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A grog swings a sword with a magical effect on it. It's resisted no matter what the magical effect actually is. (See 'pink dot' exploit.)
=> YES -
A magus under the influence of a Longevity Ritual throws a punch. It's resisted, because the LR is a magical effect.
=> Good question. It all depends if you consider the LR to be, or not, an active magical effect. It seems to be one (the warping), thus probably yes* -
A faerie knight swings her sword. The sword is a part of the knight's role -- it's formed from the same stuff that the knight's body is, held together by the knight's faerie nature. So it is actively magical and thus SHOULD be resisted, right?
=> No. That's been resolved. -
A magical boar with the Improved Attack magic Quality tries to gore the dragon. His tusks don't have an active magical effect on them -- not a Power -- but they are affected by the Quality. Are they resisted? If not, why not?
=> IIRC, no. The quality doesn't make his attacks magical. It just means his tusks are deadlier than normal tusks. Consider that this is akin to "Puissant Damage with Tusks", if it makes things easier. OTOH, if he had a power to sharpen them, they would be resisted. -
A magical boar without said Quality tries to gore the dragon. Are his tusks resisted? If not, why not? It's a magic creature, so all parts of it are magic...
=> No. Magical creatures are "natural": Their existence doesn't depend on any constant active magical effect. Thus, unless they're under some kind of effect, their attacks are natural, and thus not resisted. This is explained somewhere in the corebook, IIRC.
OTOH, a boar created through temporary magic (not a momentary ritual) would be resisted, because his existence depends on that constant active effect. -
A grog swings a sword that's a Magical Thing (from RoP:Magic) at the dragon. Is that resisted? If not, why not?
=> Nope, exactly like with the boar. That thread might interest you
- A way to solve that, a way also to make swords of power doable, is to rule that constant magical effects (that is, LR and Sun+4 items), are not resisted. As far as I can see, this has few drawbacks and improved a little a duration that is seldom used.