Comparing armour stats to DMP

Stefan

The stats on my robes are 52/54, while my current tattoo weight offers 33/33 and a 20/20 DMP bonus if armour is not worn (10/10 DMP with robes on). As I understand it, DMP and armour stats are not the same sort of figures, which leaves me wondering...are the robes still the better choice until my tattoo weight is raised, or would the 20/20 DMP offset the lacking armour stats with the tattoos? How do these different numbers compare to each other?

Enyalida

I'd go for the robes. The big thing robes (and armor stats) do is protect against wounding. As I understand it, reducing the damage a warrior does via dmp also lowers their wounding somewhat, by some arcane formula, but not as much as an equivalent reduction in damage via armor stats. I'd take the higher armor value and 10 less dmp until you have the hilariously powerful full tattoo armor stats.

Karlach

For a monk, if you become a Transcendant tattooist, you'll not touch robes.

Stefan

Yes, I know that. That was not my question :P