Tower of Faith Question

[Faithmage]

Caster with soulfire and tower of faith (Agent of Gabriel) says a quick prayer and casts a quick blast of (conviction 5, weapon 5)  soulfire to bake a Black Court. Since Tower of faith grants him Armor 1 mental does he still take the stress from casting?

[MijRai]

I would say yes. Magical stress is self-inflicted (seems to me that should get around armor), and being able to cast spells without stress is far too powerful.

[Becq]

Sidebar on YS250:

"Hey, Billy, can you take a stunt or cast a spell or make an item of some kind that gives you armor against the mental stress caused by casting a spell?"
"Good question! And no, you can’t. Armor just doesn’t help against stress you inflict on yourself."

[Faithmage]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I knew the answer was out there somewhere.