Reading defence stats

Armour, damage reduction, block chance, evasion and status resistance need careful reading. A bonus written as points is converted into an effective percentage. The same points protect you less against attackers from a higher danger tier.

Armour reduces a physical hit before damage reduction applies. Magic bypasses armour unless you have an effect that lets armour protect against magic. A successful block cancels the hit.

An effect that says “less damage taken, at any depth” is a separate percentage. It reduces the damage left after the earlier defences. Two effects of 50% less damage taken leave one quarter of that damage.