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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FoxWander" data-source="post: 3109990" data-attributes="member: 1356">You make a good point- in actual play (especially at only first level) Death Attack probably wouldn't be unbalancing. But you inadvertantly made another good point as well- there is a stigma about such things. I think for most DMs, the gut reaction of "Death Attack?! At first level!?!!" would automatically put them off the class. I haven't actually seen Death Attack 'in play' so I can't say for sure- but I'd tend to agree with you. It'd be hard to set up and probably wouldn't have much chance of actually working at low levels. In your typical dungeon crawl scenario, there's not much chance of pulling it off. But, knowing it's a weak ability at low levels, I'd gladly push it back a few levels just to make the class more palatable to a DM who might be leery of a home-brewed class. (especially if a could put impromptu sneak attack 1xday in there to balance it against rangers, rogues and other middle BAB 'combat' types)In short- it may be balanced, but it's stigma could get the class denied by most DMs- so why not push it back and gain it when it might actually be a useful ability?</blockquote>