Cleric Spell - Protection from Cold

[Willy D]

Hello,
I can't seem to find the cleric spell, "Protection from Cold". There is a, "Protection from Fire" level 3 cleric spell and there is a, "Protection from Lightning" level 4 cleric spell but where is the, "Protection from Cold" cleric spell?

Thank you.

[voehringer_nitron]

There is a second level spell, Resist Fire and Cold. It offers 50% resistance to both.

[Willy D]

Hello,
Yeah I know about that spell. I just find it odd that there is a protection from fire and a protection from lightning, but no protection from cold?

[stcaFylnO]

This seemed weird to me too. I looked up Cleric spells for AD&D, wihch has the first level "Resist Cold" spell (not sure which edition though).

Not Cleric spells, but there are options:
The mage has a protect vs. cold.
There are those readable protect vs. cold scrolls; anyone with 9+ IQ can use them.
Some items are helpful, like the Belt of Antipode and The Frost's Embrace.

Potions:
Cold Resistance - 50% cold resistance.
Magic Shielding - 50% magic *damage* & elemental, auto-saves
Magic Protection (different from shielding, raises magic resist vs. effects such as blind, etc.)

Note on potions: Wikia incorrectly states Magic Shielding does not stack, but effects are actually cumulative. I've stacked the so called "auto-saves" to -20; the resists stacked to the cap of 127. I've seen up to -34 within parentheses for saves (which is what stacked), but I don't know what this is about, seems to be varied modifiers per character. Maybe the discrepancy about not stacking is due to version issues?

I forgot references, pending:

[Bishop]

These protection spells are kinda messy in original 2.0. There is indeed no protection from cold for whatever reason in the rules. Later they replaced them with Protection for Elements for wizards and Protection from energy for clerics.
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Protection_from_the_elements
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Protection_from_energy

But bg uses some older rules so there is not these spells afaik.

[stcaFylnO]

Here's the references I forgot to include for post #3. I also updated the old post after learning even more about potions.


http://baldursgate.wikia.com/wiki/Potion_of_Magic_Shielding

The effect lasts for 3 turns. Multiple uses of this potion will not result in its effects being multiplied.

Note: Incorrect at this time, but I don't know what BG version the author tested.


http://pandaria.rpgworlds.info/cant/rules/adnd_spells.htm#Resist%20Cold

11 Resist Cold

Note: I think this is 1st edition AD&D; see link in page for 11th Cleric spell.