Shieldskin provides shielding for 100 hp's of dmg. There is also a time
limit where if you do not take 100 hp's dmg in a certain amount of time the
shieldskin will disapeer anyways. I'm not sure how long that time limit is.

Tandayen, Dark Elf Wizard

-----Original Message-----
From: Spehar, David J <David.Spehar@...>
To: 'eq_wizards@onelist.com' <eq_wizards@onelist.com>
Date: Thursday, April 29, 1999 4:01 PM
Subject: [eq_wizards] Shieldskin

>From: "Spehar, David J" <David.Spehar@...>
>
>I have shieldskin and love it. I am wondering how long it lasts. From my
>research I think it lasts for X number of hitpoints damage or X number of
>hits from the MOB.
>
>I attack yellow Scythe Beetles with my sheildskin on and perform the ever
>popular CAST, RUN, CAST technique till my mana is gone. Normally a yellow
>creature will retain a small amount of their hitpoints left so I must melee
>it. The beetles hit damn hard (26-40 points) on about half their hits.
>This can spell disaster for all your hard work to bring it down. I swing
>away and when the beetle strikes me, my magical shield absorbs the ALL the
>damage..but for a limited time..normally enough for me to kill the

creature.

>
>Again, anyone know how many hits I can absorb before the shield wears off?
>
>Ziffnab,
>
>17th level wizard
>
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