Question: A player is wanting to get creative and casts Aegis on their longcoat or trenchcoat (non-relic)... should they even expect any type of soak bonus? I can see maybe 1/2 successes at the most. I know the coat will be highly resistant to damage thanks to Aegis... thoughts?
Nope, they should not expect any soak bonus. Aegis is intended specifically to safeguard objects and mortals; it's expressly stated that it can't help Scions or other Legendary beings, and trying to get around it by using the boon on your clothes is a pretty thin attempt at avoiding that clause. Aegis is for protecting the people who need it most - fragile mortals and defenseless objects - not you, who has all your supernatural soak at your disposal.
Using Aegis on your trenchcoat will definitely make it super-durable, but it won't do anything for the person wearing it. When it comes to your own potential for injury, all that Aegis'd trenchcoat will mean is that when you get a giant sword slice in your abdomen, there'll be a pristinely undamaged leather trenchcoat wedged into the wound.
It's probably nicely stain-resistant, too, though.
Question, not the asker, what if you did Aegis on the coat, but gave the coat to mortals? Like, a divinely protective garment that can be passed around the mortal world for as long as the boon lasts, but offers no aid to Scions?
ReplyDeleteIt still wont do anything for the person wearing it. It only makes the coat indestructible.
DeleteLike the post says, you shouldn't get any benefit at all. But if you absolutely insist on there being some benefit, then at absolute best it might reduce lethal damage down to bashing.
DeleteIn which case you can still be killed Excalibur Sheath style.
Turning lethal to bashing is a pretty significant boost, *especially* for a mortal who normally can't soak Lethal at all using their Stamina. I would suggest that Aegis not do that.
DeleteYeah, I have to agree. The point of Aegis is already to safeguard mortals; it shouldn't randomly safeguard them in a different way or more so if you put it on their clothes instead of them, and it definitely shouldn't be stackable (i.e., I Aegis the mortal to give him more soak and then Aegis his coat to convert any damage he takes!). Allowing it to do anything beyond what the boon already says it does is just opening the door to abuse.
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