Aegis (medicine)

Aegis Medicine

Deadens the nerve endings, significantly reducing the amount of pain you feel.

Use: Reduces all damage taken by 15% for 8 turns. (AP: 10)

Weight: 0.10

Value: 400 40 SGS Credits 14 Stygian Coin 8 United Stations Dollar 27 Zlatortiya

Aegis is a craftable medicine. It can be also occasionally found on dead enemies or in the pockets of other characters, and occasionally in certain shops after mercantile checks are passed (Becket, Constantine in Oculus).

Damage modifier sources
Source	Damage modifier	Damage/attack type(s)	Type	Notes
Evasion	-0% to -85%	Area of effect attacks	Skill
Stuntman E	-20%	Area of effect attacks	Feat	additive to evasion, still capped at -85%
Tempered: Cold E	-30%	Cold	Feat
Tempered: Heat E	-30%	Heat	Feat
Tempered: Acid E	-30%	Acid	Feat
Tempered: Electricity E	-30%	Electricity	Feat
Conditioning	-10% to -25%	Mechanical, Heat, Cold	Feat
Conditioning	-5%	Mechanical, Heat, Cold	Specialization
Parafibrotic Regenerative Injection HD	-15%	Mechanical, Heat	Special ability	special ability granted from the Technomedic Exoskeleton
Heavy Metal HD	-7% to -20%	Mechanical	Feat
Heavy Metal HD	Varies	Mechanical	Specialization
Stoicism	-0% to -24%	All	Feat	1% per 4% health missing
Stoicism	-0% to -12%	All	Specialization
Beyond Cold	-15% and -40%	Mechanical and Cold	Feat	activated when Chilled or Frozen
Blast Balaclava	Varies	Explosions	Headwear
Ancient Rathound Leather Armor	-5%	Mechanical	Armor Suit
Infused Ancient Rathound Leather Armor	-5%	Mechanical	Armor Suit
Infused Ancient Rathound Leather Armor	Varies	Heat, Cold	Armor Suit
Infused Leper Serpent Leather Armor E	Varies	Bio	Armor Suit
Nanocomposite Plate armors	Varies	Critical Hits	Armor Suit
Blast Overcoat armors	Varies	Explosions	Armor Suit
Gray Spec Ops Armor E	-20%	Explosions	Armor Suit
Blast Suit	-85%	Explosions	Armor Suit
Lifting Belt	-5%	Mechanical	Belt
Bioinvestigative Belt	-10%	Bio	Belt
Chemoinvestigative Belt	-5%	Heat	Belt
Electroinvestigative Belt	-15%	Energy	Belt
Sea Serpent Slaying Sash E	-15%	Bio	Belt
Ancient Rathound Leather Tabi Boots	-5%	Mechanical	Footwear
Infused Ancient Rathound Leather Tabi Boots	-5%	Mechanical	Footwear
Blast Tabi Boots	Varies	Explosions	Footwear
Nervosomnifer	-60%	All	Drug
Morphine Shot	-50%	All	Drug
Aegis (medicine)	-15%	All	Drug
Irongut	-75%	Bio	Drug
Laylow	-10%	Bio	Food
Canned Mushrooms	-15%	Bio	Food
Canned Fish	-15%	Cold	Food
Canned Meat	-5%	Mechanical	Food
Canned Stew	-8%	Heat	Food
Canned Czernina E	-15%	Heat	Food
Cooked Burrower Egg	-35%	Poison	Food
Sea Serpent Fillet E	-20%	Poison	Food
Mutie Stew E	-35%	Acid	Food
Kzozel E	-10%	Mechanical	Food
Kzozel Yantar E	-15%	Mechanical	Food
Mushroom Brew	-10%	Mechanical	Food
Leper Poison E	+10% to +60%	Mechanical	Poison	Max 6 stacks, 10% per stack
Chemical Destabilization: Acid	+25% to +50%	Acid	Status effect	Max 2 stacks, 25% per stack
Chemical Destabilization: Heat	+25% to +50%	Heat	Status effect	Max 2 stacks, 25% per stack
Chemical Destabilization: Cold	+25% to +50%	Cold	Status effect	Max 2 stacks, 25% per stack
Infected Wound	+10% to +30%	All	Status effect	Max 3 stacks, 10% per stack
Infected Wound with Vile Weaponry: Damage specialization	+15% to +45%	All	Status effect	Max 3 stacks, 15% per stack
Contaminated	+10% to +200%	All	Status effect	Max 20 stacks, 10% per stack

Effects

This medicine causes the Pain Suppression effect. Unlike the much stronger Morphine Shot, it has no known side effects.

Crafting

This item can be crafted with Blueprint: Aegis.

Locations

• Arsonist enemy met in random event carries one
• Lost Vault interior south, inside a desk
• Found in Phreak's abandoned hideout near the entrance to the Emporion Shopping Mall inside an unmarked junk pile
• Master Laser Blaster carries one
• One found in a hidden box in The Compound medical section 1, requires 12 effective Perception ^HD
• Rarely appears as random loot