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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3460723" data-attributes="member: 13966">Bleh.&nbsp; I'd rather have two moderate chances of failure with a spell than one big chance of failure with a spell.&nbsp; With the right planning, I can at least slightly reduce the chances of those two failures, but it's harder to boost the save DC alone against a monster with ungodly save bonuses and special abilities to avoid harm entirely if they make the save.If there's going to be 'degrees of failure' for saves, just have it be partial/half effect if you make the save, full effect otherwise; and abilities like Evasion or Mettle can just be made a tiny bit more commonplace (so that avoiding all harm can still be possible for characters who focus some effort on acquiring such capacity, but only for one type of save most likely).Fate points, hero points, etc.?&nbsp; Just call it action points if you really want it to be a neutral term.hong: I like it!&nbsp; I listen!&nbsp; ......but I'm not important, so what does it matter?&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> With action points, it could be that you may spend a point to negate an attack's effect after making a successful save against it; rather than still suffering half/partial effect after succeeding at the save.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 3460723, member: 13966"] Bleh. I'd rather have two moderate chances of failure with a spell than one big chance of failure with a spell. With the right planning, I can at least slightly reduce the chances of those two failures, but it's harder to boost the save DC alone against a monster with ungodly save bonuses and special abilities to avoid harm entirely if they make the save. If there's going to be 'degrees of failure' for saves, just have it be partial/half effect if you make the save, full effect otherwise; and abilities like Evasion or Mettle can just be made a tiny bit more commonplace (so that avoiding all harm can still be possible for characters who focus some effort on acquiring such capacity, but only for one type of save most likely). Fate points, hero points, etc.? Just call it action points if you really want it to be a neutral term. hong: I like it! I listen! ......but I'm not important, so what does it matter? :heh: With action points, it could be that you may spend a point to negate an attack's effect after making a successful save against it; rather than still suffering half/partial effect after succeeding at the save. [/QUOTE]

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