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<blockquote data-quote="bid" data-source="post: 6799323" data-attributes="member: 6801270">Since we're talking about a pally, that's not an issue.Please don't talk about getting a feat before level 4, variant human cannot be a hard requirement. A typical encounter for 4 level 4 character is closer to 4xCR1 or 6xCR1/2. A single CR 5-7 is hard/deadly so no surprise if anyone dies.I picked a random CR5 (earth elemental) and it only does 14 damage per hit, much less than the typical 36hp of a level 4 paladin. It would require rolling the maximum 20, 8, 8, 8, 8 to do 37 damage, hardly likely. Considering you rarely use your HD, you probably never get low enough that insta-kill is possible.So an evil DM picks a deadly encounter of a single creature and by sheer (bad) luck gets the pally almost to zero health in 2-3 hits (as opposed to ending at 5-12 hp). That heroic pally stands his ground rather than letting another player get hit once, and that 1 in 81920 max damage crit insta-kills him. If you have that level of bad luck, TPK will happen anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bid, post: 6799323, member: 6801270"] Since we're talking about a pally, that's not an issue. Please don't talk about getting a feat before level 4, variant human cannot be a hard requirement. A typical encounter for 4 level 4 character is closer to 4xCR1 or 6xCR1/2. A single CR 5-7 is hard/deadly so no surprise if anyone dies. I picked a random CR5 (earth elemental) and it only does 14 damage per hit, much less than the typical 36hp of a level 4 paladin. It would require rolling the maximum 20, 8, 8, 8, 8 to do 37 damage, hardly likely. Considering you rarely use your HD, you probably never get low enough that insta-kill is possible. So an evil DM picks a deadly encounter of a single creature and by sheer (bad) luck gets the pally almost to zero health in 2-3 hits (as opposed to ending at 5-12 hp). That heroic pally stands his ground rather than letting another player get hit once, and that 1 in 81920 max damage crit insta-kills him. If you have that level of bad luck, TPK will happen anyway. [/QUOTE]

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