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Spell Breach, Greater
Spell Information
Spell level :	Innate level: 6, Sorcerer/Wizard: 6
School :	Abjuration
Components :	Verbal and Somatic
Range :	Medium
Target/Area :	Single
Duration :	Instantaneous
Save :	None

Description

This spell strips an enemy mage of up to four magical defenses. This spell will also lower the target creature's Spell Resistance by 5 for ten rounds.

The following is a list of the protections that can be removed by the breach effect, they are removed at random:

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 ==Description==
-This spell strips an enemy mage of up to four magical defenses, including Spell Mantle, Globes of Invulnerability, Stoneskin, Premonition, Protection from Elements, Ghostly and Ethereal Visage, Mage Armor, Shadow Shield and Elemental Shield. This spell will also lower the target creature's Spell Resistance by 5 for ten rounds.
+This spell strips an enemy mage of up to four magical defenses. This spell will also lower the target creature's Spell Resistance by 5 for ten rounds.
-The SR decrease cannot be dispelled but does '''not''' stack with other SR decreases. Only the largest SR decrease applies. Therefore [[Assay Resistance]] and [[Mordenkainen's Disjunction]] are better spells to decrease SR.
+The following is a list of the protections that can be removed by the breach effect, they are removed at random:
-The following is a list and the order in which protections are removed:
 * [[Spell Mantle, Greater|Greater Spell Mantle]]
+* Shades
+* Death Ward
 * [[Premonition]]
 * [[Spell Mantle]]
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 * [[Ethereal Visage]]
 * [[Globe of Invulnerability]]
-* Energy Buffer - spell has been deleted from NWN2
+* Energy Buffer
-* [[Etherealness]]
+* Greater Sanctuary
 * [[Globe of Invulnerability, Lesser|Lesser Globe of Invulnerability]]
 * [[Spell Resistance]]
 * [[Stoneskin]]
 * [[Spell Mantle, Lesser|Lesser Spell Mantle]]
+* Improved Mage Armor
 * [[Spell Mantle, Least|Least Spell Mantle]]
 * [[Mind Blank]]
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 * '''Shadow Shield''' - repeated.
 * [[Shadow Conjuration|Shadow Conjuration: Mage Armor]]
+* Energy Immunity Fire
 * [[Sanctuary]]
 * [[Mage Armor]]
+* Energy Immunity Cold
 * [[Shield]]
 * [[Shield of Faith]]
 * [[Mind Blank, Lesser|Lesser Mind Blank]]
+* Energy Immunity Electricity
 * [[Resistance]]
+* Energy Immunity Acid
-== Bug notes ==
+* Energy Immunity Sonic
-This spell fails to remove several spell protections, despite them being similar/higher level versions (often new spells for NWN2) of those above:
-* [[Energy Immunity]]
-* [[Ethereal Jaunt]]
-* [[Improved Mage Armor]]
-* [[Shades]] (Premonition, Protection from Spells, and Shield are supposed to be breachable)
-* [[Greater Shadow Conjuration]] (Lesser Globe of Invulnerability and Ghostly Visage are supposed to be breachable)
-* [[Greater Resistance]] and [[Superior Resistance]]
-== Gameplay Notes ==
-For an increase of 2 levels to level 6, this spell provides an additional 2 defences removed from the target and an increase of 2 SR removed, from 3 to 5. It is still only a level 6 spell, which against some monsters is invaluable, and is handy to have prepared against high level mages; especially at higher levels, where it can replace otherwise useless level 6 spells.
-Useful against mages with a lot of spell protections that will resist most damage and mind-affecting spells cast against them. Some spells easily get past the protections removed by this spell however, and almost no [[Cleric]] or [[Druid]] protection spells are removed (such as [[Death Ward]]) which limits its general usefulness. It is really aimed at battling enemy sorcerors and wizards only.
-It proves less useful then a targeted high-level [[dispel magic]] if you are of a near caster level of the opposition because dispel magic can remove more then 4 protections at once, however, the higher dispel magic spells take up high level spell slots - this only takes up a level 6 spell slot.
-It is by far a great spell to have on a Scroll or Rod. It doesn't use [[caster level]] or the casters ability modifier for anything, and so even at its lowest casting level it has its full power and gets no better.
-The other use, for lowering spell resistance, is secondary but proves useful against some high spell resistance monsters, and unlike [[Assay Resistance]] can lower resistance against all spells cast against the creature, not just those cast by the caster themselves. Combined with Greater Spell Penetration can prove an easy way to get past otherwise impossible spell resistance.
-== 3.5E Notes ==
-No spell like this exists in the 3.5E regular source books. This spell is probably a holdover from similar spells in Baldurs Gate II which required stripping a mage of their spell protections to even touch them. It is odd how there were additional Dispel Magic spells (Lesser was added, Mordenkiens dispel is basically changed to a higher level Dispel Magic) in addition to these.
-The Breach spells do seem powerful enough, but only against specific enemies, meaning unlike Dispel, which can remove buffing spells ([[Bull's Strength]], [[Tenser's Transformation]], [[Aid]] and suchlike), this cannot. However, this spell removes several layers of protection without any opposing roll (something no other spell does), meaning in certain circumstances the mage lacking this spell will be the loser.