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.

Avoid

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

Avoid the next attack.

Balancing

Defences line:
`You are balancing carefully.`
Provided by: balancing (acrobatics)

Protects against being sprawled.

Elasticity

Defences line:
`You are concentrating on providing your muscles with increased elasticity.`
Provided by: elasticity (acrobatics)

Damage Modifier: 20

Reduce injuries to your body.

Falling

Defences line:
`You are protected against falling suddenly.`
Provided by: falling (acrobatics)

Reduce damage and lessen the chance of breaking limbs.

Handstand

Defences line:
`You are standing on your hands.`
Provided by: handstand (acrobatics)

Power: 3 Avoid physical damage. Does not protect against magical sources.

Hyperactive

Defences line:
`You are hyperactive and moving very quickly.`
Provided by: hyperactive (acrobatics)

Power: 10

Halves balance time for a limited period.

Hyperventilate

Defences line:
`You are hyperventilating to control your breathing.`
Provided by: hyperventilate (acrobatics)

Damage Modifier: 10

Protects against asphyxiation damage type.

Limber

Defences line:
`You are extremely limber.`
Provided by: limber (acrobatics)

Increases dexterity.

Tripleflash

Defences line:
`You are dancing chaotically about, avoiding blows.`
Provided by: tripleflash (acrobatics)

Power: 10

Increase an additional 50% chance to dodge any attack to natural dodge.

Aeonfield

Defences line:
`You are surrounded by an aeon field.`
Provided by: aeonfield (aeonics)

Power: 5 Enemies suffer from aeon curse & being time warped, though halves caster's mana/ego.

Alacrity

Defences line:
`You are surrounded by a field of alacrity.`
Provided by: alacrity (aeonics)

Power: 1

Temporal field spreads healing.

Foresight

Defences line:
`You are using foresight.`
Provided by: foresight (aeonics)

Temporarily avoid incoming attacks.

Futureglimpse

Defences line:
`You are gazing into the future.`
Provided by: futureglimpse (aeonics)

20% chance of avoiding any affliction& a 50% chance glimpse will fade.

Insight

Defences line:
`You have insight into your own mind.`
Provided by: insight (aeonics)

Provide some protection against some ailments of the mind.

Mindclock

Defences line:
`Your mind's inner clock is synchronised with your body.`
Provided by: mindclock (aeonics)

Immune from getting out of sync through aeon.

Switchfate

Defences line:
`Your fate is switched with another.`
Provided by: switchfate (aeonics)

Small chance that any damage done to you will transfer to an enemy in your local area.

Timelessbody

Defences line:
`Your body is tempered in a time field.`
Provided by: timelessbody (aeonics)

Provide some protection against some physical ailments.

Twirlstaff

Defences line:
`Your body is surrounded by a nimbus cloud.`
Provided by: staff (aeromancy)

Damage Modifier: 15

Protects against electricity.

Windwalk

Defences line:
`You can walk on the winds.`
Provided by: windwalk (aeromancy)

Walk in the air and resist winds on the Elemental Plane of Air.

Liquidform

Defences line:
`You are a morass of liquid.`
Provided by: liquidform (aquamancy)

Power: 10

Impervious to attack, and your body and mind will become greatly healed.

Watershield

Defences line:
`You are protected by the power of the water spiritshield.`
Provided by: Staff (aquamancy)

Damage Modifier: 15

Protects against cold and fire.

Whirlpool

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

Anyone in an adjacent water location may be pulled towards you.

Antlers

Defences line:
`An Antlers sphere positively affects you.`
Provided by: Antlers (astrology)

Impacts dexterity.

Bumblebee

Defences line:
`A Bumblebee sphere positively affects you.`
Provided by: bumblebee (astrology)

Impacts the ability to focus the body.

Burningcenser

Defences line:
`A Burning Censer sphere positively affects you.`
Provided by: burningcenser (astrology)

Impacts susceptibility to asphyxiation damage.

Crocodile

Defences line:
`A Crocodile sphere positively affects you.`
Provided by: crocodile (astrology)

Impacts susceptibility to physical damage.

Dolphin

Defences line:
`A Dolphin sphere positively affects you.`
Provided by: dolphin (astrology)

Impacts intelligence.

Dragon

Defences line:
`A Dragon sphere positively affects you.`
Provided by: dragon (astrology)

Impacts susceptibility to magical damage.

Glacier

Defences line:
`A Glacier sphere positively affects you.`
Provided by: glacier (astrology)

Impacts susceptibility to cold damage.

Lion

Defences line:
`A Lion sphere positively affects you.`
Provided by: lion (astrology)

Impacts charisma.

Skull

Defences line:
`A Skull sphere positively affects you.`
Provided by: skull (astrology)

Impacts constitution.

Spider

Defences line:
`A Spider sphere positively affects you.`
Provided by: spider (astrology)

Impacts ones ability to WRITHE out of bindings.

Twincrystals

Defences line:
`A Twin Crystals sphere positively affects you.`
Provided by: twincrystals (astrology)

Impacts susceptibility to psychic damage.

Volcano

Defences line:
`A Volcano sphere positively affects you.`
Provided by: volcano (astrology)

Impacts susceptibility to fire damage

Adrenaline

Defences line:
`NA`
Provided by: adrenaline (athletics)

Speeds up reflexes.

Boosting

Defences line:
`NA`
Provided by: boosting (athletics)

Alters regeneration to a more favourable mana-to-health ratio.

Breathing

Defences line:
`Your body is prepared for a marathon workout.`
Provided by: breathing (athletics)

Resist becoming out of breath.

Consciousness

Defences line:
`You are maintaining consciousness at all times.`
Provided by: consciousness (athletics)

Maintain consciousness where one might lose it.

Constitution

Defences line:
`You are using your superior constitution to prevent nausea.`
Provided by: constitution (athletics)

Gain a stomach of steel.

Fitness

Defences line:
`You are using your superior constitution to prevent nausea.`
Provided by: fitness (athletics)

Damage Modifier: 15

Protected from fire.

Flex

Defences line:
`Your muscles are flexed for increased strength.`
Provided by: flex (athletics)

Enhances strength.

Immunity

Defences line:
`You have tempered your bloodstream to reject poisons.`
Provided by: immunity (athletics)

Regeneration

Defences line:
`Your regeneration is boosted.`
Provided by: regeneration (athletics)

Channel mental energy into healing.

Resistance

Defences line:
`You are resisting magical damage.`
Provided by: resistance (athletics)

Aura will absorb some magical damage.

Surge

Defences line:
`Your essence is surging into your body.`
Provided by: surge (athletics)

Increases max health at cost of mana.

Vitality

Defences line:
`You will call upon your fortitude in need.`
Provided by: vitality (athletics)

Sudden rush of healing when health drops below 25%.

Weathering

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

Increases constitution by one point.

Low Magic

Autumn

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

Increases experience gained, until the next Lusternian midnight.

Blue

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

Grants 10 Asphyx defensive dmp, and stops eavesdropping.

Orange

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

Halves any increases in hunger attrition, while it lasts.

Rooting

Defences line:
`The pull of the earth roots you more firmly to the ground.`
Provided by: Red (lowmagic)

Increases summon resistance

Yellow

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

Adds one weighted point to constitution.