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Message: <blockquote data-quote="c0mA" data-source="post: 2646870" data-attributes="member: 31392">How you see this as conceding that Deflect Arrows is fine in my eyes is beyond me.There are Feats a 1st level character can take that are much more powerful than others...We've decided that Deflect Arrows as written needed a change, a random factor, rather than black and white; again, our house rule, so why the indigestion?I liken this to saying your S/N isn't Lord Pendragon.  See my scenario above *sigh*.  And as I've stated before, the scenario is nothing more than that, a scenario.  It shows one extreme that brought on the need for a House Rule in my group; not to go the other way completely (which is the problem of so many other House Rules that are created by groups that only see in black and white) but to give that PC archer a chance to have his ONE special arrow possibly hit the BBEG when that ONE arrow is the party's best chance at beating him (again, a scenario....so treat it as such).I'm with you.  Add a fourth orc to the frey and Deflecting Arrows is even that much more hard to fathom in the RAW.  Yet you seem to think deflecting/dodging an incoming sword swing at X speed is the same as deflecting an arrow coming in at X*10 speed with your hand while flanked.  Hey the RAW supports it, why shouldn't you?You really think I'm the only one who thought Deflect Arrows should have some kind of an opposed roll or DC, don't you?I guess if you think Deflect Arrows is no more difficult to master than Shield Proficiency our milage does vary.</blockquote>

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