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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8140576" data-attributes="member: 2629">Something to consider when you think about this in terms of optimization: Avoiding being hit is not optimal.  It is a waste.  Lets's say that you have 70 hps at 10th level.  The only time hps matter is when you lose your last one.  If I take 69 damage between long rests, it does not matter if my PC has 70 hps or 700 - I am just as well off.If you are never attacked, and those attacks go to another PC, that is up to 69 points of damage that you're adding to the damage your allies take.  Rather than using up your available hps as a resource, you're negating any use that they have as a damage sponge for the other PCs.  I'd much rather have a blaster in my party that spent resources on being able to negate damage or heal allies rather than making sure I was being hit more often.</blockquote>