it ain't an excuse, it ain't reaching, and it really has nothing to do with my vote there either. so on all accounts there, you're wrong. you don't see him (or mages in general) by default having mental resistances in the first place. i do unless something otherwise says so. unless mental stuff is split off, it's all magic to me. you probably also see that differently. which is all well and good, but nowhere close to my interp of how all those systems work.
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