Arena:Ebony Mail/Intro

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Artifact: Ebony Mail (lore page)
Shares Appearance With	Ebony Cuirass
Statistics
Rating	-9 AC
Weight	16 kg
Enchantment
Spell Resistance: 100% chance, 5 rounds per level Resist Fire: 100% chance, 5 rounds per level Create Shield: 80 HP shield, +1 point per level
Map Dungeon Province
Black Marsh
Can be used by the following classes
Knight, Ranger, Warrior

Ebony Mail

"The Ebony Mail is an artifact created before recorded history, according to legend, by the Dark Elven goddess Boethiah. It is she who determines who should possess the Mail and for how long a time. If judged worthy, its power grants the wearer invulnerability to all common magical attacks that drain talents and health. It is Boethiah alone who determines when a person is ineligible to bear the Ebony Mail any longer, and the goddess can be very capricious..."
— Codex Scientia

The Ebony Mail is an ebony cuirass artifact that can be obtained by taking part in its artifact quest.

The Ebony Mail possesses the most effective spell resistance and fire resistance enchantments of any artifact in the game, with 100% protection against fire and magic even at level 1 and with a significantly longer duration for both effects than similar enchantments other artifacts possess, each lasting 100 rounds by level 20. On the other hand, the shielding component of its enchantment is rather lackluster; it is already 4 points weaker than the shielding enchantment Auriel's Shield carries at level 1, and it is vastly outstripped at higher levels - the Ebony Mail's shielding effect only reaches 100 points by level 20. However, even this modest Shield can still find its uses in the right circumstances, and the long-lasting duration of its other powerful enchantments allows for extended periods of exploration without having to worry about fire damage or other magical attacks. Though its description specifically highlights its resistance to draining spells, the Ebony Mail's spell resistance is a universally protective effect against magic-based attacks.