Defense Question

What's the difference between (ranged and melee) defense as opposed to
defense against a kind of attack?

If a character is attacked with (for example) a ranged lethal attack, would
its ranged and lethal defense stack?


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On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:42:46 -0700, Vorlonagent <nojtspam.RemoveThis@otfresno.com> wrote:

> What's the difference between (ranged and melee) defense as opposed
> to defense against a kind of attack?

> If a character is attacked with (for example) a ranged lethal
> attack, would its ranged and lethal defense stack?

No. However, the game checks applicable totals of both ranged and
lethal and applies whichever number is higher. (When something says
defense to "All" that usually means type-based *and* range-based.)

Which means that ranged/melee/AoE defense is generally the most useful
against Psychic and Toxic damage--damage classes that generally aren't
defended against.

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