ToE and Decay (in General)

The ToE seems to work well against physical and magical damage...except for Decay. Is decay considered direct damage? If so, the Tattoo of Endurance should protect against decay's 'damage' as well as against other damage spells. If it's not a direct damage spell then I guess the only protection is antimagic field. One argument that it is a damage spell is that GA retaliates against decay. Anybody have some observations?

From the spell descriptions -

'Decay halves enemy HP and is unaffected by armor '


Is endurance seen as armor? I would say yes at this point.

Well...under the description for Decay is:
"Both the strongest and weakest direct damage spell in the game, Decay halves enemy HP and is unaffected by armor..."

So ToE, therefore, should work against decay, and I think should work better than it does now from my own observations.

I don't believe the ToE is necessarily considered armor. If it casts a magical protective aura around the wearer, then it acts more like a spell like protection.

ToE does not and should not affect decay.

And other Direct damage?
does ToE protect against it or not? (im confused now =( )

attack someone with a ToJ and find out -- they're not exactly uncommon :)