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

Resistance

Abjuration Cantrip

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

Range: Melee (1.5m) Duration: 10 turns
Action

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.

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Spell properties

Level
Cantrip
School
Abjuration
Casting resource
Action
Damage type

Range
Melee (1.5m)
Duration
10 turns
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