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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7544385" data-attributes="member: 15700">It's like the tired (and debunked) argument that doing more damage is always better in every scenario.  Of course that's not true, because in a typical game, every resource isn't regenerated to full after every battle.  In some cases, defense is better than offense.  In basic math terms:PC: has 20 HP, Avg dmg per round: 5Monster: has 20 hp, avg dmg per round: 5Assuming the PC always wins initiative, then he/she kills the monster in 4 rounds, suffering 15 HP of damage by the end of the battle.Increase damage by 3 for the PC, and the PC kills the monster in 3 rounds, suffering 10 HP of damage by the end of battleDecrease damage taken by 3 for the PC instead, and the PC kills the monster in 4 rounds, suffering 6 HP of damage by the end of the battle. So while choosing defense over offense makes the round last one round longer, by the end, you still have more HP remaining for the rest of the day.</blockquote>