Further explanation on resistances

[Shaman1]

I am reading up on resistances, in particular. Where it says every 6 points of resistance = + 1% chance to resist it.

How does the description, and further value(s) beside spell descriptions change this, if at all ?

For example.

Sunstrike

Resist
Fire (-10)

Trucidation


Resist
Magic (-200)


/noob

[DeathsSilkyMist]

The - numbers simply mean you will get -x to your resistance check for that spell. For example, lets say you have 100 Fire Resist and get hit with Sunstrike. The game will use your Fire Resistance, and subtract 10 from it when checking if you resisted or not. So that means your Fire Resistance is 90 when the game checks if you resisted Sunstrike, rather than 100. This isn't a debuff either, so you won't see your Fire Resistance change on your sheet. The idea is to make certain spells harder to resist without requiring you to cast something like Malo first.

[Shaman1]

The - numbers simply mean you will get -x to your resistance check for that spell. For example, lets say you have 100 Fire Resist and get hit with Sunstrike. The game will use your Fire Resistance, and subtract 10 from it when checking if you resisted or not. So that means your Fire Resistance is 90 when the game checks if you resisted Sunstrike, rather than 100. This isn't a debuff either, so you won't see your Fire Resistance change on your sheet. The idea is to make certain spells harder to resist without requiring you to cast something like Malo first.

Good explanation. Thanks. So if we use Trucidation instead of Sunstrike in the above example. That would be much harder to resist.