Shards and Crystals - how do they help?

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Does a shard outside of your school of study do anything for you?  I know if I have fire spells,a fire shard doubles the damage.  But what does a whater shard do if I have no water spells?  What about the crystal crags, what do they do for you?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

no fire shards only help fire spells, but rememebr there are no reistances in this game so tehres no point in getting air and fire spells as ice spells will damage ice creatures just as much as fire one will

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Hey, so I'm not sure about your first question, but the crystals are used for enchanted equipment.  So when you research magical armors you need to have crystals.  Hope that helped!

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Thanks on both counts

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Shards also increase your essence if you build the right improvement with them.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Are you sure there are no resistances?  I'm not sure that would be a huge fix to add in.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

yep the defense is whats used for spell resistance as well. so ice trolls can get damaged by cold spells just as easily as fire.