Online:Ulfsild's Contingency

Imbue yourself with the magical runes of Ulfsild. These runes trigger when you cast an ability with a cost, causing a burst of magic around you.

Ulfsild's Contingency is a Scribed skill Grimoire, on the Mages Guild skill line. It can be purchased after earning the Mages Guild Skill Master achievement from Chronicler Firandil in the Scholarium once per character.

It costs 0005000050,000 the first time, and 0001000010,000 for other characters on your account after that. The name of the scribed skill changes depending upon your choice of Focus Script.

Ulfsild's Contingency basically works by boosting whatever active or ultimate skill you cast afterwards, causing additional effects in an area around you that occurs at the same time. If you don't use another ability within 22 seconds, it dissipates and does nothing. When you have a Contingency primed, you will see glowing runes around your shoulders indicating this. This effect has the same appearance regardless of your choice of scripts, but the actual appearance when it triggers depends on your choice of Focus script. The casting cost is always 2808 Magicka, even if the ability that triggers it is Stamina or Ultimate based.

You can trigger Ulfsild's Contingency with itself, simply by casting it twice. This will both trigger the effect and simultaneously prime another trigger. You can thus use it over and over triggering itself, with each effect simply one-off delayed until the next casting. Whether this is a valid strategy may depend on your choice of scripts. You can also trigger it without any other skill by using a Roll Dodge. (This does cost Stamina, but far less than most skills do.) Skills without any casting cost such as those found here will not work, however.^{[verification needed — see talk page]}

Cast Time: Instant
Target: Self
Duration: 22 seconds.
Cost: 2808 Magicka

Focus ScriptsEdit

	Skill Name	Effects
Damage Shield	Warding Contigency	Grants a damage shield to you and your allies that absorbs 5622 damage for 8 seconds, scaling off the higher of your Max Health or Magicka and capped at 55% of your Max Health. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts apply to you or an ally.
		Compatible Signature Scripts	Class Mastery, Gladiator's Tenacity, Growing Impact, Sage's Remedy, Warrior's Opportunity
		Compatible Affix Scripts^†	Force, Intellect and Endurance, Protection, Resolve
Flame Damage	Fiery Contigency	Deals 4155 Flame Damage to enemies. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts only apply to you.
Frost Damage	Chilling Contigency	Deals 4155 Frost Damage to enemies. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts only apply to you.
Healing	Healing Contigency	Heals your and your allies for 6233 Health. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts apply to you and your allies.
		Compatible Signature Scripts	Class Mastery, Gladiator's Tenacity, Growing Impact, Sage's Remedy, Warrior's Opportunity
		Compatible Affix Scripts^†	Force, Intellect and Endurance, Protection, Resolve
Immobilize	Binding Contigency	Deals 2077 Magic Damage to enemies and immobilizes them for 6 seconds. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts only apply to you.
Knockback	Repelling Contigency	Knocks enemies back 8 meters. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts only apply to you.
Magic Damage	Magical Contigency	Deals 4155 Magic Damage to enemies. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts only apply to you.

†All Affix scripts are compatible if using the "Growing Impact" Signature Script.

Signature ScriptsEdit

Script		Effects
	Class Mastery	Depends on class. See Class Mastery page for full details.
	Gladiator's Tenacity	Reduces damage taken by 8% for 8 seconds.
	Growing Impact	Creates a rune of power on the ground for 10 seconds which applies the Affix script in an area.
	Growing Impact	Allows all Affix Scripts to be used even with Warding Contingency or Healing Contingency
	Hunter's Snare	Reduces the Movement Speed of enemies hit by 30% for 8 seconds.
	Hunter's Snare	Incompatible with Warding Contingency and Healing Contingency
	Lingering Torment	Deals 6545 Magic Damage over 22 seconds to enemies.
	Lingering Torment	Incompatible with Warding Contingency and Healing Contingency
	Sage's Remedy	Heals for 4530 Health over 12 seconds.
	Warrior's Opportunity	Increase damage done of your next direct attack used within 7 seconds by 2000.

Affix ScriptsEdit

Script		Effects
	Breach	Afflicts Minor Breach for 22 seconds, reducing Physical and Spell Resistance by 2974.
	Breach	Incompatible with Warding Contingency and Healing Contingency^†
	Enervation	Afflicts Minor Enervation for 22 seconds, reducing Critical Damage by 10%.
	Enervation	Incompatible with Warding Contingency and Healing Contingency^†
	Force	Grants Minor Force for 22 seconds, increasing Critical Damage by 10%.
	Intellect and Endurance	Grants Minor Intellect and Minor Endurance for 22 seconds, increasing Magicka and Stamina Recovery by 15%.
	Magickasteal	Afflicts enemies with Minor Magickasteal for 22 seconds, restoring 168 Magicka to attackers every 1 second.
	Magickasteal	Incompatible with Warding Contingency and Healing Contingency^†
	Protection	Grants Minor Protection for 22 seconds, reducing damage taken by 5%.
	Resolve	Grants Minor Resolve for 22 seconds, increasing Physical and Spell Resistance by 2974.
	Vulnerability	Afflicts Minor Vulnerability for 22 seconds, increasing damage taken by 5%.
	Vulnerability	Incompatible with Warding Contingency and Healing Contingency^†