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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silam" data-source="post: 9866023" data-attributes="member: 7055898">I hear ya. It’s certainly nice to pursue that "wow factor".That is why, personally, I prefer taking half-feats that give my characters cool new abilities, even though objectively not all of these feats are actually that good, and a +2 stat might often be stronger.On the other hand, I think we shouldn’t delegate the responsibility of generating that wow factor entirely to crunchy mechanics. Sometimes, we have to put a bit of effort to come up with epic fluff.For example, if a character is built on the theme of toughness, it may be mostly passive abilities that make them mighty, but they can still roleplay that. For example, shrugging off an attack, like Goku vs Nappa:[ATTACH=full]430390[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]430391[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]430392[/ATTACH]It might be a more faithful representation to say that Goku spent a reaction to use some power (Deflect Energy, or some spell, if you subscribe to the school of thought that Saiyans are Sorcerers or whatever). But you could also interpret it simply as: he has a naughty word ton of HPs, and so even if the attack touches his AC, he doesn’t care, he just takes it without flinching, and the Kiai is pure fluff. Maybe he does it solely to throw a little intimidation roll.</blockquote>