Resisting Spells

Resisting Spells (Magic Resist) in Ultima Online

The Resisting Spells skill, also known as Magic Resist, provides basic resistances (physical, fire, cold, poison, energy) even without any armor. At 100 skill points, you gain 40 points in all five resistances. At 120 skill points, you gain 44 points in all resistances.

Key Points:

• Non-Cumulative Resistances: Resistances from the skill do not stack with armor resistances. For example, if your armor gives 30 resistance points and your skill gives 40, your final resistances remain 40.
• Resisting Magic Attacks: The effectiveness of your resistance depends on the magery level of the attacker. If your resistance skill is below 40, resisting attacks from powerful magic users becomes very difficult.
• Effectiveness Against Spells: The skill helps mitigate the effects of non-damaging offensive spells (de-buffs). It does not prevent damage but lessens the impact. Stat-decreasing spells reduce fewer points, and duration spells have shorter effects. Poison spells can be fully resisted. For Blood Oath, the amount of damage you take is reduced based on your skill level.

Spells Affected by Resisting Spells

Magery Spells:

• Clumsy
• Curse
• Feeblemind
• Mana Drain
• Mana Vampire
• Paralyze
• Paralyze Field
• Poison
• Poison Field
• Weaken

Necromancer Spells:

• Blood Oath
• Corpse Skin
• Mind Rot
• Pain Spike

Spellweaving Spells:

• Essence of Wind
• Thunderstorm

Mysticism Spells:

• Mass Sleep
• Nether Cyclone
• Purge Magic
• Sleep
• Spell Plague

Weapon Special Move:

• Force of Nature: This move applies a stun for two seconds, reducible by Magic Resist every 12th hit.

Bonus to Resist at Higher Levels

At higher skill levels, the skill provides a bonus to minimum elemental resists. This bonus is applied after all other resist modifications and ensures that your resistances do not fall below a certain level based on your skill points.

Skill Level and Minimum Resist:

• 40.0 and below: 0
• 44.5: 5
• 55: 10
• 70: 20
• 85: 30
• 100: 40
• 110: 42
• 120: 44

Training Resisting Spells

0 - 50:

• Location: New Haven
• Quest: Defying the Arcane
• NPC: Alefian
• Reward: Blessed Bracelet of Resilience
• Method: Accelerated skill gain during the quest.

30 - 120:

• Location: New Haven (target Spectral Spellbinders)
  • Strategy: Use multiple Spectral Spellbinders to cast spells on you.
  • Tip: Use Weylin's house to remain out of melee range.
• At Sea:
  • Target: Sea Serpents (Magery spells)
• Magery Training:
  • Cast on Yourself:
    • First Circle: Weaken
    • Fourth Circle: Mana Drain
    • Fifth Circle: Paralyze
    • Seventh Circle: Mana Vampire