Shock Damage (Morrowind)

Shock Damage is a magical effect that causes elemental damage via the manipulation of electricity or lightning. It has a significantly higher Magicka cost compared other forms of elemental damage. Shock Damage is a member of the Destruction school of magic, governed by Willpower.

Resistance and weakness
As with the other types of elemental damage, Shock Damage is not affected by Resist Magicka. It can be resisted by the Resist Shock and the Lightning Shield effects (the latter also reflects some damage back towards the caster). There are considerably fewer people and creatures that have a resistance to Shock than to the other forms of elemental damage, which, from a game design perspective, may be related to why it costs forty percent more Magicka to cast in comparison to the other types.

Similarly, Weakness to Magicka does not affect Shock Damage. Weakness to Shock must be used instead. Altmer have an innate twenty-five percent Weakness to Shock.

Spells
The following spells have a Shock Damage effect. (They may have additional effects – see articles for further details.) * Wizard's Brand is a Greater Power that was unused by developers, hence the zero Magicka cost.