FORTITUDE, Discipline

O Endurance ~ same as book except ignore all wound penalties.

OO Mettle ~ same as book.

OOO Resilience ~ similar to the book, but you may reduce normal at this level as well as only having to risk a stamina related trait to make it a simple test.

OOOO Resistance ~ this level allows you to reduce aggravated damage and again only need risk a stamina related trait to make it a simple test.

OOOOO Aegis ~ replaced with win all ties on stamina related challenges and you may now stage two levels of damage per attack with resilience and resistance.

OOOOOO Personal Armor ~ Weapons used against you shatter unless they win a difficult test. If an attacker uses his bare hands against you he takes one point of damage himself. The user must spend one blood trait to activate this power and it lasts for one scene or an hour.

does the individual win all ties in his stage tests as well as or does he still have to risk a stamina related physical trait to win all ties in his stage tests?

Aegis allows the user to win on ties in all physical challenges.

Staging is a static test and therefore not a challenge against a person so the trait must be risked to attain the win on ties for the staging test.