Characters with this skill have hardened themselves against all forms of damage. They effectively have made their bodies into lesser juggernauts.

This skill does not give any form of hit point or armor point bonus, instead it reduces the incoming damage a character is receiving.

The character gains a damage reduction score of five (5) thus reducing all incoming damage that gets through armor by five (5) hit point.

Note: Any armor the character has still would take damage normally.

This skill also renders the character immune to a normal Ambush attack.

Critical Attacks against the character would do twenty-five (25) points of damage to the character, unless an appropriate defense such as a spell shield counter acts the attack. (i.e. a Critical Strike against a character who has no defense would cause 25 hit points to the character.)

Lethal Attacks against the character would do fifty (50) points of damage to the character, unless an appropriate defense such as a spell shield counter acts the attack. (i.e. a Lethal Strike or Assassinate against a character who has no defense would cause 50 hit points to the character.)

Deadly Attacks against the character would do seventy-five (75) points of damage to the character, unless an appropriate defense such as a spell shield counter acts the attack. (i.e. a Death spell against a character who has no defense would cause 75 hit points to the character.)

Note: If a Critical, Lethal, or Deadly attack would render the character below zero (0) hit points they would go to bleeding status rather than Critically Wounded, Lethally Wounded, or Dead status.