Protection: Difference between revisions

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Weapon: It grants its wielder temporary protection when it strikes (+7 to AC).

Shield: It protects its wearer from harm (+3 to AC).

Unlike most brands, weapons of protection do not offer the wielder any additional damage output. Instead, the wielder gains a +7 bonus to AC for a short period after hitting with the weapon, significantly improving your ability to mitigate injury. Shields of protection offer a constant +3 bonus.

Desirability

The damage output sacrificed by choosing a defensive brand is significant, but - especially in the early game when characters often have little defence - 7 points of AC can contribute greatly to survivability.

History

Prior to 0.19, weapons of protection provided a passive bonus (+5 AC) instead of a temporary +7 AC on hit.
Prior to 0.6, ranged weapons would generate with the protection brand instead of evasion.

Brands
Melee weapons	General	Antimagic • Chaos • Distortion • Draining • Electrocution • Flaming • Freezing • Heavy • Holy wrath • Pain • Protection • Reaching • Spectral • Speed • Vampiric • Venom
	Weapon type	Devious • Valour • Concussion • Sundering • Entangling • Rebuke
	Artefact	Curare • Deathbane • Dragon slaying • Reaping • Silver
Launchers		Antimagic • Chaos • Draining • Electrocution • Flaming • Freezing • Heavy • Holy wrath • Penetration • Speed
Throwing weapons		Atropa • Curare • Datura • Disjunction • Poisoned • Silver

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 Unlike most [[brand]]s, weapons of '''protection''' do not offer the wielder any additional damage output. Instead, the wielder gains a +7 bonus to [[AC]] for a short period after hitting with the weapon, significantly improving your ability to mitigate injury. [[Shields]] of protection offer a constant +3 bonus.
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 ==History==
-Prior to [[0.6]], ranged weapons would generate with the protection brand instead of [[Evasion (brand)|evasion]].
+*Prior to [[0.19]], weapons of protection provided a passive bonus (+5 AC) instead of a temporary +7 AC on hit.
+*Prior to [[0.6]], ranged weapons would generate with the protection brand instead of [[Evasion (brand)|evasion]].
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 [[Category:Brands]]
 [[Category:Egos]]