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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunderstone" data-source="post: 3109229" data-attributes="member: 23497">No, if he had to tumble out of a doorway, id have him make the tumble check. Read what I posted above this. First off, I dont use miniatures for every room or encounter, just the important ones (depends on the creature and/or terrain). Second, my players and I envision the rogue's evasion thing as the Rogue diving behind some form of cover, an object in the room, around a corner of a non-square room etc. If there is obviously nothing in the 20' room at all and a Fireball is detonated in there, the evasion doesnt work as they are not Immune to Fire like a fire creature,  and they dont have 100% SR, etc. You have the right to disagree.  Thats fine but your example doesnt minimize damage if he makes his save, according to the rules, it makes him effectively immune to the "searing heat". Minimizing exposure is one thing, but nowhere to run in a 20' room doesnt make the Rogue Immune to Fire. This isnt a Lightning Bolt that can be dodged, sidestepped, etc. which is the example given in the PH iirc. Effects that can be dodged like the Lightning Bolt spell.Sounds like a great feat, too bad I allow my players to duck for cover for free being that we dont use minis for every single 5' square of a dungeon. If the rooms description has objects like ruined furniture, rubble of some kind, etc then the rogue is assumed to have "ducked for cover" when he rolled his Evasion check. In a featureless 20' room with a fireball? then the believability plummets. Why not make him Immune to Fire, or have him meld into the stone of the floor... etc. Your game, your choice though.  According to the rules, its not even an "escape option", the Scout is immune and is automatically free, that seems a tad broken to me. I would rule that since he was asleep when he was grappled, he would have to get free again before his power kicked back in. Not be magically freed because he opened his eyes.</blockquote>

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