Defences 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 defences are visible at any time by using the DEF command, while certain abilities such as Tristitia allow you to view the defences of others.
Adroitness
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| 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
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| 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.
AmberMalt
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| Your pain is deadened by alcohol. |
| Provided by: Amber malt (created by Brewmeisters) |
Deadens pain.
Aromatic Oil
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| 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
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| Your confidence is bolstered by an Ascendant presence. |
| Provided by: Presence (Ascendance) |
Weighed +1 to charisma, and ego regeneration.
Attunement
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| You are attuned to being in the <environment> environment. |
| Provided by: Attunement (Environment) Damage Modifier: 10 |
Reduces damage in the specified environment.
Avoid
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| 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.
Aurasense
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| You are sensing fluctuations in your healing auras. |
| Provided by: Aurasense (Healing) |
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Balancing
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| 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.
Bardic Presence
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| You have a bardic presence. |
| Provided by: BardicPresence (Music) |
Weighted +2 to charisma.
Barkskin
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| You have skin covered in treebark. |
| Provided by: Barkskin (Nature) Damage Modifier: varies with skill level, up to maximum of 18 |
Protection against damage.
BlackTea
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| Your vivaciousness is ceremonially/herbally heightened. |
| Provided by: Black tea (created by Brewmeisters), or a tea ceremony |
Blocks epilepsy, vapors, and clumsiness.
Blend
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| You are blended in the foliage. |
| Provided by: Blend (Nature) |
Shrouds your movement and actions while in forest.
Beauty
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| Your ego is regenerating by virtue of the Ray of Beauty. |
| Provided by: Beauty enchantment (created by Enchanters) |
Passive ego regeneration.
Biofeedback
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| 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.
Block
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| You are effectively blocking all weapon attacks. |
| Provided by: Block (Tahtetso) |
Blocks all weapon attacks.
Blue Chakra
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| You have empowered your blue chakra. |
| Provided by: Blue (Lowmagic) |
Prevents your communications from being overheard by other players.
Blur
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| You are blurry. |
| Provided by: Blur (Illusions) |
Decreases your chance to be hit by melee attacks.
Bracing
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| You are braced to absorb damage. |
| Provided by: Bracing (Stealth) Damage Modifier: 15 |
Reduces damage.
Breathing
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| Your body is prepared for a marathon workout. |
| Provided by: Breathing (Athletics) |
Speeds endurance recovery.
Byahkari
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| You are waving <weapon> in a defensive pattern. |
| Provided by: Byahkari (Ninjakari) |
Blocks attacks and counterattacks with unconsciousness.
Camouflage
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| Provided by: Camouflage (Hunting) |
Shrouds your movement and actions while in natural environments.
Changeself
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| 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.
Constitution
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| You are using your superior constitution to prevent nausea. |
| Provided by: Constitution (Athletics), Benediction (Sacraments) |
Prevents the effect of the Vomiting affliction.
Constitution Food
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| Your constitution is enhanced through superior food. |
| Provided by: Constitution-enhanced food, Herofete (created by Cooks) |
Weighted +2 to constitution.
Covey
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| You are in a covey with <ship>. |
| Provided by: FirstMate (Aethercraft) |
Links to the ship aether even when unlocked or off-ship.
DarkMalt
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| Your aggression is stoked by alcohol. |
| Provided by: Dark malt (created by Brewmeisters) |
Increases damage inflicted.
Deathsense
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| Your mind is sensing the death of others. |
| Provided by: Deathsense (Discernment) |
Shows when people die, but unlike Deathsight doesn't show where.
Deathsight
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| You are seeing death. |
| Provided by: Deathsight (Cosmic) |
Shows when people die and where it happened.
Deepbond
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| You have a deepbond with <ship>. |
| Provided by: FirstMate (Aethercraft) |
Will conglutinate on the ship on death off the Prime Material Plane.
Draconis
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| 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.
Domoth Lesser Beauty
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| You are under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of Beauty. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of Beauty |
Increased influence damage.
Domoth Major Beauty
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| 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
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| You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Beauty. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of Beauty |
Weighted +2 to charisma.
Domoth Lesser Chaos
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| 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
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| You are under a Major Blessing of the Domotheos of Chaos. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of Chaos |
Increased resistance to astral insanity.
Domoth Minor Chaos
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| 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
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| You are under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of Death. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of Death |
Vengeance aura that attacks killers.
Domoth Major Death
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| 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
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| You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Death. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of Death |
Increased endurance and endurance regeneration.
Domoth Lesser Harmony
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| You are under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of Harmony. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of Harmony |
Increased experience gain.
Domoth Major Harmony
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| 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
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| You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Harmony. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of Harmony |
Decreased experience loss on death.
Domoth Lesser Justice
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| 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
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| 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
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| You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Justice. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of Justice |
Increased willpower and willpower regeneration.
Domoth Lesser Knowledge
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| 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
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| 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
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| You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Knowledge. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of Knowledge |
Weighted +2 to intelligence.
Domoth Lesser Life
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| You are under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of Life. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of Life |
Decreased damage from all attacks.
Domoth Major Life
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| 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
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| You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of Life. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of Life |
Weighted +2 to constitution.
Domoth Lesser War
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| You are under a Lesser Blessing of the Domotheos of War. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of War |
Increased damage on all attacks.
Domoth Major War
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| 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
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| You are under a Minor Blessing of the Domotheos of War. |
| Provided by: Domotheos of War |
Weighted +2 to strength.
Elasticity
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| You are concentrating on providing your muscles with incre |
| Provided by: Elasticity (Acrobatics) Damage Modifier: 20 |
Reduces deep wounds caused by damage.
Falling
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| 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 Acrobatic skill.
Fear Aura
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| You are shrouded in veils of nightmare. |
| Provided by: FearAura (Ascendance) |
Periodically causes fear to enemies.
Fire Potion
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| Your insides are warmed by a fire potion. |
| Provided by: Fire potion (created by Lorecrafters) Damage Modifier: 15 |
Protection against cold damage.
Fitness
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| You are utilising your bodily control to make yourself more fit. |
| Provided by: Benediction (Sacraments) |
Speeds endurance recovery.
Fortuna
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| You are reaping the gifts of Fortuna. |
| Provided by: Fortuna (Rituals) |
Weighted +2 to a randomly selected stat for one Lusternian day.
Frost Potion
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| You are tempered against fire damage. |
| Provided by: Frost potion (created by Lorecrafters) Damage Modifier: 15 |
Protection against fire damage.
Galvanism
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| You are more ready to handle electric currents. |
| Provided by: Galvanism potion (created by Lorecrafters) Damage Modifier: 15 |
Protection against electrical damage.
Grappling
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| 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.
GreenTea
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| Your movements are ceremonially/herbally heightened. |
| Provided by: Green tea (created by Brewmeisters), or a tea ceremony |
Blocks paralysis, weakness, and rigormortis.
HexControl
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| You are controlling your hexes. |
| Provided by: Control (Hexes) |
Hexes will not fire automatically on entry of an enemy.
HolyWater
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| 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.
Illithoid
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| You are empowered by the Avatar of Illith. |
| Provided by: Illithoid quest in the Undervault |
Unweighted +1 to dexterity, intelligence, and charisma.
Inner Serpent
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| Your inner serpent is bloated with <number> ego. |
| Provided by: Illithoid racial ability |
Increases ego.
Kata Deflect
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| You are deflecting blows with your left/right hand. |
| Provided by: Deflect (Kata) |
Reduces damage on that side.
Kephera
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| You are empowered by the Kephera Queen of Queens. |
| Provided by: Kephera quest in the Undervault |
Unweighted +1 to dexterity, intelligence, and charisma.
Moonwater
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| 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.
Nightsweats
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| 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.
Ninini
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| You have <weapon> wrapped around your hands/body. |
| Provided by: Ninini (Ninjakari) |
Improves unarmed offense or body defense.
Omniscience
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| You are omnisciently listening to the aetheric winds. |
| Provided by: Omniscience (Ascendance) |
Allows hearing and speaking on aethers from anywhere, even aetherbubbles.
OolongTea
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| Your passion is ceremonially/herbally heightened. |
| Provided by: Oolong tea (created by Brewmeisters), or a tea ceremony |
Planarbond
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| 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.
PsiArmour
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| You are protected by psionic armour. |
| Provided by: PsiArmour (Psionics) Damage Modifier: variable depending on skill level, max of 12 |
Reduces damage.
RunicAmulet
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| 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
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| 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.
ScorpionTail
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| You are poised for a scorpion tail's strike. |
| Provided by: ScorpionTail (Nekotai) |
Your next dodge will be followed by a sweep kick.
ScorpionSpit
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| You are ready to spit <poison>. |
| Provided by: ScorpionSpit (Nekotai) |
Preparation to spit a poison.
Sneak
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| You are sneaking around in the shadows. |
| Provided by: Sneak (Stealth) |
Conceals movement and some actions.
Sprongcree
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| You have a dart with <poison> under your left/right foot. |
| Provided by: Sprongcree (Nekotai) |
Adds poison to a kick.
Stance
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| Your fighting stance is defending your <stance>. |
| Provided by: Combat |
Protects certain parts of the body against melee attacks.
UnholyWater
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| 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.
WhiteTea
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| Your insight is ceremonially/herbally heightened. |
| Provided by: White tea (created by Brewmeisters), or a tea ceremony |