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Currently Iron Skin doesn't give us the CVA of the ASG we are getting, is this a bug and is it planned to be given in the future.
Monks have big issues with CVA and this will help with that.
Straight from Play.net
"The caster transforms his skin into a thick hide that acts like armor. The caster will gain the defensive benefits of wearing armor without suffering the penalties as it is his own skin protecting him. The base effect is to create a full leather equivalent (Armor Subgroup (AsG) 6), and can be increased to more powerful armor with training. The AsG increases by one according to seed 1 of one fifth the caster's ranks in Mental Lore, Transformation. Monks also receive an innate bonus to the AsG of seed 1 of one fifth the caster's level.
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>Which removes the ability to use Krynch (or any other stance, for that matter) and also takes up valuable cmans.
That there should be a choice to make over which stance to use is also by design. Do you prefer the chance to seriously rattle a caster's noggin the moment it walks in or the chance to outright evade its spells?
I find monks short of good value cmans rather than short of valuable space. I pretty much stopped training CMan 10 levels ago because there's nothing left that is attractive.
>The 33 TD difference vs MBP is pretty significant.
Yes the lower CvA compared to a warrior is significant. Its supposed to be significant. Working out the tactics to deal with it is a key part of playing a monk.
Its always been the case that its the actual metal worn that provides CvA and tough skin is irrelevant to magic. 1202 makes it relevant to players as targets as well as players as casters, so it might be better to spell it out in the description of 1202, but the existing mechanic for tough skin is being applied in the normal way.
That there should be a choice to make over which stance to use is also by design. Do you prefer the chance to seriously rattle a caster's noggin the moment it walks in or the chance to outright evade its spells?
I find monks short of good value cmans rather than short of valuable space. I pretty much stopped training CMan 10 levels ago because there's nothing left that is attractive.
>The 33 TD difference vs MBP is pretty significant.
Yes the lower CvA compared to a warrior is significant. Its supposed to be significant. Working out the tactics to deal with it is a key part of playing a monk.
Its always been the case that its the actual metal worn that provides CvA and tough skin is irrelevant to magic. 1202 makes it relevant to players as targets as well as players as casters, so it might be better to spell it out in the description of 1202, but the existing mechanic for tough skin is being applied in the normal way.
