Stacking Resistance Effects


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Dark Archive 4/5 5/55/5 ****

I'm looking for confirmation that a couple of resistance effects will or won't stack.

Fighting Off Corruption (Ghoul) Player Boon:
"When you take negative energy damage, you reduce the damage taken by 1 point per damage die."

Bonekeep I Chronicle:
Nexus Crystal - "Whenever the bearer takes damage from negative energy, such as channel energy or an inflict spell, she takes 10 less points of damage. This reduction is applied after any saving throw is made."

I'm inclined to think they do stack, since they aren't "Resist" effects, but could also see an argument for they don't.

5/5

That's... a tough call. I would in the end say that they do not stack though - primarily because they have the same trigger "take negative energy damage". If one said reduce it before saving or something like that, I could see it.

Silver Crusade 5/5 5/55/5 **** Venture-Captain, Germany—Bavaria

Seems pretty similar to energy resistance, so no I would not expect them to stack.

Since both of those are boons, only John might be able to give you a definitive answer.

Dark Archive 4/5 5/55/5 ****

While I think it's an interesting question that should still be answered, I don't think it's actually going to be relevant for me anymore. I realized it's better for me to apply my Bonekeep I GM chronicle to a different PC and inch him closer to being more playable again after the Fencing Grace errata.

Silver Crusade 4/5 5/55/55/5 RPG Superstar 2013 Top 8

I think that they should stack.

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