Honour

Defences line:
You are surrounded by the aura of honour.
Provided by: Honour (Sacraments)

Regeneration of health, mana, and ego for Sacraments students in the room.

Hyperactive

Defences line:
You are hyperactive and moving very quickly.
Provided by: Hyperactive (Acrobatics)

Halves balance recovery time.

Hyperventilate

Defences line:
You are hyperventilating to control your breathing.
Provided by: Hyperventilate (Acrobatics) Damage Modifier: 10

Reduces asphyxiation damage.

Illithoid

Defences line:
You are empowered by the Avatar of Illith.
Provided by: Illithoid quest in the Undervault

Unweighted +1 to dexterity, intelligence, and charisma.

IllusorySelf

Defences line:
You are accompanied by an illusory glamour.
Provided by: IllusorySelf (Illusions)

Intercepts damage.

Immunity

Defences line:
You have tempered your bloodstream to reject poisons.
Provided by: Immunity (Athletics)

A chance to reject poison, stripping the defense.

Infiltrate

Defences line:
You are infiltrating the communications of <player>.
Provided by: Infiltrate (Stealth)

Allows hearing city/commune and guild aethers.

Inner Serpent

Defences line:
Your inner serpent is bloated with <number> ego.
Provided by: Illithoid racial ability

Increases ego.

Insomnia

Defences line:
You have insomnia, and cannot easily go to sleep.
Provided by: Insomnia (Discipline), or merbloom (harvested by Herbalists)

Prevents being put to sleep.

Invisibility

Defences line:
You are invisible.
Provided by: Invisibility (Illusions)

Conceals most actions.

Ironskin

Defences line:
Your skin is as hard as iron.
Provided by: Ironskin (Psychometabolism) Damage Modifier: variable depending on skill level, max of 30

Reduces damage.

IronWill

Defences line:
You are regenerating mental strength with an iron will.
Provided by: IronWill (Psionics)

Speeds ego and willpower recovery.

Kafe

Defences line:
You have ingested the kafe bean and are feeling extremely energetic.
Provided by: Kafe (harvested by Herbalists)

Allows quick awakening.

Kata Deflect

Defences line:
You are deflecting blows with your left/right hand.
Provided by: Deflect (Kata)

Reduces damage on that side.

Kephera

Defences line:
You are empowered by the Kephera Queen of Queens.
Provided by: Kephera quest in the Undervault

Unweighted +1 to dexterity, intelligence, and charisma.

Kingdom

Defences line:
Your blood is clotting by virtue of the Ray of the Kingdom.
Provided by: Kingdom enchantment (created by Enchanters)

Reduces bleeding on a tick.

Kite

Defences line:
You are flying a kite.
Provided by: Kite artifact

Alerts to when people fly above.

Lawyerly

Defences line:
You are carrying yourself with a lawyerly demeanor.
Provided by: Lawyerly (Dramatics)

Boosts pettifoggery.

Levitation

Defences line:
You are walking on a small cushion of air.
Provided by: Levitate enchantment (created by Spellcrafters), or Levitate (Elementalism)

Prevents harm from most falls.

Lichdom

Defences line:
Your body is prepared for lichdom when death comes knocking. You are a lich. You are an archlich.
Provided by: Lichdom (Necromancy)

Increased strength by night, decreased by day; regeneration at night; cold touch; reduced power for contagion and prevents it being blown away.

Lifedrain

Defences line:
Your nervous system is psionically primed to drain sustenance.
Provided by: Lifedrain (Psychometabolism)

Gain nutrition on touch.

Lightning

Defences line:
You are fighting with headstrong speed.
Provided by: Lightning (Knighthood)

Increases speed but decreases damage.

Lightning Bolts

Defences line:
Your face is painted with blue bolts of lightning.
Provided by: Lightning (Stag)

Speeds equilibrium recovery and slows balance recovery.

Limber

Defences line:
You are extremely limber.
Provided by: Limber (Acrobatics)

Weighted +3 to dexterity.

Lion

Defences line:
The Lion sphere positively affects you.
Provided by: Lion (Astrology)

Variable boost to charisma.

Lipread

Defences line:
You are lipreading to overcome deafness.
Provided by: Lipread (Discernment)

Allows hearing says even when deaf.

LiquidForm

Defences line:
You are a morass of liquid.
Provided by: LiquidForm (Aquamancy)

Heals most afflictions and makes you impervious to damage; allows you to ENGULF others to heal them.

Maestoso

Defences line:
You are maintaining a maestoso.
Provided by: Octave (Music)

Prevents curing auric afflictions.

Mana Blessing

Defences line:
You have a mana blessing. You have a divine mana blessing.
Provided by: Quests, or enchanted candies

Increases mana.

Masquerade

Defences line:
You are masquerading as <player>.
Provided by: Masquerade (Stealth)

Makes you appear like someone else.

Maw

Defences line:
You are wearing a magic maw of burrowing.
Provided by: Artifact rockeater's maw

Allows burrowing.

Mercy

Defences line:
Your health is regenerating by virtue of the Ray of Merciful Hand.
Provided by: Mercy enchantment (created by Enchanters)

Passive health regeneration.

Metawake

Defences line:
You are concentrating on maintaining distance from the dreamworld.
Provided by: Metawake (Discipline)

Completely prevents sleep at the cost of a mana drain.

MindBar

Defences line:
You have raised a mental bar to shield your mind from assault.
Provided by: MindBar (Psionics) Damage Modifier: variable depending on skill level, max of 20

Reduces damage from psychic attacks.

MindField

Defences line:
You will discharge a psychic lash on those who scry.
Provided by: MindField (Psychometabolism)

Causes damage on scrying.

Mislead

Defences line:
You are preparing to mislead to the <direction>.
Provided by: Mislead (Stealth)

Next movement will appear to go in the wrong direction.

MoonAura

Defences line:
You have the aura of the moon protecting you.
Provided by: Aura (Moon) Damage Modifier: variable based on skill level, max of 14

Reduces damage from magical attacks.

Moonchilde

Defences line:
You are a Moonchilde.
Provided by: Moon Altar

Weighted +1 to charisma, regeneration off prime, allows joining moon covens, and allows teleporting to the Moon Bubble.

Moonshine

Defences line:
You are shining with the light of the <moon phase>.
Provided by: Shine (Moon)

Various benefits depending on the phase of the moon.

Moonwater

Defences line:
A strange surge is growing inside of you. You are prepared to make use of moonwater coursing through your body.
Provided by: Moonwater (created by Alchemists)

Health, mana, and ego potions will strip afflictions.

Mounted

Defences line:
You are riding <mount>.
Provided by: Beastmastery

Allows access to many Beastmastery skills.

Netzach

Defences line:
You are surrounded by the Netzach Sphere.
Provided by: Netzach (Highmagic)

Weighted +1 to charisma.

Nightkiss

Defences line:
Mother Night has given her favour to you.
Provided by: Nightkiss (Night) Damage Modifier: 24

Provides reduced power cost to gather shadows, a weighted +1 to intelligence, damage resistance, a bonus to weapon stats, and a nightkiss attack.

Nightsight

Defences line:
Your vision is heightened to see in the dark.
Provided by: Nightsight (Discernment)

Allows unrestricted vision at night.

Nightsweats

Defences line:
A strange surge is growing inside of you. You are prepared to make use of nightsweats coursing through your body.
Provided by: Nightsweats (created by Alchemists)

Adds bleeding to damage done.

Nightwraith

Defences line:
You are a Nightwraith.
Provided by: Night Altar

Weighted +1 to dexterity, regeneration off prime, allows joining night covens, and allows teleporting to the Night Bubble.

Ninini

Defences line:
You have <weapon> wrapped around your hands/body.
Provided by: Ninini (Ninjakari)

Improves unarmed offense or body defense.

Numbness

Defences line:
You are temporarily numbed to damage.
Provided by: Numbness (Athletics)

Temporarily reduces damage, though 40% of it is dealt when the numbness wears off.

Numen

Defences line:
You are surrounded by the aura of numen.
Provided by: Numen (Sacraments)

Halves damage for twenty seconds.

Omniscience

Defences line:
You are omnisciently listening to the aetheric winds.
Provided by: Omniscience (Ascendance)

Allows hearing and speaking on aethers from anywhere, even aetherbubbles.

OolongTea

Defences line:
Your passion is ceremonially/herbally heightened.
Provided by: Oolong tea (created by Brewmeisters), or a tea ceremony

Blocks lethargy, peace, and pacifism.

Orange Chakra

Defences line:
You have empowered your orange chakra.
Provided by: Orange (Lowmagic)

Halves accrual of hunger.

Penumbra

Defences line:
You have evoked the ritual of penumbra.
Provided by: Penumbra (Night)

Gives a weighted +2 charisma, ego regeneration, and the appearance of youth.

Perch

Defences line:
You are perched here like a crow.
Provided by: Perch (Crow)

Prevents movement.

Perfection

Defences line:
Your mana is regenerating by virtue of the Ray of Perfection.
Provided by: Perfection enchantment (created by Enchanters)

Passive mana regeneration.

Performance

Defences line:
You are in performance mode.
Provided by: Performance (Dramatics)

Provides ego regeneration and mana drain, and allows other Dramatics skills.

PhantomArmour

Defences line:
You are surrounded by phantom armour.
Provided by: PhantomArmour (Phantasms) Damage Modifier: 5

Reduces psychic damage and provides a chance of blackout on the attacker.

Phased

Defences line:
Phased slightly out of reality, you are effectively untouchable.
Provided by: Dreamweaving, Nature or Statue (Glamours), SuspendedAnimation (Psychometabolism), or nexus guardian occupation

Immune to most effects.

Pheremones

Defences line:
You have released pheremones.
Provided by: Pheremones (Psychometabolism)

Causes lust in others.

Phial

Defences line:
You are glowing with holy light.
Provided by: Celestian phial

Adds fire, sun allergy, or vapours to attacks.

Planarbond

Defences line:
You have an empathic planarbond to distant aetherwaves.
Provided by: FirstMate (Aethercraft)

Attunes the ship's crew to distant aethers while the ship is sailing.

PoisonImmunity

Defences line:
You are training to be immune from <poison>. You are immune from <poison>.
Provided by: Immunity (Poisons)

Immunity to one poison.

Populus

Defences line:
You are filled with exuberance.
Provided by: Populus (Rituals)

Weighted +1 to charisma.

Powermask

Defences line:
You have a powermask hiding your actions.
Provided by: Powermask (Discernment)

Prevents some actions from showing your name on power logs.

Princess

Defences line:
You are able to beseech the Princess.
Provided by: Princess (Tarot)

Cures some afflictions as well as health, mana, and ego when beseeched.

Prismatic Barrier

Defences line:
You are standing within a prismatic barrier.
Provided by: Akhlumangchu (Harmony), Trueheal (Sacraments), Serpent (Lowmagic), or shrine powers

Protects against nearly all attacks.

Protection

Defences line:
You have an aura of protection around you.
Provided by: Protection scroll (created by Bookbinders)

Protects against selected demesne effects.

PsiArmour

Defences line:
You are protected by psionic armour.
Provided by: PsiArmour (Psionics) Damage Modifier: variable depending on skill level, max of 12

Reduces damage.

PsiRegeneration

Defences line:
Your body is regenerating psionically.
Provided by: Regeneration (Psychometabolism)

Damage regeneration.

PsiSense

Defences line:
You are sensing psionic activity.
Provided by: PsiSense (Psionics)

Reveals what psionic channels are being used by others present.

PsiShield

Defences line:
You are protected by a psionic barrier.
Provided by: Circle (Lowmagic) or Pentagram (Highmagic)

Protects against psionic attacks.

PsychicLift

Defences line:
You are preparing to psychically lift your victims.
Provided by: PsychicLift (Telekinesis)

Automatically pick up your kills.

Purity

Defences line:
Your body is purified.
Provided by: Maiden (Moon) or Benediction (Sacraments)

Damage resistance.

Puissance

Defences line:
Your next blow will be of puissant strength.
Provided by: Puissance (Athletics)

Increases damage of the next attack.

Putrefaction

Defences line:
You are bathed in the glorious protection of decaying flesh.
Provided by: Putrefaction (Necromancy)

Resistance to weapon attacks, and a steady health drain.

Quickening

Defences line:
Your mind has been quickened.
Provided by: Quickening (Cosmic)

Speeds equilibrium recovery considerably for a short time.

QuickeningAura

Defences line:
Your healing ability is extraordinarily quickened.
Provided by: Quicken (Healing)

Halves equilibrium loss from healing.

Quicksilver

Defences line:
Your sense of time is heightened, and your reactions are speeded.
Provided by: Quicksilver potion (created by Alchemists), or Adrenaline (Athletics)

Prevents one affliction of aeon, and provides an increase to the chance of being missed by melee attacks.

Rage

Defences line:
You have called down the destructive powers of the moon.
Provided by: Rage (Moon)

Allows coven-based ranged attacks.

Rebounding

Defences line:
You are protected from hand-held weapons with an aura of rebounding.
Provided by: Faeleaf herb (harvested by Herbalists)

Rebounds melee attacks on the attacker.

Reflection

Defences line:
You are surrounded by one reflection of yourself.
Provided by: Reflection (Illusions) or Spellcasting (Beastmastery)

Protects against the next attack.

Regeneration

Defences line:
You are regenerating lost health. Your regeneration is boosted.
Provided by: Regeneration and Boosting (Athletics)

Health regeneration with a constant mana and willpower drain. Boosting increases the health regained.

Resistance

Defences line:
You are resisting magical damage.
Provided by: Resistance (Athletics)

Reduction of damage from magical sources.

Review

Defences line:
You are reviewing performances of others.
Provided by: Review (Dramatics)

Identifies the source of impersonation and similar Dramatics concealments.

Ringwalk

Defences line:
Your inner stag is walking the ring around <person>.
Provided by: Ringwalk (Stag)

Prevents enemies from leaving.

Role

Defences line:
You are performing the role of a vagabond/sycophant/bureaucrat/gorgeous beauty/bully.
Provided by: Dramatics skills

Boosts various forms of influence.

Rooting

Defences line:
You are rooted.
Provided by: Rooting (Nature)

Resists summons.

Rubeus

Defences line:
You are filled with the wrath of Rubeus.
Provided by: Rubeus (Rituals)

Prevents pacifism, lover's effects, shyness, lust, and fear.

RunicAmulet

Defences line:
You are protected from the <type> rune by a runic amulet.
Provided by: RunicAmulet (Runes)

Chance to block the affliction associated with that rune.

Sacrifice

Defences line:
You have self-sacrificed for <person>. You are the recipient of the self-sacrifice of <person>.
Provided by: Sacrifice (Stag)

Transfers health to another person.

Saintly

Defences line:
You are carrying yourself with a saintly demeanor.
Provided by: Saintly (Dramatics)

Boosts pontification.

ScorpionFury

Defences line:
You are riled up by a scorpion rage.
Provided by: ScorpionFury (Nekotai)

Allows stacking nekcree, shocree, and creehai modifiers.

ScorpionSpit

Defences line:
You are ready to spit <poison>.
Provided by: ScorpionSpit (Nekotai)

Preparation to spit a poison.

ScorpionTail

Defences line:
You are poised for a scorpion tail's strike.
Provided by: ScorpionTail (Nekotai)

Your next dodge will be followed by a sweep kick.

Screening

Defences line:
You are screening your belongings against prying eyes.
Provided by: Screen (Stealth)

Prevents people from seeing your inventory.

Selfishness

Defences line:
You are feeling quite selfish.
Provided by: Selfishness (Discipline)

Prevents dropping or giving things away, and thus, most theft.

Shadowgarb

Defences line:
You are wearing a garb of shadows.
Provided by: Garb (Night) Damage Modifier: variable based on skill level, max of 17

Reduces damage from magical attacks and poisons.

Shadow Shroud

Defences line:
You are wearing a magic shroud.
Provided by: Artifact shadow shroud

Conceals most actions.

Shield

Defences line:
You are surrounded by a nearly invisible magical shield.
Provided by: Circle (Lowmagic), Pentagram (Highmagic), DivineSupper (Ascendance), WyrdSong (Shadowbeat), or Salt powder (enchanted by Alchemists)

Protection against most attacks.

ShrineCure

Defences line:
You are surrounded by a divine aura of curing.
Provided by: Shrine power

Cures afflictions periodically.

ShrineHeal

Defences line:
You are being healed by the power of a healing shrine.
Provided by: Shrine power

Heals health, mana, and ego periodically.

ShrineProtection

Defences line:
You are protected by the shield shrine.
Provided by: Shrine power

Makes it more likely melee attacks will miss, and reduces damage from some attacks.

SixthSense

Defences line:
The world is seen through your sixth sense.
Provided by: Faeleaf herb (harvested by Herbalists)

Allows sight even when blind (thus allowing blindness to protect against visual attacks).

Skull

Defences line:
The Skull sphere positively affects you.
Provided by: Skull (Astrology)

Variable boost to constitution.

Sneak

Defences line:
You are sneaking around in the shadows.
Provided by: Sneak (Stealth)

Conceals movement and some actions.

Sober

Defences line:
You are acting more sober than you actually are.
Provided by: Sober (Dramatics)

Appear less drunk.

Spider

Defences line:
The Spider sphere positively affects you.
Provided by: Spider (Astrology)

Speeds writhing and contortion time.

Spiderweb

Defences line:
Your face is painted with an intricate spiderweb.
Provided by: Spiderweb (Crow)

Dodge entanglements.

Sprongcree

Defences line:
You have a dart with <poison> under your left/right foot.
Provided by: Sprongcree (Nekotai)

Adds poison to a kick.

Stagform

Defences line:
Your body has been blessed by the stag.
Provided by: Stagform (Stag)

Grants health regeneration, more steps before the Now now, don't be hasty message, a weighted +1 dexterity, and a gore attack.

Staghide

Defences line:
You have the hide of the stag protecting your body.
Provided by: Staghide (Stag) Damage Modifier: variable depending on skill level, max of 30

Reduces damage.

Stance

Defences line:
Your fighting stance is defending your <stance>.
Provided by: Combat

Protects certain parts of the body against melee attacks.

Starleaper

Defences line:
You are protected by the Starleaper.
Provided by: Starleaper (Tarot)

Automatically flee from attacks.

Stigmata

Defences line:
You are marked with the stigmata.
Provided by: Stigmata (Celestialism)

Automatically converts health to mana.

Stoneskin

Defences line:
Your skin is coated with supple granite.
Provided by: Stoneskin (Elementalism) Damage Modifier: variable depending on skill level, max of 24

Reduces damage.

Strength

Defences line:
Your muscles are flexed for increased strength.
Provided by: Strength (Athletics)

Weighted +3 to strength.

Surge

Defences line:
Your essence is surging into your body.
Provided by: Surge (Athletics)

Increases health and maximum health and reduces mana.

Suspended Animation

Defences line:
You are in suspended animation.
Provided by: SuspendedAnimation (Psychometabolism)

Puts you out of phase with progressive healing.

Swiftstripes

Defences line:
Your face is painted with red stripes.
Provided by: Swiftstripes (Stag)

Speeds balance recovery and slows equilibrium recovery.

Symmetry

Defences line:
Your body is tuned to symetrically spread wounds.
Provided by: Symmetry (Psychometabolism)

Limb wounding is spread evenly to both sides.

Teacher

Defences line:
You are taught by D'varsha in <skill>.
Provided by: Teacher (Tarot)

One-day boost to the indicated skill.

Tempo

Defences line:
You are demonstrating increased musical aptitude.
Provided by: Tempo enchantment (created by Tinkerers)

Increases song duration.

Terror

Defences line:
You have called down the terror of Mother Night.
Provided by: Terror (Night)

Allows coven-based ranged attacks.

Thirdeye

Defences line:
You are viewing the world through the third eye.
Provided by: Thirdeye (Discernment)

Allows sensing locations in WHO and seeing shrouded people in rooms.

Throne

Defences line:
You are surrounded by a regal aura.
Provided by: Throne (created by Artisans)

Weighted +2 to charisma.

Timeslip

Defences line:
You are touching upon cosmic probabilities.
Provided by: Timeslip (Cosmic)

Avoids the next attack.

Transmigration

Defences line:
Your soul is bonded to an animal spirit, ready for transmigration.
Provided by: Transmigration (Ecology)

Transmigrate to your familiar on death.

TripleFlash

Defences line:
You are dancing chaotically about, avoiding blows.
Provided by: TripleFlash (Acrobatics)

Dodge all targetted attacks.

Truehearing

Defences line:
Sounds are heard through your true hearing.
Provided by: Earwort herb (harvested by Herbalists)

Allows hearing even when deaf (thus allowing deafness to protect against audible attacks). Also prevents the dizziness side effect of deafness.

Trueheart

Defences line:
Your face is painted with yellow rays of sunshine.
Provided by: Trueheart (Stag)

A chance to resist compulsion.

TrueTime

Defences line:
You are slightly protected against shifting time.
Provided by: TrueTime enchantment (created by Tinkerers)

Reduces effect of the Aeon affliction.

Twin Crystals

Defences line:
The Twin Crystals sphere positively affects you.
Provided by: TwinCrystals (Astrology)

Reduces psychic damage.

Twirl Cudgel

Defences line:
You are deflecting incoming projectiles.
Provided by: Cudgel (Druidry)

Deflects projectile attacks.

UnholyWater

Defences line:
A strange surge is growing inside of you. You are prepared to make use of unholy water coursing through your body.
Provided by: Unholy water (created by Alchemists)

Does damage to those who damage you.

Veil

Defences line:
You are veiled from detection.
Provided by: Veil (Stealth)

Prevents almost all forms of detection.

Vendetta

Defences line:
You are carrying a vendetta against the infidels.
Provided by: Shrine power

Increases damage against order enemies.

Vitae

Defences line:
The power of the elixir vitae flows through your veins.
Provided by: Vitae potion (brewed by Lorecrafters)

Instant resurrection without defenses and with reduced experience loss on death.

Vitality

Defences line:
You will call upon your fortitude in need.
Provided by: Vitality (Athletics)

Restores a lot of health when it gets down too low.

VitalityAura

Defences line:
You are radiating a healing vitality.
Provided by: Vitality (Healing)

Restores health when it gets too low during healing.

Warrior

Defences line:
You are assisted by the Warrior.
Provided by: Warrior (Tarot)

Aggressive tarot flings will be accompanied by damage.

Waterbreathe

Defences line:
You are filtering air from water for breathing.
Provided by: Waterbreathe enchantment (created by Spellcrafters), or Waterbreathe (Elementalism)

Allows breathing underwater.

Water Shield

Defences line:
You are protected by the power of the water spiritshield.
Provided by: Staff (Aquamancy) Damage Modifier: 15

Resistance to electric damage.

Waterwalk

Defences line:
You can walk upon water.
Provided by: Waterwalk enchantment (created by Spellcrafters), or Waterwalk (Cosmic)

Allows walking on water.

Waylay

Defences line:
You are setup to waylay <player>.
Provided by: Waylay (Stealth)

Will attack and possibly trap the target on entry to the same room.

Weathering

Defences line:
Your body is weathering the storm of life a little better.
Provided by: Weathering (Athletics)

Weighted +1 to constitution.

Whirlpool

Defences line:
You are swirling with a whirlpool of churning water.
Provided by: Whirlpool (Aquamancy)

Draws people towards you.

Whisper

Defences line:
You are speaking in whisper mode.
Provided by: Whisper (Stealth)

Prevents infiltration or eavesdropping.

WhiteTea

Defences line:
Your insight is ceremonially/herbally heightened.
Provided by: White tea (created by Brewmeisters), or a tea ceremony

Blocks stupidity, deadening, and dementia.

World

Defences line:
You are strengthened by the power of Kiakoda for <number> more tarot flings.
Provided by: World (Tarot)

Makes tarot flings break shields.

Wounded

Defences line:
You are acting more wounded than you actually are.
Provided by: Wounded (Dramatics)

Appear more wounded.

Yellow Chakra

Defences line:
You have empowered your yellow chakra.
Provided by: Yellow (Lowmagic)

Weighted +1 to constitution.

Yesod

Defences line:
Your actions are cloaked in secrecy.
Provided by: Yesod (Highmagic)

Conceals most actions.

Yoyo

Defences line:
You are carrying a quickly spinning yoyo.
Provided by: Yoyo artifact

Pick up your kills, and random other things.

Zealotry

Defences line:
You are carrying yourself with demeanor of a zealot.
Provided by: Zealotry (Dramatics)

Boosts passion.