MP: The Ascension Wars: MA,12 players, no mods, newb friendly. [Year 4, 8/12 remaining]

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Originally Posted by kennoseishin

In other words, the defender still gets to roll DRN to reduce AN damage. If this wasn't the case, smites would average 18 damage instead of 10 or so.

Nope, as far as I've seen the defensive DRN adds to protection, it doesn't subtract from damage.

AN or AP is then applied to the total protection value, while I don't pay attention to smite that much, I've certainly noticed this behaviour in fire arrows, AP weapons and fire/death blesses before; It's why they are worth using.

It's also why a bloodletting cabal can be, well, spectacularly fun to use on occasion.