Level Up (A5E) Adept Brawler - No Sell

[Koyh]

So, i was reading the book and noticed that the skill "No Sell" for the Brawler (Adept) is very weak, you even have a maneuver which is better than it on Unending Wheel (Deflect Strike, which you even get earlier because it's a 2nd degree maneuver).
I was wondering if it was intended or just something that will eventually be fixed in an errata.

Any ideas?

 

[Faolyn]

This frees up people to not take that maneuver, if they don't want to.

Although I imagine you can allow these to stack, if you like, letting you use both with a single reaction.

 

[Koyh]

This frees up people to not take that maneuver, if they don't want to.

Although I imagine you can allow these to stack, if you like, letting you use both with a single reaction.

Dunno about that, because both use your reaction so unless you had 2 reactions i don't think that's possible

 

[Faolyn]

Dunno about that, because both use your reaction so unless you had 2 reactions i don't think that's possible

I mean, you could houserule it so that if you use Deflect Strike, the brawler could also use No Sell at the same time (but have to spend 2 exertion).

Optionally, you could houserule No Sell to be free (or free X/times per rest or day), because it's so weak in comparison to Deflect Strike.

 

[Morrus]

I was wondering if it was intended or just something that will eventually be fixed in an errata.

Any ideas?

Yes, it is intended.

 

[xiphumor]

The assumption here, of course, is that you’re taking the Unending Wheel tradition at all. If you wanted to focus on other traditions, Deflect Strike might not be available to you.

 

[Stalker0]

Any kind of damage reduction is decent enough, so while its not that great I wouldn't say its "weak". If you wanted to beef it up, add the dex mod to the reduction. This matches the parry battlemaster manuever which is generally regarded as quite useful.