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Old 11-18-2017, 09:37 PM   #12
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Default Re: Pyramid #3/109: Thaumatology V

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Originally Posted by Gnomasz View Post

Is Magical Toughening supposed to protect against spells like Dehydrate? From the description I'd say "yes" ("caused directly by magical spells"), but from the writeup in the table I'd say "no" (it would need Cosmic to protect against maledictions). I'm lost.
It works against spells like that:
. . . helps even against spells that say "Armor doesn’t protect."
Cosmic isn't necessary because this isn't a Malediction. It's a spell that happens to ignore armor, mostly because armor has the hidden limitation "Not vs. direct magical injury."
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