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Why the HP Threshold on Spells is a Bad Idea
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<blockquote data-quote="BobTheNob" data-source="post: 6022734" data-attributes="member: 82425"><p>Is that what fighters are? Mage bashers?</p><p></p><p>Did we, in order to complete the definition of what a fighter should be, need to (via inadvertent rulings) increase his ability to resist spells?</p><p></p><p>If I wanted a mage-basher fighter, I would use specialisation/feats to emulate that, not a side effect of a quirky HP rule.</p><p></p><p>My understanding of Hit Points was always an abstraction of damage which indicated ones ability to mitigate a dire blow to a mere scratch, hence why fighter has the lions share...it reflects there training. Yet now the ability to mitigate a dire blow to a mere scratch is also the ability to ignore certain spells (even non damage based ones).</p><p></p><p>The whole thing just doesnt wash with me. I know there are counter arguments to this, I have heard em all, but the arguments, and the idea itself, has simply failed to impress me.</p><p></p><p>I re-iterate something I posted earlier. I am not alone in this, alot of people agree with me, as do alot disagree with me. But surely, given the amount of objection that is out there, cant WOTC consider some alternatives?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BobTheNob, post: 6022734, member: 82425"] Is that what fighters are? Mage bashers? Did we, in order to complete the definition of what a fighter should be, need to (via inadvertent rulings) increase his ability to resist spells? If I wanted a mage-basher fighter, I would use specialisation/feats to emulate that, not a side effect of a quirky HP rule. My understanding of Hit Points was always an abstraction of damage which indicated ones ability to mitigate a dire blow to a mere scratch, hence why fighter has the lions share...it reflects there training. Yet now the ability to mitigate a dire blow to a mere scratch is also the ability to ignore certain spells (even non damage based ones). The whole thing just doesnt wash with me. I know there are counter arguments to this, I have heard em all, but the arguments, and the idea itself, has simply failed to impress me. I re-iterate something I posted earlier. I am not alone in this, alot of people agree with me, as do alot disagree with me. But surely, given the amount of objection that is out there, cant WOTC consider some alternatives? [/QUOTE]
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