Body Armor Spell

Body Armor Spell is a spell in Remixed Pixel Dungeon with Combat Affinity.

Activates the reserved muscle power, making them temporarily stronger, thus greatly increasing your armor but at cost of movement speed.

• Magic Affinity: Combat
• Targeting: Self
• Level: 1
• Mana Cost: 5
• Cooldown: 20 turns
• Cast Time: 0.5 turns
• Duration: 15 + 10×skill level turns
• Special Effects: Provides protection by increasing armor

When cast, the spell applies the BodyArmor buff to the caster which:

• Increases armor significantly (armor bonus = (caster's effective STR - 10) × (1 + buff level))
• Reduces movement speed to 85% of normal speed
• Lasts for 15 + 10×caster's skill level turns
• The armor level is based on the caster's skill level
• Visual effect: Shows “body_armor” particle effect at caster's position
• Plays “body_armor” sound effect when cast

The Body Armor spell is most effective when:

• Facing enemies with high damage output
• Preparing for boss fights
• Taking on dangerous areas where protection is needed
• When movement speed reduction is acceptable for the armor gained

Classes with Combat affinity have primary access to this spell, including:

• Warrior - Primary class with Combat affinity
• Other classes that gain access through special means

• Use before engaging high-damage enemies for increased protection
• Be aware that movement speed will be reduced during the effect
• The spell's effectiveness scales with your skill level
• Consider the cooldown of 20 turns when planning spell usage
• The armor bonus scales with your effective strength (STR - 10) and buff level (1 + skill level)
• Movement speed is reduced to 85% during the effect, which affects escape tactics

• Information Source: BodyArmor.lua and BodyArmor.lua buff script
• Stats Verification: Extracted directly from spell description function in BodyArmor.lua
• Effect Descriptions: Based on cast function and buff implementation
• Armor Calculation: Based on drBonus function in BodyArmor.lua: (STR-10) × (1 + buff level)
• Speed Reduction: Based on speedMultiplier function returning 0.85 (85% speed)
• Duration: Based on casting logic: 15 + 10×caster:skillLevel()
• Last Updated: Verified against current codebase

• Spell implementation: BodyArmor.lua
• Buff implementation: BodyArmor.lua (buff)
• String resources: String definitions in strings_all.xml

• Spells
• Combat Affinity
• Buffs
• Warrior Class