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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 1970963" data-attributes="member: 545"><p>IMO KarinsDad is overthinking the issue.</p><p></p><p>I can think of a number of examples from actual play where LotH would or would <em>not</em> be the clearly superior choice. That suggests to me that we have adequate balance.</p><p></p><p>A Rogue who has a lowish Con would probably want LotH. He may well have a 80%-90% of making a Reflex save, but if he fails he is likely to be unconscious or dead. Pushing this to 85-95% is a fine idea. Plus he could use some shoring up of his weak saves, too. (OTOH, if the campaign is or goes into high levels this character will would want a Luckstone instead.)</p><p></p><p>IME a Fighter or Barbarian is not likely to die from a single failed Fort or Reflex save. A single failed Will save may well end up getting him killed. In my experience, PC and NPC spellcasters do target dudes in armor carrying big weapons with Will based spells. Even if KarinsDad is correct that LotH will help with more saves over the lifetime of the character, I still do not agree it is the best choice for some kinds of characters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 1970963, member: 545"] IMO KarinsDad is overthinking the issue. I can think of a number of examples from actual play where LotH would or would [i]not[/i] be the clearly superior choice. That suggests to me that we have adequate balance. A Rogue who has a lowish Con would probably want LotH. He may well have a 80%-90% of making a Reflex save, but if he fails he is likely to be unconscious or dead. Pushing this to 85-95% is a fine idea. Plus he could use some shoring up of his weak saves, too. (OTOH, if the campaign is or goes into high levels this character will would want a Luckstone instead.) IME a Fighter or Barbarian is not likely to die from a single failed Fort or Reflex save. A single failed Will save may well end up getting him killed. In my experience, PC and NPC spellcasters do target dudes in armor carrying big weapons with Will based spells. Even if KarinsDad is correct that LotH will help with more saves over the lifetime of the character, I still do not agree it is the best choice for some kinds of characters. [/QUOTE]
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