Nierite wrote:
If the bonus us to armour, then it cannot be added to 'flesh' AR is by definition worn.
Except that "AR" is used to mean either or both in various places. For instance, Greaves of the Scout says "grant you an additional point of AR when in light or medium armor" but has been officially clarified to add +1 AR to Ss'ressen. I know there are other places where it is unclear. There are also plenty of places that say "natural armor", "natural AR", "worn armor", or "worn AR". The closest to consistent I've found is that "AV" (almost?) always means worn AR. It would be much simpler if it was clear and consistent but it is not (unless AR is supposed to always mean either while AV means worn and NAR means natural but I don't think it's that simple).
Nierite wrote:
That said, CLOTHING us worn, and u believe it has been said it is entirely legal to Benedict a garment which becomes Worn Armour, though only with the +1 AR through stacking rules. This also works for Runes and Fine and Exceptional clothes as I recall.
It seems very odd to me that one of the biggest racial bonuses of Ss'ressen is offset by lots of AR bonuses seemingly only applying to worn AR.
Ss'ressen: 4 (race) + 1 (talent but -1 Avoidance) + 1 (scale armor) + 1 (item from scale) + 1 (greaves) + 2 (scales of the dragon) = 10
other: 4-5 (heirloom talent but maybe -1-2 Avoidance) + 1 (defense rune) + 1 (natural possibly from spell) + 1 (greaves) + 3 (benediction) = 10-11
And it would be easier to further bump worn AR even higher (pretty sure it's possible but I can't think of it off-hand).