Protection from Evil -- Mind Shield?

Melicamp

I'm probably being a stickler but then again maybe I am not the only one who has noticed this.

The Protection from Evil Spell gives you a Protection from Evil icon and a Mind Shield icon on your Character Portrait. This is because the spell gives you an AC and Saving Throw bonus AND also protection from Charm and things of that nature. Why would one icon be named after the spell, and one be called mind shield? Wouldn't just the "Protection from Evil " icon give you everything? Is there another type of "Protection from Evil" that requires that Icon to just give you the AC and Saving Throw bonuses?

elminster

Mind Shield is there to demonstrate that it grants protection from charm. Without it a lot of people would probably assume it just gave what BG2 gives as far as bonuses.

(For people otherwise unfamiliar with how it works in IWD)

"Protection From Evil
(Abjuration)

Level: 1
Range: Touch
Duration: 2 rounds/level
Casting Time: 1
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Saving Throw: None

When this spell is cast, a magical barrier forms around the recipient and moves with . The barrier has three effects: First, it bestows a +2 bonus to the recipient's Armor Class and Saving Throws against attacks from evil-aligned opponents; second, it prevents summoned fiends from attacking the recipient; third, it makes the recipient immune to charm-based spells or effects (e.g. Charm Person, Charm Person or Mammal, Domination, and so on)."

Mind Shield though has always been a very broadly used icon.

Melicamp

elminster said:

Mind Shield is there to demonstrate that it grants protection from charm. Without it a lot of people would probably assume it just gave what BG2 gives as far as bonuses.

(For people otherwise unfamiliar with how it works in IWD)

"Protection From Evil
(Abjuration)

Level: 1
Range: Touch
Duration: 2 rounds/level
Casting Time: 1
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Saving Throw: None

When this spell is cast, a magical barrier forms around the recipient and moves with . The barrier has three effects: First, it bestows a +2 bonus to the recipient's Armor Class and Saving Throws against attacks from evil-aligned opponents; second, it prevents summoned fiends from attacking the recipient; third, it makes the recipient immune to charm-based spells or effects (e.g. Charm Person, Charm Person or Mammal, Domination, and so on)."

Mind Shield though has always been a very broadly used icon.

Why is the spell different than it is in BG2?

elminster

Icewind Dale has spells that are normally more in line with how PnP handles things (though in this case its not quite the same). Its also how the spell worked in the original BG1.

HaHaCharade

It is a bit strange that Protection from Evil displays a Protection from Evil icon as well as another icon. But oh well. Probably not worth coding any kind of difference I guess.

the_spyder

I had always thought that Pro from Evil "makes the recipient immune to charm-based spells or effects (e.g. Charm Person, Charm Person or Mammal, Domination, and so on)" cast by evil creatures.

Is this different?

Zeckul

Melicamp said:

I'm probably being a *Cluck* stickler but then again maybe I am not *Cluck* the only one who has noticed *Cluck* this.

The Protection from Evil Spell gives you a *Cluck* Protection from Evil icon and a Mind Shield icon on your Character Portrait. This is because the spell gives you an AC and *Cluck* Saving Throw bonus AND also protection from *Cluck* Charm and things of that nature. *Cluck* Why would one icon be named after the spell, *Cluck* and one be called mind shield? Wouldn't just the *Cluck* "Protection from Evil " icon give you everything? Is there another type *Cluck* of "Protection from Evil" that requires that Icon to just give you the AC and Saving Throw *Cluck* bonuses?

fixed that for you