Skeletal Body

[Tanaka]

How many invulnerability points does this give you? If you already have Stygian Skin which is 10 points of invulnerability is this even worth casting since they don't stack?

[freek_o_nature]

Skeletal Body gives you 0 Invulnerability because it gives you Pierce Resistance. So they stack. :)

EDIT: The Invulnerability spell gives you 25, so if your whole army gets Stygian Skin (like with a spell or Bless), it can still sometimes be worth it for a Death mage to cast self-Invulnerability.

[Tanaka]

Originally posted by freek_o_nature:

Skeletal Body gives you 0 Invulnerability because it gives you Pierce Resistance. So they stack. :)

I thought that is what invulnerability is in a way? What is the difference here?

[freek_o_nature]

Invulnerability provides Protection, not Resistance: it basically acts as Natural Protection against non-magical attacks, but it doesn't stack with Natural Protection, so if you have Invulnerability 10 and you cast Iron Skin, your Invulnerability doesn't do anything. If, however, you're a squishy old man Death mage with Natural Protection 0 and you're scared of robbly peasants with their non-magical pitchforks, then 25 Invulnerability starts to look pretty handy!

EDIT: Pierce Resistance works a little differently; I explained a little more about it for someone else in this thread.