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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 4382021" data-attributes="member: 2011">I think this is true in theory, but not necessarily true in overall practice.At least in our game, the Str Paladin gets hit a lot more often than any other PC because he is out in front protecting the group. In fact, on 3 massive encounter days so far for our group (5 to 7 encounters each), the Paladin ran out of Healing Surges on two of those days (very noticable when that happens) and he had one remaining on the other day. On one of those days, he did not use his Laying on Hands ability (and he rarely uses it because Healing Word is better, he only uses it for emergencies).Note: The Ranger is the only other PC who ran out of Healing Surges and when that happened, we moved her to the back and continued on.So yes, the Paladin is harder to hit. But, he gets hit more often. A lot more often. A lot lot more often (by a factor of more than two to one based on the number of healing surges he uses up), especially by melee type creatures. Enfeebling Strike is on average better to use against a creature attacking the Paladin than against a creature attacking anyone else more often than the other way around (regardless of Paladin role).There are obviously times when this is not true, but typically (at least for our game) it is true.Optimal for a Chaladin true. But, not necessarily optimal for a Paladin in general.</blockquote>