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<blockquote data-quote="Al" data-source="post: 243475" data-attributes="member: 2486">hong: With respect to negative levels- I did only say 'near-immunity' to energy-draining attacks.&nbsp; Negative levels are unpleasant, but surely the reason why players are terrified to death of energy drainers is not the negative levels (which go away after 24 hours) but the level loss at the end.With respect to Strength of Will: The fighter does, admittedly, have to spend three feats and some skill points.&nbsp; Yet the average fighter has twenty feats to choose.&nbsp; And his skill listing is so dire that most fighters I generate buy skills like Listen and Spot cross-class- surely Concentration is preferable with this feat combo.&nbsp; Essentially, spending 15% of your feats (which is the equivalent of one feat for non-fighter non-wizard non-rogues) to cover your main Achilles' heel seems like a good expenditure.&nbsp; The only thing that fighters are *really* scared of (with good reason) are Will saves: this effectively removes this fear, and at a relatively cheap cost.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Al, post: 243475, member: 2486"] hong: With respect to negative levels- I did only say 'near-immunity' to energy-draining attacks. Negative levels are unpleasant, but surely the reason why players are terrified to death of energy drainers is not the negative levels (which go away after 24 hours) but the level loss at the end. With respect to Strength of Will: The fighter does, admittedly, have to spend three feats and some skill points. Yet the average fighter has twenty feats to choose. And his skill listing is so dire that most fighters I generate buy skills like Listen and Spot cross-class- surely Concentration is preferable with this feat combo. Essentially, spending 15% of your feats (which is the equivalent of one feat for non-fighter non-wizard non-rogues) to cover your main Achilles' heel seems like a good expenditure. The only thing that fighters are *really* scared of (with good reason) are Will saves: this effectively removes this fear, and at a relatively cheap cost. [/QUOTE]

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