Starfox
Hero
I have a Rogue and a Bard (homebrew Dex bard build) that have one persistent complaint; their Fortitude defense sucks beyond mortal comprehension. I banned the worst Feat-Tax feats, saying I'd hand these out free if needed, but their problem goes beyond this.
At level 15, both these worthies have a Fort defense of around 20. This means many of the critters they are fighting hit them on a roll of -2 or better (of course, a 1 is always a miss). In order for their Fort defense to be even marginally effective, they need a five point improvement, which is beyond what any of the feat tax feats gives.
Their reaction to Fortitude attacks is one of boredom; there is nothing they can do against them, so they see themselves as irrelevant against such attacks - especially controlling Fortitude area attacks, such as poison gas clouds.
I believe both these characters have a Con of 11 (they both had 18 for a prime stat), but that should not completely disqualify them from ANY chance to defend against Fortitude attacks.
So, is this a common phenomena? Is there some obvious rule I missed? Even with an 18 Con and the +2 to all defenses feat, they would still be hit by Fortitude attacks on 4+. Is this intended?
At level 15, both these worthies have a Fort defense of around 20. This means many of the critters they are fighting hit them on a roll of -2 or better (of course, a 1 is always a miss). In order for their Fort defense to be even marginally effective, they need a five point improvement, which is beyond what any of the feat tax feats gives.
Their reaction to Fortitude attacks is one of boredom; there is nothing they can do against them, so they see themselves as irrelevant against such attacks - especially controlling Fortitude area attacks, such as poison gas clouds.
I believe both these characters have a Con of 11 (they both had 18 for a prime stat), but that should not completely disqualify them from ANY chance to defend against Fortitude attacks.
So, is this a common phenomena? Is there some obvious rule I missed? Even with an 18 Con and the +2 to all defenses feat, they would still be hit by Fortitude attacks on 4+. Is this intended?