Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7345250-20141206215412/@comment-7345250-20141206223754

ShadowPirateX wrote: I guess I'm just misunderstanding, but you said Goldfin can't survive intense heat. But she does have some resistance to fire, right?

Anyways, the reason for that specific number was in case a character was resistant to something but not completely immune.

What I'm saying is that we should not be too generous with resistances. Goldfin only resists heat at extreme depths; therefore, it would be unreasonable to say that she has a resistance to intense heat. Even if it's tempting, such an ability should not be labeled a resistance.

On a loosely related note, weaknesses should be defined as chinks in a character's armor or something which affects them particularly strongly. Blunt trauma is not one of Goldfin's weaknesses, even though she's been subjected to it on multiple occasions. Ice, however, is a weakness because it hampers her powers. Likewise, fire is one of Bloodstorm's weaknesses because it is particularly potent against him.