Reactive Armor, Magic Reflection and stat buffs

Resistance toggles#

Let I be effective Inscription and Q be Magery school strength after opposing Necromancy. Integer-scaled benefits truncate toward zero. Recasting a resistance toggle removes its active effect.

At 100 Inscription and full school strength#

Reactive Armor grants +20 physical and −5 to the four elements. Magic Reflection grants +10 to each element and −20 physical. These modify resistance totals before the player caps and minimums are applied. In this era, the Magic Reflection spell’s own active effect is a resistance trade; do not assume its name promises old-era spell reflection.

Ordinary stat buffs and curses#

A standard Magery stat buff uses (1+Evaluating Intelligence÷10)% of the target’s raw stat, multiplied by Magery school strength and truncated. A standard stat curse uses max(0,8+(caster Evaluating Intelligence−target Resisting Spells)÷10)% instead. Normal duration is 1.2×caster Evaluating Intelligence seconds.

Buffs of the same stat use a shared magic-buff entry. An equal or stronger existing buff prevents a weaker or equal replacement; a stronger new buff replaces it. Strength and Agility potions use this same entry, so these sources do not simply add together.