Guardian absorb blow and two damage types from one attack


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Hello
I have a question about absorb blow.

Absorb Blow Text:
Absorb Blow (Su): As an immediate action, whenever you take hit point damage from a single source (such as a dragon's breath, a spell, or a weapon), you can expend one use of mythic power to reduce the damage you take from that source by 5 per tier (to a minimum of 0 points of damage taken). If you have another ability or effect that reduces damage (such as protection from energy), reduce the damage with the absorb blow ability before applying any other damage-reducing effects...

If an attack does both physical and energy damage, such as from a flaming weapon, does absorb blow reduce both aspects of the attack (does it count as a single source even though there are two types of damage being applied)?

If so, which damage is blocked first, the physical damage, the energy portion or any combination desired?

This is relevant in the situation where an individual has resistance or DR separate from the absorb blow ability.

Thank you in advance


It's a single source, and I would reduce whichever damage type the individual with Absorb Blow chooses to.

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