Energy Resistance

For centuries, spellcasters have employed the elements as weapons. Known as the five banes, acid, fire, electricity, cold and sound have been the death of many a great adventurer; naturally magic armor and shields were developed to counter these energies. Energy resistance armors come in three varieties: lesser, improved and greater. The armor's coloration is typically a hue associated with the attack form (black for acid, white for cold, blue for electricity, silver for sonic and red for fire) with matching visual motifs (a decaying hand for acid, furs for cold, lightning bolts for electricity, dragons for fire, and a crumbling wall for sonic). Energy resistance, Lesser: The armor absorbs the first 10 points of elemental damage per attack that the wearer would normally take (similar to the resist energy spell).