Strike-back damage

• Strike-back damage is applied whenever you are hit by a foe.
• In most cases, foes take Physical damage. These go with the message:

Your opponent is damaged by your fierce defenses, and takes X damage.

• Strike-back damage cannot kill an opponent. When an opponent would have been killed by strike-back damage it is canceled and you get the message:

Your opponent appears to be in pretty bad shape. It pulls back before your defenses cause it critical damage.

• insanely super bowl shield and Fire Shield do elemental damage, and have different messages. See specifics on their pages.
• Frusion Enemies take only one Strike-back damage every hit, with a special message:

Your opponent seems slightly put off by your defenses, and takes 1 damage.

• Amounts for Skills are affected by S, the number of skill points invested in the skill.

Source	Source type	Increase	Duration	Requirements	Notes
insanely super bowl shield	Offhand Item	10% of damage	Always		sonic damage +5% dodging ability +10% Strength - for Naturalists only
Fire Shield	Elemental Buff	5 + 2*S + round(level/5)	30 + S minutes		fire damage
Spines of the Echidna	Naturalist buff	5 + S	30 + 3*S Minutes
Vambraces of the Star Spawn	Gloves	10	Always	Level 40	-15 foe toughness. -6% chance of weapon fumbles.
triangle triptych	Offhand Item	7	Always	Level 7	+4 defense
Paradox Naught	Talisman	6	Always		+3 HP per turn -15% Intellect
Aegis Flux Incapacitor	Offhand item	5	Always		Can discharge elemental attacks +X damage absorption +20% resist fire, ice, electric, and acid damage +20 to maximum HP
Doctor Talon's anklet	Accessory	5	Always	Level 8	+10% Reflexes
paper cut gloves	Gloves	5	Always
pseudo-chitin armor	Full-body suit	3	Always	Level 8	+5% acid damage resistance +5 damage absorption
cold shoulder shirt	Shirt	2	Always	Level 5	+4 ice damage
Spooked credo	Pants	2	Always	Level 2