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<blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 4782749" data-attributes="member: 224">A wraith (Level 5 Lurker) weakens opponents on a hit (vs. Ref...so it's likely to hit), is insubstantial (meaning 1/2 damage), and it regenerates. And with phasing and Shadow Glide, there are no OAs to help out.&nbsp; So it's often the case that at least one person attacking the wraith is completely ineffective after the first round.Are you saying that what defines a wraith is that one attacker is always ineffective?&nbsp; I'm afraid that's not what I think of when I think &quot;wraith&quot;.&nbsp; I think of &quot;a restless apparition [that] lurks in the shadows, thirsting for souls.&quot;&nbsp; ...just like the designers do, apparently. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />The &quot;weakened&quot; condition sounds good, IMO.&nbsp; It's just when it's combined with all the rest that there's a problem.&nbsp; IIWaD (If I Were a Designer), I'd remove the regeneration, change insubstantial so that all damage is full, and change the hps of the wraith to bring it back in line with other level 5 lurkers.&nbsp; (After all, what to hps represent, anyway?&nbsp; In the wraith's case, they represent how hard it is to damage something that's insubstantial.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nail, post: 4782749, member: 224"] A wraith (Level 5 Lurker) weakens opponents on a hit (vs. Ref...so it's likely to hit), is insubstantial (meaning 1/2 damage), and it regenerates. And with phasing and Shadow Glide, there are no OAs to help out. So it's often the case that at least one person attacking the wraith is [U]completely[/U] ineffective after the first round. Are you saying that what defines a wraith is that one attacker is always ineffective? I'm afraid that's not what I think of when I think "wraith". I think of "[I]a restless apparition [that] lurks in the shadows, thirsting for souls.[/I]" ...just like the designers do, apparently. ;) The "weakened" condition sounds good, IMO. It's just when it's combined with all the rest that there's a problem. IIWaD (If I Were a Designer), I'd remove the regeneration, change insubstantial so that all damage is full, and change the hps of the wraith to bring it back in line with other level 5 lurkers. (After all, what to hps represent, anyway? In the wraith's case, they represent how hard it is to damage something that's insubstantial.) [/QUOTE]

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