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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 6350967" data-attributes="member: 9789">Oh, wow, you're right.  I was also thinking it just raised average damage to 4 on a d6 but it doesn't - it just changes results, not re-roll.  Oh yeah that sucks.I think re-rolling the 1s (so the average actually goes up a meaningful amount) or just giving +1 per die might have been better (since re-rolling a ton of 1s can get tedious).  We might run it that way (assuming anyone actually looks twice at this feat, which I doubt).  Turning immunity into resistance would have helped, too.  I think you could have done both and STILL been a mediocre feat, thanks to - as some have said upthread - the lack of monsters that really have a lot of resistances or immunities.  Of course, this is all pre-MM, so we might be wrong.Guessing that sorcerers still have fewer total spells they can access - warlocks, too - it's really a feat more for them.  When you can only choose 1 damage spell, gotta make it count!Edit:  Another factor worth considering is that the fire-line of spells tends to just do more direct damage than others.  People upthread have said that almost nothing resists acid or thunder, which is true - but those spells tend to do less damage (or damage more slowly) than fire.  So there's sort of a balance going on with more things that resist fire and fire doing more damage, which this feat changes.I still think making it "reroll 1s" AND changing immunity to resistance wouldn't overbalance the feat.</blockquote>

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