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<blockquote data-quote="ValhallaGH" data-source="post: 3122884" data-attributes="member: 41187"><p>When did a d8 become a bad hit die?</p><p>Fast Hero Elves are awesome. Five points to get that 11 Con and an Elf is set for life, while their 18 Dex is easily worth the ten points spent on that 16. Sure that's most of their points but the character has gotten his two most important stats to their most useful levels, and saved four points off of a human character with the same final ability scores.</p><p></p><p>Depends upon the Tough Hero. If your Tough Hero has +2 con then indeed, the aasimar gets about twice that (acid and cold are joke energies that I have yet to see in game, and electricity resistance 3 makes a character just as immune to stun guns as electricity resistance 5).</p><p></p><p>You are correct that a character cannot use Tough Plus to gain two energy resistances at the same time. Even so, I disagree with your evaluation. The aasimar's energy resistances are worth a feat and a half (as any three talents are); they might be worth more (all of two feats), as an aasimar with a 6 Con still has the values at 5 but maybe not, since an aasimar with a 23 Con still has the energy resistances at 5.</p><p></p><p>Of course, Mr. 6 Con has a whole lot of other concerns besides whether or not he'll take any cold damage. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious :]" data-shortname=":]" /> </p><p></p><p>Whew. I was affraid that we weren't going to agree on anything. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Quite alright. I'm sure everyone here has made the same type of mistake from time to time.</p><p></p><p>I still say an aarsimar is only about 6 points, and in my view the only +1 LA shadowkind that may be worth less is the half-ogre (not likely with all that natural armor and those hit points). </p><p>I do subscribe to your theory that there is no hard and fast rule for ability points and level adjustment, as each race has thier own quirks that have to be considered individually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ValhallaGH, post: 3122884, member: 41187"] When did a d8 become a bad hit die? Fast Hero Elves are awesome. Five points to get that 11 Con and an Elf is set for life, while their 18 Dex is easily worth the ten points spent on that 16. Sure that's most of their points but the character has gotten his two most important stats to their most useful levels, and saved four points off of a human character with the same final ability scores. Depends upon the Tough Hero. If your Tough Hero has +2 con then indeed, the aasimar gets about twice that (acid and cold are joke energies that I have yet to see in game, and electricity resistance 3 makes a character just as immune to stun guns as electricity resistance 5). You are correct that a character cannot use Tough Plus to gain two energy resistances at the same time. Even so, I disagree with your evaluation. The aasimar's energy resistances are worth a feat and a half (as any three talents are); they might be worth more (all of two feats), as an aasimar with a 6 Con still has the values at 5 but maybe not, since an aasimar with a 23 Con still has the energy resistances at 5. Of course, Mr. 6 Con has a whole lot of other concerns besides whether or not he'll take any cold damage. :] Whew. I was affraid that we weren't going to agree on anything. :) Quite alright. I'm sure everyone here has made the same type of mistake from time to time. I still say an aarsimar is only about 6 points, and in my view the only +1 LA shadowkind that may be worth less is the half-ogre (not likely with all that natural armor and those hit points). I do subscribe to your theory that there is no hard and fast rule for ability points and level adjustment, as each race has thier own quirks that have to be considered individually. [/QUOTE]
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