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Warshaper immunity to criticals.. unfair?
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<blockquote data-quote="DarkelvenSFi" data-source="post: 4888587" data-attributes="member: 82911"><p>The distinction being made is that undead, constructs, oozes, plant creatures, elementals, and similar are essentially immune to criticals, but there are ways around that 'immunity' with help (spells from companions and magical items). With the warshaper, it's a blanket (true) immunity. One that most classes can achieve with a dip into the warshaper prestige class.</p><p></p><p>I don't see a problem with it myself, mainly because it's an effect that just prevents the massive damage from one thing. Normal damage still goes through.</p><p></p><p>The Rogue sneak attack damages can stack to some truly staggering amounts. The Rogue in our group manages to deal 60+ damage with poison and Str damage with each hit. His complaint stems from wanting this to be unavoidable rather than an exceptional attack. (edit: as in, every attack he makes, he wants it to be a sneak attack with a high (12 - 20) critical chance.)</p><p></p><p>The more I think about his complaints, the more it seems like he's just upset because not everything is subject to his wrath. Or more importantly, there's something out there that poses a threat to him.</p><p></p><p>It's quite clear that I'm biased here, but I'm willing to hear what other people think about it. Does he have some basis/credit to his claims about it being unfair?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkelvenSFi, post: 4888587, member: 82911"] The distinction being made is that undead, constructs, oozes, plant creatures, elementals, and similar are essentially immune to criticals, but there are ways around that 'immunity' with help (spells from companions and magical items). With the warshaper, it's a blanket (true) immunity. One that most classes can achieve with a dip into the warshaper prestige class. I don't see a problem with it myself, mainly because it's an effect that just prevents the massive damage from one thing. Normal damage still goes through. The Rogue sneak attack damages can stack to some truly staggering amounts. The Rogue in our group manages to deal 60+ damage with poison and Str damage with each hit. His complaint stems from wanting this to be unavoidable rather than an exceptional attack. (edit: as in, every attack he makes, he wants it to be a sneak attack with a high (12 - 20) critical chance.) The more I think about his complaints, the more it seems like he's just upset because not everything is subject to his wrath. Or more importantly, there's something out there that poses a threat to him. It's quite clear that I'm biased here, but I'm willing to hear what other people think about it. Does he have some basis/credit to his claims about it being unfair? [/QUOTE]
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