Welp, my first topic. Anyway.
So, it seems like, for balance reasons, everyone rules that self-inflicted stress bypasses all mental armor. But would a character with such a power still be able to make use of the extra mental stress boxes granted by toughness?
And to take it broader, how exactly does it work? Say a Fae is hit by a fist made up of steel. It bypasses toughness armor, but can the Fae still soak up the hit with the extra stress boxes it has from toughness?