Psiberzerker
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Just being more explicit how it works. Agreeing with you, and adding to the language for clarity.I'm not sure why you quoted me and said this. It's already covered in my post...
Not the Perks, which he didn't pick, but the actual spells.Mage Armor doesn't even work if you wear any armor with the exception of a few odd items due to incorrect coding. In addition, the hard cap of 80% is for physical damage resistance which covers both armor and alteration protection spells. If you're armor rating is already above 567 with four pieces of armor on, Alteration flesh spells and Dragonskin do nothing to improve your damage resistance.
Right, and like I said, of the 20% which does get through, stacking Magic, and Elemental resistance can lower the remaining damage to a few percent. First SA soaks up what it can, then MR blocks a percentage of what gets through, then Elemental Resistance (If the proper element) blocks a portion of what gets through, and isn't blocked by broad MR. That's why I call it Layered, instead of Stacked.That's not how spell absorption works. It's all or nothing. The percentage value represents the chance that you'll block all damage.
So, for instance, Elemental Protection is Resist Fire/Frost/Shock, so with the Shield of Ysgramor, you'd think this would Stack to 70% Instead, the shield first lowers it by 20%, then Elementsl Protection reduces the remaining 80% by half, leaving 40% to get through. It does stack with Otar to 80%. Then, the Shield of Ysgramor's 20% Magic Resistance could be stacked with the Lord, and Alteration Perks for 85%. You can actually reach this level of Magical Defense without Enchanting, if you use the Lord, and Alteration Perks. That leaves the rest of your slots open for whatever else you want.
I'm not arguing with you, nor anyone else. I'm discussing all the various options so he can pick, and chose between them.