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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5811859" data-attributes="member: 996">My concern is that its likely to leave a character with more Achilles Heels than feet.&nbsp; A character viable in terms of AC and having the stats to be OK in his class might have 2 or even 4 abysmal saves.&nbsp; Heck, a random-rolled character could have 6.Having /a/ weakness is a common, but not universal theme in heroic fantasy.&nbsp; Very often in fantasy or myth the hero is a paragon who does everything well.&nbsp; Fatal flaws are definitely out there, particularly in tragedy, of course.&nbsp; In 3e and 4e characters had 3 saves, and it was hard not to have at least one of them good and one of them bad.&nbsp; Even in AD&amp;D each class tended to have one better save and one not so good one, rather than lots of really bad ones (and they all advanced quite evenly, anyway).&nbsp; So it's always been likely (almost certain) a PC will have a weakness or blind spot.&nbsp; It's just problematic to have too many that are too weak.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 5811859, member: 996"] My concern is that its likely to leave a character with more Achilles Heels than feet. A character viable in terms of AC and having the stats to be OK in his class might have 2 or even 4 abysmal saves. Heck, a random-rolled character could have 6. Having /a/ weakness is a common, but not universal theme in heroic fantasy. Very often in fantasy or myth the hero is a paragon who does everything well. Fatal flaws are definitely out there, particularly in tragedy, of course. In 3e and 4e characters had 3 saves, and it was hard not to have at least one of them good and one of them bad. Even in AD&D each class tended to have one better save and one not so good one, rather than lots of really bad ones (and they all advanced quite evenly, anyway). So it's always been likely (almost certain) a PC will have a weakness or blind spot. It's just problematic to have too many that are too weak. [/QUOTE]

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