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Iron Skin (1202)
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Mnemonic
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[IRONSKIN]
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Base Duration
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1200 seconds
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Added Duration
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60 sec/rank of Minor Mental
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Span
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None
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Defensive Magic
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Subtype
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Armor
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Enhancement
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Armor
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Availability
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Self cast
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Iron Skin transformed the caster's skin into a thick hide that acted like armor. The caster gained the defensive benefits of wearing heavier armor without suffering the penalties.
The base effect is to create a full leather equivalent (Armor Subgroup (AsG) 6), and can be increased to more powerful armor with training. The AsG increases by one according to seed 1 of one fifth the caster's ranks in Mental Lore, Transformation. Monks also receive an innate bonus to the AsG of seed 1 of one fifth the caster's level.
For example, a level 15 Monk (15/5 = 3, seed 1 gives a bonus of 2) with 5 ranks of Mental Lore, Transformation (5/5 = 1, seed 1 gives a bonus of 1) can cast Iron Skin to create the equivalent of leather breastplate (AsG 9 = 6 +2 + 1). Another example, a Savant with 105 ranks of Mental Lore, Transformation (105/5 = 21, seed 1 gives a bonus of 6) can cast Iron Skin to create the equivalent of brigandine armor (AsG 12 = 6 + 6).
AsG Bonus Tables
The following tables contain the Level and Mental Lore, Transformation thresholds for AsG bonuses.
- To calculate the actual AsG add: Base 6 + Level Bonus + Lore Bonus
Level Bonus
Level
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AsG Bonus
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5
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1
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15
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2
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30
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3
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50
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4
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75
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5
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Note: the next level bonus would occur at level 105 which is currently not possible for player characters.
Lore Bonus
Lore Ranks
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AsG Bonus
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5
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1
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15
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2
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30
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3
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50
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4
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75
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5
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105
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6
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140
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7
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180
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8
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225
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9
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Armor Table
AsG
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Description
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Armor Group
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1
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Robes
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Cloth
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5
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Light leather
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Leather
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6
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Full leather (BASE)
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Leather
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7
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Reinforced Leather
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Leather
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8
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Double Leather
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Leather
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9
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Leather breastplate
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Scale
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10
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Cuirbouilli leather
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Scale
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11
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Studded leather
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Scale
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12
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Brigandine armor
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Scale
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13
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Chain mail
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Chain
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14
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Double chain
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Chain
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15
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Augmented chain
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Chain
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16
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Hauberk
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Chain
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17
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Metal breastplate
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Plate
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18
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Augmented plate
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Plate
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19
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Half plate
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plate
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20
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Full plate
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Plate
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