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''This [[:Category: Spells |spell]] allows a magic user to store one of several types of charges in a shield [[:Category: Objects |item]].  When an [[:Category: Mobs |attacker]] strikes the shield, the charge will go off, harming them.  There is a chance, dependent on the innate magical skill of the user, that the charge will backfire on them.  Number and type of charges can be seen by [[Identify |identifying]] a charged [[:Category: Objects |item]].  Damage to the shield can be reduced by [[Consecrate |Consecrate]], or eliminated by [[Major Ward |Major Ward]] or the appropriate elemental [[Ward |ward]].  Below are the types of charges.  The stronger ones are harder to cast.  A shield cannot take a charge unless it is higher [[Object Level |level]] than listed.''

 CHARGE TYPE      [[Level |LEVEL]]   PREREQUISITE     INFO
 Venom            0       [[Poison (spell) |Poison]]           No damage to shield/foe, +poison
 Flash            0       [[Blindness |Blindness]]        No damage to shield/foe, +blindness
 Jolt             10      [[Chain Lightning |Chain Lightning]]  Small damage to shield and foe
 Frostbite        30      [[Icestrike |Icestrike]]        Moderate damage to shield and foe
 Flametongue      51      [[Fireball |Fireball]]         Large damage to shield and foe
 Arc Lightning    51      [[Chain Lightning|Chain Lightning]]  Moderate damage to shield and area damage to foes
 Pulse            125     [[Cataclysm]]        Lordly damage to shield and area damage to foes

Prerequisite(s): [[Enchant Armor |Enchant Armor]].

Syntax: [[Cast |cast]] 'charge shield' <shield> <charge type>.

This [[:Category: Spells |spell]] is highly useful to [[:Category: Hero |hero]] [[:Category: Mages |mage]] soloers and [[Tanks |tanks]] in maximizing their overall combat damage.  Even mage [[Hitters |hitters]] or [[Healers |healers]] who get hit only occasionally may enjoy a charged shield's added damage on those occasions.

A charged shield does more damage the higher its level, so cast a few wards on one as needed to get the highest usable level for you.

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