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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6937075" data-attributes="member: 6787650">You're misreading me. My analysis goes something like this:Suppose I'm a 5th level Aasimar. If I activate my ability, it will do (at most) 15 damage over three rounds of combat. Can I do 15 damage with my action by just attacking? Or in other words, how many rounds does it take for my ability to start turning a damage-profit*?The weaker my normal attacks, the more attractive the Aasimar ability is--but a 1/day ability to turn weak attacks into stronger ones is not that exciting.I don't think Aasimar are very interesting from a powergaming standpoint, unless you're that silly kind of munchkin "powergamer" who is more interested in peak performance numbers than operational efficiency. ("I once did 300 points of damage in a single punch!" Meh, who cares?)* Obviously it is possible to leverage the ability more effectively, with lower opportunity cost, e.g. by activating it while hiding, since you wouldn't be able to attack while maintaining stealth anyway. Now you have a bigger nova when you come out of hiding and make your initial attacks, possibly during a surprise round. So Aasimar Shadow Monks could potentially be a thing--but it's still only 1/day. Not overpowered at all.</blockquote>