“The damage is reduced by armor and most damage reduction effects like herbal armor and rock armor, but not by glyphs.”
So, will blocking weapons (Rapier, Q Staff, Shield, Katana, G Shield) help reduce the pricking damage received from upgrading the chalice?
Edit : Sorry, seems like my bad english strike back. To make it clear, I did not mean the blocking enchantment but weapons with blocking capability (as listed in previous paragraph).
Gotcha, thank you!
I think I managed to get at least to +9 with mage’s self-shielding with +10 staff, but I don’t remember if I already used Scroll of Challenge for that and if I managed to get to +10 without using blessed ankh.