Editing Combat (section)

====Life Vulns and Weapon Rending====
Life vulnerability spells make the target more vulnerable to specific types of damage or weaken the target's natural armor protection. They can be cast on the target using the [[Life Magic]] skill or with [[Alchemical Throwing Phials]] using the [[Alchemy]] skill. There are also [[Item Tinkering Devices#Lenses|lenses]] that can be crafted using [[Item Tinkering]] which can reduce the target's natural armor protection. The lenses require [[Assess Creature|assess creature]] skill to use.

Weapon rending is a [[:Category:Special Property|special property]] that gives the weapon the ability to make its opponent vulnerable to attacks resulting in a similar effect to that of vuln spells. [[Loot]] weapons can be rended by imbuing them with certain types of salvage using the [[Weapon Tinkering]] skill or [[Magic Item Tinkering]] skill for armor rends. The amount of resulting vulnerability caused depends on the attack skill of the wielder.

There is also a version of this property called [[Resistance Cleaving]] that can be found on quest weapons, but resistance cleaving does not scale based on the skill of the wielder and instead has a fixed rate that varies by the weapon.

Weapon effects do not stack with life magic vulnerability spells. A more powerful vuln cast on the target will override the weapon's own effect.

{|class="wikitable"
!Rend effect
!Salvage
!Quest weapon version
|-
|[[Armor Rending]]
|[[Sunstone Salvage]]
|[[Armor Cleaving]]
|-
|[[Acid Rending]]
|[[Emerald Salvage]]
|[[Resistance Cleaving: Acid]]
|-
|[[Cold Rending]]
|[[Aquamarine Salvage]]
|[[Resistance Cleaving: Cold]]
|-
|[[Fire Rending]]
|[[Red Garnet Salvage]]
|[[Resistance Cleaving: Fire]]
|-
|[[Lightning Rending]]
|[[Jet Salvage]]
|[[Resistance Cleaving: Electrical]]
|-
|[[Bludgeon Rending]]
|[[White Sapphire Salvage]]
|[[Resistance Cleaving: Bludgeoning]]
|-
|[[Pierce Rending]]
|[[Black Garnet Salvage]]
|[[Resistance Cleaving: Piercing]]
|-
|[[Slash Rending]]
|[[Imperial Topaz Salvage]]
|[[Resistance Cleaving: Slashing]]
|}