Question about magic resistance

[Nagot Gick Fel]

archaeolept said:
but actually the problem is in the reverse direction - you don't have 1 too few pts of MR, but 1 too many

since the bless effect isn't supposed to increase MR past 18...

When there are capped bonus terms in a formula, it makes sense to subtract the maluses first, then add the capped bonuses, then add the uncapped bonuses. So:

18
- 1 (magic scale) = 17
+ 2 (blessed, max 18) = 18
+ 1 (dominion bonus) = 19

[archaeolept]

yes. though why that way makes more sense than any other, i have no idea ;p

[Nagot Gick Fel]

archaeolept said:
why that way makes more sense than any other, i have no idea ;p

Fairness. In the above example, assume the base MR is

14-15-16-17-18

Using the default formula, the final MR would be:

16-17-18-19-19 (1)
+2 +2 +2 +2 +1

If you add the capped bonus first or Last, you'd get:

16-17-18-18-18 (2)
+2 +2 +2 +1 +0

If you subtract maluses Last, you'd get:

16-17-17-17-18 (3)
+2 +2 +1 +0 +0

Which one looks fairest to you?