Great Magic Shield bug?

[Solus]

I'm at my wits end, here.

I have a shield in my left hand. I have a staff for casting in my right. I have 18 intelligence for casting the spell. The spell is attuned. I have literally done all that is necessary to cast the spell, so let's get that out of the way.

I go to cast the spell, and the animation happens. The blue puff happens on the shield, indicating the spell has been cast, right? Yet I just don't get the buff. The shield doesn't turn blue, and doesn't get the benefits. I've tried this with several shields, catalysts, even the minor magic shield spell. I've tried to restart the game and such, and it just doesn't work. Anybody else have this issue, because after several google searches, I couldn't find a single instance of anyone talking about this.

[Average Citizen (Not FBI)]

I can't say I'm tremendously distraught by the idea of Great Magic Shield not working.

[Solus]

Originally posted by Average Citizen (Not FBI):

I can't say I'm tremendously distraught by the idea of Great Magic Shield not working.

My intent was to use it for a boss battle lol

[Sunohara]

It should technically work on most or all shields.
i've somehow got the magic shield thing to work on both havels greatshield, and yhorms greatshield.
it does have a 1 minute timer though. i believe the great magic shield only lasts 30 seconds.

[THER]

Go find great magic barrier on arch dragon peak. And use that untill you've fixed this?

[Solus]

Originally posted by Sunohara:

It should technically work on most or all shields.
i've somehow got the magic shield thing to work on both havels greatshield, and yhorms greatshield.
it does have a 1 minute timer though. i believe the great magic shield only lasts 30 seconds.

I know it should work. I've used it before on a different character, but now it doesn't work for whatever reason. I don't receive the buff when casting it.

[i dont use this profile anymore]

You wouldn't, by any chance, be wearing the Untrue Dark Ring, would you?

[Solus]

Originally posted by ChattyRevolver®:

You wouldn't, by any chance, be wearing the Untrue Dark Ring, would you?

No ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ way. Is that it? Does it remove the blue effect?

That'd be strange though, because I tested the shield after casting the spell and it didn't have 100% absorption or increased stability.

[i dont use this profile anymore]

Originally posted by Solus:

Originally posted by ChattyRevolver®:

You wouldn't, by any chance, be wearing the Untrue Dark Ring, would you?

No ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ way. Is that it? Does it remove the blue effect?

That'd be strange though, because I tested the shield after casting the spell and it didn't have 100% absorption or increased stability.

No, but the blue effect isn't visible with that ring on. Does the spell's effects show up in the menu on the character you know this works on? Because I'm not sure if its effects are visible in the menu after casting, or whatever.

[Solus]

Originally posted by ChattyRevolver®:

Originally posted by Solus:

No ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ way. Is that it? Does it remove the blue effect?

That'd be strange though, because I tested the shield after casting the spell and it didn't have 100% absorption or increased stability.

No, but the blue effect isn't visible with that ring on. Does the spell's effects show up in the menu on the character you know this works on? Because I'm not sure if its effects are visible in the menu after casting, or whatever.

If you're asking if I can see the effects in my stats when in the inventory, no, I couldn't. I did see a little symbol for defense being upped or whatever, but the actuallt buff didn't seem to take effect when I tested out the shield. I wasn't getting the stability or absorption increase, but I apparently was getting something.

I'll test it out without the ring on tomorrow.