Why is stoneskin so... well, ugly?

[Ignnis]

Really? Everyone charges ahead before I can even use protect ._.

It absorbs damage in relation to your hp, it's good in dungeons incase you or the dps pull and get smacked a few times. Less stress on you for healing situations like that. I always keep it on people.

[Alistaire]

Really? Everyone charges ahead before I can even use protect ._.

It absorbs damage in relation to your hp, it's good in dungeons incase you or the dps pull and get smacked a few times. Less stress on you for healing situations like that. I always keep it on people.

It's not just that; it's the fact it lasts more than 30 seconds. When you can cast something before a fight that will still be effective if the first hit they take is several minutes after the fact, that's a good spell.

That being said it's not going to make the difference in some fights, people don't normally wipe to things like Titan because the healers ran out of mp or couldn't keep up with curing unavoidable damage.

Edit: What would be nice is if it was AOE if you were not in combat.