Morrowind:Resist Magicka

	Resist Magicka
School	Restoration
Type	Defensive
Base Cost	2
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Spells Built-in Potions Magic Apparel

Resist Magicka M% for D seconds

Resist Magicka decreases the damage or other negative effects done by most spell effects.

These include Absorb Health, Damage Health, Drain Health, Absorb Fatigue, Damage Fatigue, Drain Fatigue, Absorb Attribute, Damage Attribute, Drain Attribute, Absorb Skill, Damage Skill, Drain Skill, Blind, Burden, Disintegrate, Sound, and any Weakness to Element effects. It protects from the effects of disease as well, as all diseases apply only these resisted effects.

This does not resist Fire Damage, Frost Damage, Poison, or Shock Damage. It does not protect against effects with no magnitude either, such as Paralyze or Silence.

Some races possess a natural Resist Magicka effect. Bretons are 50% resistant to magicka, and Orcs are 25% resistant. Altmer by contrast have 50% Weakness to Magicka, so they in particular may want spells and items with this effect in order to counteract that weakness.

Notes

• Certain magical items have negative effects which can be resisted, but Resist Magicka will not nullify the positive effects.
• Creating a custom 100% Resist Magicka spell that lasts 3 seconds costs about 280 gold. Opening the inventory immediately after casting this spell will allow time to equip constant effect items and resist their negative effects for the remaining time the items are equipped. This trick is most popular to use with the Boots of Blinding Speed.
• It should be obvious, but once Resist Magicka reaches 100%, it's the only type of resistance that can't be broken by a Weakness effect, since Weakness is itself a magicka type spell.
• Several artifacts and unique items make Resist Magicka available as a constant effect:
  • Royal Signet Ring^TR provides 100%.
  • Cuirass of the Savior's Hide provides 60%.
  • Ebony Mail provides 20%.
  • Ring of Phynaster provides 20%.
  • Wraithguard (right gauntlet) provides 10%.
  • Mara's Blouse provides 10%.

Related Effects

• Resist Element, Resist Paralysis
• Weakness to Magicka
• Reflect, Spell Absorption

Alchemy Ingredients

The following ingredients can be used to create potions of Resist Magicka:

• Ash Salts
• Belladonna Berries* ^BM

* This is a first-effect ingredient, so just eating them raw will give you a small dose of the effect.