Finesse paragraph indention

assets/_scss/_base.scss

@@ -62,20 +62,6 @@ del a {
   color: inherit;
 }
 
-/* paragraph indents */
-
-p {
-  margin: 0 0 $indent-var;
-
-  // sibling indentation
-  @if $paragraph-indent == true {
-    & + p {
-      text-indent: $indent-var;
-      margin-top: -($indent-var);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 /* reduce orphans and widows when printing */
 
 p, pre, blockquote, ul, ol, dl, figure, table, fieldset {

assets/_scss/_notices.scss

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
  */
 
 @mixin notice($notice-color) {
-  margin: 2em 0;
+  margin: 2em 0 !important;  // override
   padding: 1em;
+  text-indent: initial; // override
   background-color: mix(#fff, $notice-color, 90%);
   border-radius: $border-radius;
 

assets/_scss/_page.scss

@@ -64,6 +64,19 @@
   p, li {
     font-size: 16px;
   }
+
+  /* paragraph indents */
+  p {
+    margin: 0 0 $indent-var;
+
+    // sibling indentation
+    @if $paragraph-indent == true {
+      & + p {
+        text-indent: $indent-var;
+        margin-top: -($indent-var);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 .page__hero {

assets/_scss/_variables.scss

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 
 $doc-font-size       : 16;
 $doc-line-height     : 26;
-$paragraph-indent    : false !default;
+
+/* paragraph indention */
+$paragraph-indent    : false; // true, false (default)
 $indent-var          : 0rem + ($doc-line-height / $doc-font-size);
 
 /* system typefaces */