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<blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 5930967" data-attributes="member: 11821">In all seriousness - all the feat does is make it so you make more-meaningful contact on a miss.&nbsp; Because you're strong and furious and aggressive, and can hurt someone even when parried.&nbsp; So that kobold who tried to block your attack with his spear?&nbsp; It would have deflected a wimpy cleric's hammer blow, but your axe shears straight through it and into his skull.&nbsp; That orc relying on his armor and shield?&nbsp; He's got a heck of a bruise now that you dented his armor and rattled his shield-arm.Honestly, I am left wondering why we're not worried about half damage on saves in the same way - I mean you saved, shouldn't that mean you escape major damage from the spell?Now, with that said, I'm not a huge fan of Reaper for two reasons... (1) it's boring; and (2) if the main scaling in the system is going to be damage, it's going to get more and more meaningless over time.&nbsp; 3 hp against an 88 hp ogre is not going to keep it from caving your chest in with a tree branch.-O</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obryn, post: 5930967, member: 11821"] In all seriousness - all the feat does is make it so you make more-meaningful contact on a miss. Because you're strong and furious and aggressive, and can hurt someone even when parried. So that kobold who tried to block your attack with his spear? It would have deflected a wimpy cleric's hammer blow, but your axe shears straight through it and into his skull. That orc relying on his armor and shield? He's got a heck of a bruise now that you dented his armor and rattled his shield-arm. Honestly, I am left wondering why we're not worried about half damage on saves in the same way - I mean you saved, shouldn't that mean you escape major damage from the spell? Now, with that said, I'm not a huge fan of Reaper for two reasons... (1) it's boring; and (2) if the main scaling in the system is going to be damage, it's going to get more and more meaningless over time. 3 hp against an 88 hp ogre is not going to keep it from caving your chest in with a tree branch. -O [/QUOTE]

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