Step: Rank+3
Action: Special
Strain: 1
Skill Use: No
The talent magically tattoos the adept's body in a fashion unique to them, but reflects their tradition and training. Their tattoos increase in number and complexity as their rank in Protection of Truth increases; adepts with low ranks may have one limb tattooed, while high ranks have their entire body covered in incredibly elaborate and personal tattoos, telling a great deal about them to those who know what they are looking at.
The adept divides their Protection of Truth Step between Physical and Mystic Armor. This split between the two armor types cannot be rearranged and is reflected by motifs in their tattoos.
An adept with Protection of Truth Step 6 (rank 3) has Physical Armor 4 and Mystic Armor 2, but cannot change these bonuses. At rank 4, the adept adds one to either the Physical or Mystic Armor provided by this talent.
The adept activates this ability during their Karma Ritual and the effect lasts until sunrise the next day. Adepts with this talent instinctively known when sunrise occurs and tend to wake with it, if not before.
Protection of Truth cannot be dispeled with the Dispel Magic talent. Though other abilities possessed by dragons and/or Horrors may be able to affect it. This talent is incompatible with worn armor; if the adept wears armor, Protection of Truth doesn't provide any benefits even if the worn armor is inferior. The limitation on worn armor doesn't apply to thread items which provide an armor bonus, not are not armor.
A talisman with a thread rank effect that gives +1 Mystic Armor can be used, but a robe which acts as an espagra cloak and gives 2 Mystic Armor cannot.
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