Shield (spell)

Shield (originally called General Matick's shield ) was a relatively simple abjuration spell used by wizards or sorcerers.

Effects
When cast, shield manifested a wall of magical force around the caster, deflecting away damage and enhancing his or her reflexes significantly. Shield was not a very complex spell, but it required enough power on the part of its caster that it could not be recast until a short rest of a few minutes or more had been taken.

Before the Spellplague, shield was also used by sorcerers and, like other spells, could only be used a number of times per day equal to the number of times a wizard had prepared for it or a sorcerer had the energy left to cast.

History
The spell was supposedly invented by the Netherese arcanist and warrior General Matick in &minus;1580 DR, but many scholars believed that he had only commissioned its invention.