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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FadedC" data-source="post: 4381506" data-attributes="member: 55463">It's easy enough to do the math comparing bolstering strike to enfeebling strike in terms of pure damage prevention. Enfeebling strike has a 10% chance to turn an attack that would otherwise have hit into a miss. To determine how much that's worth, take a monsters average damage per round (assuming all hits) and divide by 10. So a monsters who hits for an average of 10 on all attacks will have enfeebling strike prevent an average of 1 damage. So in order for enfeebling to be better then bolstering at preventing damage, the average damage the monster does must be more then 10 times the temporary hit points gained from bolstering. This will not usually be the case, but it is possible if the paladin either starts with low wisdom, or does not maintain his wisdom when he levels. Enfeebling does have 3 strengths though1) It protects people other then the paladin. 2) It tends to come out ahead if the monster has an area of effect that hits multiple targets3) I'ts better when your not worried about the damage the monster does, but are instead worried about a nasty status effect he causes.</blockquote>