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| Spell Information | |
| Spell level : | Innate level: 6, Druid: 6 |
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| School : | Transmutation |
| Components : | Verbal and Somatic |
| Range : | Touch |
| Target/Area : | Living creature touched |
| Duration : | 10 minutes/level |
| Save : | None |
| Spell resistance : | No |
Description[]
Tortoise shell grants a +6 enhancement bonus to the subject's existing natural armor bonus. This enhancement bonus increases by 1 for every three caster levels beyond 11th, to a maximum of +9 at 20th level. Tortoise shell slows a creature's movement to half its normal rate for the duration.
Notes[]
- Casting Freedom of Movement before casting Tortoise Shell negates its slowness effects
- Though this spell's effects will stack with the natural armor of a subject, it will not stack with other enhancements to natural armor. E.g.: tortoise shell would stack with the bonuses provided by a bear's hide, but not with the bonuses provided by the barkskin spell.
Bugs[]
- The script that implements this spell does not actually put a cap on the natural armor bonus. A 30th level druid can gain a +12 bonus to natural armor with Tortoise Shell. As of 1.22 this is fixed.
- Empower Spell does not boost anything on this spell, which is unsurprising, as it does not provide variable numeric effects.