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The paladin's patron gives her a glimpse of future battles, providing her an increase to her defense against both physical attacks and spells. This Higher Vision provides a base of +10 to generic Defensive Strength (DS), +1 for every 2 Paladin spells known above 10, up to a maximum of +20 bonus at 30 spell ranks. This spell is self-cast only.
With the increase in DS, there is also an increase in mana cost. The base mana cost is 10, +1 for every bonus above +10, for a maximum of 20 mana.
Lore Benefits
Training in Spiritual Lore, Religion provides an additional bonus of +1 DS at 5 ranks with the maximum of +16 DS at 200 ranks on a seed 5 summation. This bonus has no additional mana cost.
Spiritual Lore, Religion ranks
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0 |
5 |
11 |
18 |
26 |
35 |
45 |
56 |
68
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Defensive Strength bonus
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10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18
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Spiritual Lore, Religion ranks
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81 |
95 |
110 |
126 |
143 |
161 |
180 |
200
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Defensive Strength bonus
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19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26
|
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Messaging
Cast
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Visions of future battles fill your eyes, providing you with knowledge of conflicts yet unfought.
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Expiration
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You lose a bit of focus as the knowledge of future battles drifts from your mind.
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