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<blockquote data-quote="Elric" data-source="post: 4847500" data-attributes="member: 1139">Your Strikers must have terrible defenses.&nbsp; The Striker HP indicate that they're level 4.&nbsp; Boneshards have +9 vs. AC, which means that your Strikers would have 15 AC.&nbsp; Clearly you need better defended strikers if this is the case! In general, a BRV fighter gives up only +1 to hit for his near invulnerability in melee (and it's not like Con-fighters are weak without BRV).&nbsp; Even without BRV, this fighter would still take many, many more attacks to take down than your flimsy strikers.The often repeated idea that a defender shouldn't be &quot;too tough&quot; is simply wrong.&nbsp; If a defender was offered +3 AC for free, should he turn it down because that would make him &quot;too hard to attack?&quot;&nbsp; Not a chance.&nbsp; What's true is that a defender shouldn't give up too much for the sake of being tough.&nbsp; BRV fighters give up relatively little compared to their massive increase in toughness.Besides Dwarven BRV fighters, the temp HP alone doesn't eliminate all or almost all monster damage past the first few levels.&nbsp; However, &quot;the BRV fighter takes twice as many hits in melee to take down as a non-BRV fighter&quot; isn't a good situation either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elric, post: 4847500, member: 1139"] Your Strikers must have terrible defenses. The Striker HP indicate that they're level 4. Boneshards have +9 vs. AC, which means that your Strikers would have 15 AC. Clearly you need better defended strikers if this is the case! In general, a BRV fighter gives up only +1 to hit for his near invulnerability in melee (and it's not like Con-fighters are weak without BRV). Even without BRV, this fighter would still take many, many more attacks to take down than your flimsy strikers. The often repeated idea that a defender shouldn't be "too tough" is simply wrong. If a defender was offered +3 AC for free, should he turn it down because that would make him "too hard to attack?" Not a chance. What's true is that a defender shouldn't give up too much for the sake of being tough. BRV fighters give up relatively little compared to their massive increase in toughness. Besides Dwarven BRV fighters, the temp HP alone doesn't eliminate all or almost all monster damage past the first few levels. However, "the BRV fighter takes twice as many hits in melee to take down as a non-BRV fighter" isn't a good situation either. [/QUOTE]

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