Darklight's Mystic Shield
(Abjuration)

Range:  0
Components:  V, S
Duration:  4 rounds per level
Casting Time:  1
Area of Effect:  6-inch per level radius
Saving Throw:  None

This spell can be used to block magical attacks, being a shield of pure protective energy. It is coloured as the wizard desires (usually the wizard's chosen colour), and can be manoeuvred to block any portion of the wizard's body.
Area effect spells cannot be blocked unless the wizard is at the centre (targeted point) of the spell's area, in which case it is treated as a normal spell. The shield can absorb up to 5 points of magical damage per two levels of the caster before being destroyed. Magical missiles, bolts, rays, and so forth can be blocked with a successful Intelligence check, and do full damage to the shield (any excess damage penetrates to the caster). Other spells do 8 points of damage to the shield per level of the spell (for example, a blocked flesh to stone does 48 points to the shield; if such a spell penetrates with "excess damage", the caster saves versus its effect with a +4 bonus).
The mystic shield will not block physical attacks at all. A magical bolt of force, although it has a physical manifestation, is magical energy, and would be blocked. An arrow enchanted with flame arrow would not be blocked, but any targeting bonuses gained from magical energy (including plusses on magical arrows) are only half as effective when blocked by a shield (round down).

