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{{Flavour|This spell causes a disc of dense vapour to condense out of the air surrounding the caster. It acts like a normal shield, but its density (and therefore stopping power) depends upon the caster's skill with Ice Magic. The disc is controlled by the caster's mind and thus will not conflict with the wielding of a two-handed weapon.}}
 
{{Flavour|This spell causes a disc of dense vapour to condense out of the air surrounding the caster. It acts like a normal shield, but its density (and therefore stopping power) depends upon the caster's skill with Ice Magic. The disc is controlled by the caster's mind and thus will not conflict with the wielding of a two-handed weapon.}}
  
'''Condensation Shield''' is a level 4 [[Ice Magic]] spell which creates a shield with a SH value of (8 + 0.6*[[Ice Magic]] -- unaffected by [[Shields skill]]; cannot block missiles). The spell stacks with the shield from the [[Helm card]] as well as [[The Shining One]]'s Divine Shield, but does not work if you are currently holding a physical shield. The shield will instantly vaporize if hit with [[Fire Magic]].
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'''Condensation Shield''' is a level 4 [[Ice Magic]] spell which creates a floating disc of icy vapour. This functions like shield without requiring a free hand, adding (8 + 0.6*[[Ice Magic]]) to your [[SH]] value (max: 24). This is unaffected by your [[Shields skill]], and has the additional limitation of being unable to block any ranged attacks. You cannot cast it while wearing an actual shield, but it does stack with the SH-boosting effects of a [[Helm card]] and [[the Shining One]]'s Divine Shield ability. Condensation Shield's effects will end immediately if you are hit with [[Fire Magic]].
  
==Strategy==
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If you character is vulnerable to cold (rC-), Condensation Shield will additionally deal 2-14 cold damage to you per turn.
It gives you the benefits of a shield while leaving both hands free, so you can use this in conjunction with two-handed weapons like [[great sword]]s or [[battleaxe]]s. Memorizing it doesn't allows you to train the Shields skill.
 
 
 
Interestingly, Condensation Shield does 2-14 damage to you per round if you are vulnerable to cold, so avoid using it if you have cold [[vulnerability]].
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==

Revision as of 13:59, 8 May 2014

Version 0.14: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Condensation shield.png Condensation Shield
Level 4
School1 Ice
Source(s)
Casting noise 3
Spell noise 0
This spell causes a disc of dense vapour to condense out of the air surrounding the caster. It acts like a normal shield, but its density (and therefore stopping power) depends upon the caster's skill with Ice Magic. The disc is controlled by the caster's mind and thus will not conflict with the wielding of a two-handed weapon.

Condensation Shield is a level 4 Ice Magic spell which creates a floating disc of icy vapour. This functions like shield without requiring a free hand, adding (8 + 0.6*Ice Magic) to your SH value (max: 24). This is unaffected by your Shields skill, and has the additional limitation of being unable to block any ranged attacks. You cannot cast it while wearing an actual shield, but it does stack with the SH-boosting effects of a Helm card and the Shining One's Divine Shield ability. Condensation Shield's effects will end immediately if you are hit with Fire Magic.

If you character is vulnerable to cold (rC-), Condensation Shield will additionally deal 2-14 cold damage to you per turn.

History

Prior to 0.12, Condensation Shield was affected by the Shields skill and it allowed to train this skill. Its SH value was 3 + Ice Magic/4.

Prior to 0.5, Condensation Shield's SH value was 2 + Ice Magic/6.