by Zimeon
If the Skull states that the target MAY convert the damage to physical, it means he doesn't have to. So in any case there shouldn't be an auto-steal.With that said, thought it's much more interesting mechanism-wise, theme-wise it doesn't make much sense that converted mental damage can result in theft. When stealing, I picture that the attacker gotin close enough to inflict a wound, but instead nicks something. With Ring attacks, I picture that the target get mental damage; the Skull allows you to instead get some physical wound. But that doesn't mean that the attacker got in close enough to nick something. So my immediate house-interpretation would be 1).