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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6399448" data-attributes="member: 2011">While this is true, foes rarely do 30 points of damage in a single attack, even at higher levels. An Ancient Red Dragon averages 35 (14 of which is fire damage that could also be reduced), 17, and 19 points of damage with its (non-breath, non-spell) attacks. Sure, a Balor averages 34 points of damage with its longsword (13 which is lightning which can also be reduced) or a Pit Fiend averages 43 points of damage (21 which is poison that can be saved against or reduced), but 30 points of damage with a single attack is fairly rare in the game. Only the most powerful of foes get to those damage levels and not even all of their attacks are that strong.Players rarely play at levels 15 to 20 where they might typically fight such foes.NPCs also rarely do 3 or fewer points per attack 100% of the time, even Kobolds (who only manage 3 or less 50% of the time).So the 3 point vs. 30 point example is exaggerated a bit.On average, players play from levels 1 to 10. And although a player could play a first level variant human with this feat, I suspect that there are more PCs played who are not variant humans who take this feat at level 1.The vast majority of foes ever encountered in a game average 4 to 15 points of damage per attack and a significant majority of those hits are affected by this feat.The feat is solid across the lifetime of a PC. It does not need to scale. Saying that it helps more at low level and less at high level is all nice and well, but it doesn't mean that the utility or power of the feat should be increased at higher levels. It's already one of the strongest feats out there, even at high level.Compare it to Tough at level 15. 30 extra points of hit points per day. 11 or more appropriate hits in a day and HAM stops more damage. It's not unrealistic to think that a PC at level 15 could get hit 11 or more times by normal damaging attacks in a given day.</blockquote>

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