Should Durability with magic scale to Attack Potency?

[MrKingOfNegativity]

Here's a question that's been nagging at me for a while now which I feel like asking the community. When dealing with a wizard, magician, sorcerer, warlock, etc who has the ability to create wards, barriers and/or magic shields, should their durability with such defenses automatically scale to their AP with magic? Or would they need a feat of using those defenses to protect themselves from attacks on-par with their own for the rating to be justified?

Theoretically speaking, a character with the power to generate magic attacks on a certain level should be capable of designating that kind of power towards their defenses. But as with most things in fiction, the matter might not be so cut-and-dry. What are your thoughts on it?

 

[TheJ-ManRequiem]

Probably, but case by case and context is important.

It could just be the spell itself is that strong, doesnt mean he can fire a laser that can destroy a city if his shields can tank megaton energy.

 

[MrKingOfNegativity]

It could just be the spell itself is that strong, doesnt mean he can fire a laser that can destroy a city if his shields can tank megaton energy.

And what about vice-versa? If a character can fire a megaton-level blast of magic, what would that mean for their defense? Would that also be case-by-case?

 

[TheJ-ManRequiem]

Depends on the spell I guess or if it's done simply through his raw stars, if it's done through his own power technically it should theoretically scale to his other stuff but it doesn't always work like that. Take Megumi (I think that's how you spell it) she has massive AoE megaton explosions but she can't do shit for defense.

Deopnds on the character I guess.

 

[MrKingOfNegativity]

I suppose that makes sense.