Protection from Normal Edged Weapons

(See also: Protection Spells) By means of this spell, the wizard bestows total invulnerability to such normal edged weapons as swords, daggers, axes, spears, and similar weapons (types P or S), when these are used to attack in hand-to-hand combat. Furthermore, the protection causes a reduction of 1 from each die of damage (but no die inflicts less than 1 point of damage) inflicted by magical edged weapons (such as a long sword +1 or the mattock of the titans) or wielded by creatures of exceptional size and strength (creatures with base Hit Dice of 4+1 or more, such as an ogre or a giant wielding an axe). Note, however, that this spell does not confer any protection from such magical attacks as Mordenkainen's sword or flame blade.

This is actually one of three spells, each of which must be learned separately: protection from normal blunt weapons, protection from normal edged weapons, and protection from normal missiles. All three spells can be applied to the same recipient at the same time.

The material component for this spell is a piece of a broken edged weapon.