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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eldritch_Lord" data-source="post: 5384721" data-attributes="member: 52073">You don't gain damage reduction against fire, you gain energy resistance.  Apart from the fact that DR only covers physical damage, "energy resistance against fire" means you subtract that from fire-based attacks while "DR X/fire" would imply you subtract that from anything except fire-based attacks.The standards are standard for a reason.  Partly for compatibility--does this class get double Con to HP with its 2 HD at each level?  What happens if he increases his HD a size from a template?--and partly for consistency: you see "6d4 HD" in a NPC's stat block, you shouldn't have to check how many levels of this class he has.That's all fine and dandy, but you do not take away a character's default feats.  What if he doesn't want to dual-wield?  What if he's multiclassed?-----------------------------------------My honest, overall opinion?  This class is all but useless.  The only worthwhile ability you get is control water, and that could easily be made into a spell for wu-jen or shugenjas, or even a feat for the more monk-ish classes.  Everything else this class does can be done better by a vanilla paladin with a flaming sword, fire-resistance or -immunity items, the TWF feats, and a handful of other combat feats...and he'd still have other useful stuff to do on top of that.I hate to sound so harsh, but that's the way it is.</blockquote>