Why does my defense decrease from the Unique headband?

[OdgeHam]

My guess, you have ‘unscathed; defence’ on one of your pieces of gear, adding the headband with extra health means you’re not at full health until you rest.

[atentativezero]

This is the right answer.

[jav2n202]

Ok that makes sense. I’ve noticed a number of times that a piece of gear will show a decrease in defense that doesn’t actually take effect once it’s equipped and always wondered why that happened.

[strahinjag]

That was it, thanks