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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6399530" data-attributes="member: 2525">KD, we were comparing a specific set of creatures - kobold to dragon.&nbsp; It would not be unusual for an adult red dragon to do 30 points of damage (I roll for damage, as do a lot of people, and that is quite well in the damage range for a single attack).&nbsp; He said it would be exactly equally effective against both, and I was disagreeing with him.&nbsp; And, you seem to agree with me on that point (as you started by saying &quot;that is true&quot;).The same of course holds true for other levels in my experience as well.&nbsp; Preventing 100% of damage from a kobold is a lot more effective than preventing 20% damage from something that hits for 15 points damage.&nbsp; Our fighter, who has the feat, barely noticed the benefit when fighting hill giants.&nbsp; I was talking from direct experience - one of our fighters has this feat, and as he's gotten to higher levels (we're only 6th level now) it's become less effective, with fewer creatures even doing that kind of damage.&nbsp; It's gotten so bad he's been asking me if he could switch the feat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6399530, member: 2525"] KD, we were comparing a specific set of creatures - kobold to dragon. It would not be unusual for an adult red dragon to do 30 points of damage (I roll for damage, as do a lot of people, and that is quite well in the damage range for a single attack). He said it would be exactly equally effective against both, and I was disagreeing with him. And, you seem to agree with me on that point (as you started by saying "that is true"). The same of course holds true for other levels in my experience as well. Preventing 100% of damage from a kobold is a lot more effective than preventing 20% damage from something that hits for 15 points damage. Our fighter, who has the feat, barely noticed the benefit when fighting hill giants. I was talking from direct experience - one of our fighters has this feat, and as he's gotten to higher levels (we're only 6th level now) it's become less effective, with fewer creatures even doing that kind of damage. It's gotten so bad he's been asking me if he could switch the feat. [/QUOTE]

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