Spell Protections

Protections

The spell protections get kind of confusing with all the inaccuracies in the manual. The following table sums it all up:

• Spell: The spell protection spell.
• Capacity: The number of levels this spell protection will absorb or bounce. Note that all of the spell protections will affect a spell that exceeds their capacity.
• Maximum Level: The highest spell level this spell protection can affect.

None of the above protect against spell protection removal, Breach, Lower Resistance, or any area spell.

Also of interest:

• Spell Immunity protects against spells of a specific School. Immunity to Abjuration will protect against Dispel Magic and Remove Magic, but still not against spell protection removal, Breach or Lower Resistance.
• Spell Shield absorbs the next spell protection removal or Breach (regardless of whether that was actually needed).
• Being improved invisibile (shimmering) prevents you from being targeted with non-area spells, real invisibility prevents you from being seen in the first place. Note that some creatures can see through invisibility.

Removal

An overview of what is needed to get rid of what:

GoI	Globe of Invulnerability		I	(Any type of) invisibility
MGoI	Minor Globe of Invulnerability		MSD	Minor Spell Deflection
MST	Minor Spell Turning		MR	Magic Resistance
ORS	Otiluke's Resilient Sphere		SD	Spell Deflection
SI-A	Spell Immunity - Abjuration		SotA	Shield of the Archons
SS	Spell Shield		STr	Spell Trap
STu	Spell Turning

Notes:

• Dispel Magic and Remove Magic are not guaranteed to work, but have a percentage chance of affecting a creature. If they take effect, all enchantments are removed.
• Khelben's Warding Whip will remove a spell protection each round, for three rounds.
• Spellstrike removes all spell protections in one go unless it strikes a Spell Shield, in which case only the Spell Shield is removed.
• Lower Resistance and Pierce Shield lower the victim's magic resistance by 10% + 1% per level, Pierce Magic lowers magic resistance by 1% per level.

Elemental Protections

An overview of what protects against what:

Notes:

• Armor of Faith absorbs 5% damage + 5% per 5 levels.
• Sunfire only protects for three seconds (during the blast).