> > * Defending against magic with your disciplines. This is
> > not of much use, at least initially. With the -20 penalty
> > the default defense at 14 is better until you reach 15w
> > and then you are still better off using other appropriate
> > abilities if they are higher than discipline-20.
>
> Though unlike a theist, you may not have another 'generic'
> magical defence. Not clear what the intended effect is,
> though.
Theists don't have generic magical defense. They resist with whatever ability is most appropriate, just like everyone else. So a theist can resist fear magic with his Brave with no modifier (see p. 171), while a mystic can't really use his highly-trained virtue of 13w (since it would be at -20), and would also have to resort to something world-entangling like Brave.
> True, though all the existing examples seem to be fairly
> contest-ending anyway. ("You're now at 10AP--" "OK" "--and dead."
> "Oh.)
Mystic strikes don't have their special effect until the target is at 0 AP (or less) -- was "10" a typo?
To answer an earlier question, a Humakti using his Death secret and failing would not be dead at 0 AP -- "he will suffer reduced consequences of the special effect."
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