Lesser Ward raises a shimmering shield in front of you that adds 40 to your armor rating and absorbs up to 40 points of incoming spell damage. It must be charged up first. You learn it from Tolfdir during First Lessons.
Spell details
- School: Restoration (Novice)
- Effect: Increases armor rating by 40 points and negates up to 40 points of spell damage or effects.
- Base Magicka cost: 34 per second
- Casting: Concentration, self
- Spell tome: Spell Tome: Lesser Ward – value 45 gold, ID 0009E2AE
More Restoration spells
Healing (Novice), Fast Healing (Apprentice), Healing Hands (Apprentice), Necromantic Healing (Apprentice), Steadfast Ward (Apprentice), Sun Fire (Apprentice), Turn Lesser Undead (Apprentice), Close Wounds (Adept), Greater Ward (Adept), Heal Other (Adept), Heal Undead (Adept), Poison Rune (Adept), Repel Lesser Undead (Adept), Stendarr’s Aura (Adept), Turn Undead (Adept), Vampire’s Bane (Adept), Circle of Protection (Expert), Grand Healing (Expert), Repel Undead (Expert), Turn Greater Undead (Expert), Bane of the Undead (Master), Guardian Circle (Master).
Cost, effect and tome value read from the Skyrim game files (base values before skill, perks and gear).