Cadhu Scalth

Cadhu Scalth
General
Equipment slot	Shield
Shield type	Large shield
Soulbound
Unique
Value	1,157
Shop value	5,785
Shield
Deflection	19
Accuracy	-8
Shield bonuses
Shield Engagement: +1 enemies Engaged
Enchantments
Exceptional: +4 Shield Deflection Soul Strike: Grants Soul Strike: Target: 15-35 , -5 All Defenses for 15.0 sec (Increases with Metaphysics skill) (1 per rest) Heavy Shard: +3 Deflection (Improves with Athletics skill) Luminous Dissonance: -5% incoming Damage from Spells (Improves with Metaphysics skill), +5% incoming Damage from Weapons
Technical
Shield ID	Shield_Large_U_Cadhu_Scalth

Sketch image

Cadhu Scalth is a large shield in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.

Description

This shield was constructed for the use of an Engwithan saint as he performed his eternal vigil. Crafted from a single slab of adra, Cadhu Scalth - "the Saint's Protection" - is a natural reservoir for soul energy and lent considerable power to the vessel who bore it. The saint was parted from his shield only when the volcano over which the sacred site he guarded erupted. The shield was recovered many years later by a band of Roparu woodsmen where it was half-submerged in a quickmud pit. The Roparu, none of whom grasped the value of the find, retrieved it for curiosity's sake. The shield was no more than a novelty until it began to "sing," as the woodsmen described it. They recounted to their chieftain that the dissonant melody hummed with "luminous colors" that revealed their lives past and shook them to their core. The chieftain, unwary of the implications of such tales, took the shield for his personal use.

Acquisition

• Old City: Inside the Old City proper, in the hidden chamber in Ondra's temple.

Upgrades

Note

Luminous Harmony and Soul Smite are mutually exclusive.

Mod	Effect	Cost	Ingredients			Mod removed
Luminous Harmony	Upgrades Luminous Dissonance, removing the +5% Damage taken, and reducing damage taken from all sources (instead of just spells)	3,000	1	1	1	Luminous Dissonance
			Reagent	Awakened Adra	Living Steel
Soul Smite	Grants Soul Smite, an upgraded version of Soul Strike, dealing more damage, interrupting on Graze, and pushing the target 3m back.	3,000	1	1	1	Soul Strike
			Reagent	Awakened Adra	Spirit Residue

Trivia

• Because of the existence of a sketch image for Cadhu Scalth, it's likely that it was originally intended to be a soulbound shield.