Resistance

Category: Baldur’s Gate Spells

Cantrip Abjuration spell available to Clerics and Druids, and the defensive twin of Guidance. It gives a creature +1d4 on Saving Throws for ten turns.

Spell description: Magically bolster a creature’s defences. It receives a +1d4 bonus to Saving Throws.

Spell properties

Range: Melee (1.5m)
Duration: 10 turns
Concentration spell
Cost: Action
Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

This cantrip does not scale. The bonus stays at 1d4.

How to obtain Resistance

Cleric, Druid at Class level 1
Circle of the Land (Druid) at Class level 2
Granted by features: Magic Initiate: Cleric, Magic Initiate: Druid

Magically bolster a creature’s defences. It receives a +1d4 bonus to Saving Throws.

Range: Melee (1.5m)

Duration: 10 turns

When to cast Resistance

It is more situational than Guidance because it is Concentration and only helps against effects that call for a save. Cast it on someone about to walk into a known save-or-suck, and the 1d4 can be the difference between shrugging off a Hold Person and losing a character for the fight.

The Concentration cost is the catch: your Cleric holding Resistance is not holding Spirit Guardians or Bless. In practice Bless does the same job for the whole party, so Resistance is a niche pick.

Spell properties

Level

Cantrip

School

Abjuration

Casting resource

Action

Damage type

Range

Melee (1.5m)

Duration

10 turns

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