Casters, are the fort saves on most monsters too high?

[Ridley's Cohort]

To a large degree it is a matter of expectation.

I do not find that the situation we have is unbalanced or unfair -- my best kill spell has ~20% chance of vaporizing the target and ~80% chance of doing nothing. But as a player I think it would be more interesting to have a ~5% chance of nuking the target outright and at least a ~70% chance of some useful even if not spectacular result.

I think that Disintegrate has the right idea. I would many more spells in that direction. Even further than Disintegrate if it were up to me.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I'd like to see "save negates" stripped from the game entirely. Every spell should have some effect on a failed save, even if it's far less impressive than the spell would otherwise be. That way, there's no sense in having totally wasted a spell (or a round).

Would you say the same thing about "AC Negates" or "Opposed roll negates" for attacks and special attacks?

Should a failed attack roll or failed Disarm attempt have some effect?

Bearing in mind that hit points are often cited to represent more than simply flesh-and-blood wound resistance, but also luck, combat prowess, divine favour, fatigue, etc.

-Hyp.

 

[Hussar]

There is a difference though between a melee attack and a spell. For melee attacks, for most of a character's existence, he can attempt to make more than one attack per round. Secondly, there's no limit to the number of times a given PC can make attacks, unlike casters who have limited spell slots and must choose those slots ahead of time.

Would you like to see fighters forced to take a specific number of trip, disarm and sunder attempts per day in place of a limited number of straight up melee attacks?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Would you like to see fighters forced to take a specific number of trip, disarm and sunder attempts per day in place of a limited number of straight up melee attacks?

Warlocks have access to Save Negates effects too, and I'd assume Mouseferatu would include those effects in his general revision of Save Negates; those characters are not limited to a certain number of slots per day, and they can select at will from among them at any time.

-Hyp.