Pally cross class

[Kitru]

So stoneskin even though it wont be nearly as effective as the mage casting it..... will it??

It'll be the same effectiveness as a SCH casting it. The value of Stoneskin is based upon your max hp, and WHM only gets a stronger Stoneskin because of a trait that beefs it up to 18%. What's important to remember is that most healers aren't going to bother casting Stoneskin on you while you're in combat. It's just not cost or cast time effective. For a PLD, on the other hand, because Cure is so terrible, Stoneskin ends up being the most efficient spell for cast time and cost purposes.

As such, PLD has 2 reasons to use Stoneskin: it's just as effective as a SCH using it *and* it's more efficient for them to combat cast it than it is for a healer.