I assume that Nepenthism refers to Skrugga being able to AVOID said physical damage, rather than soaking it up, but I'm curious....

Mundungu have soot ritual for redux, but I've seen nothing in ANY other adapt as far as soaking up damage. Is there some inherent nicety for being shig-ru, or does it come with masochism?

Mostly, I've played a LOT of orcs, though mostly Skrugga/Mundungu, but never ran into anything even suggesting Shig-ru = good for absorbing damage besides the theory of doing more back via masochism.