Absorbtion, is said to absorb up to 85% Magic Damage received and up to 50% of that damage added to mana ( Now, if your ( Example: 1) Monster throws a 100 Damage Fireball. With 80% resistance on fire, only 20 of that 100 Damage gets through to you. Of that 20 that got through, 85% of that gets absorbed, meaning that only 3 of that 20 Damage will hurt you. So, out of a fireball thats supposed to deal 100 Damage, only 3 Damage hurts you. Right? or 2) Monster throws a 100 Fireball. 85% gets absorbed, leaving 15 Damage that gets through. Of that 15 that got through, 80% Fire Resistance blocks 12 Damage and deals you only 3 Damage. Exactly same as above... or 3) The 85% Absorbtion gets calculated on the 100 Damage AND the 80% Fire Resistance gets calculated on that 100 as well, giving you answer of 85 Damage absorbed and 80 Damage resisted, leaving you with 2 answers, 15 Damage and 20 Damage. Which answer is right or is all of them wrong? What a friend of mine have noticed is the following; Quoted from QuickDraw: My nature mage has a 77% absorption rate and 46% death resistance (over 100% total). He stood under attack from about 10 trasaks in the kithraya caverns while my travelling companion (ranger with more then double my nature mage's health) was KO'd in under a second. My nature mage too *no* damage. At all. So some resistances can help Absorption a good bit. [This message has been edited by Boss429 (edited 09-20-2006 @ 09:00 AM).]
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