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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6733862" data-attributes="member: 6701872">That all depends on whether the mathematical frequency of certain save types maps to the actual likeliness that they show up in your campaign, and how you view the difference between "save for half damage" and "save or your character not only can't do what you want for a few turns, but will be doing what their enemy wants instead."I personally find things like paralysis, domination, possession, banishment, and the other debilitating effects that don't rely upon your HP to be common enough (i.e. they come up in play, even though they are mathematically less numerous) and bad enough by comparison to make the comment of mine you are nitpicking part of while agreeing with the rest as true as I treat it.Right there are you doing this thing where you look at my opinion - dex saves aren't as important as some folks paint them to be - and someone else's opinion that I don't share - that bear totem resistance is "crazy awesome" - and acting as though they are opinions held by one person. My opinion of the bear totem resistance feature actually matches more to my save opinion; half damage is cool, it's helpful, and yet there are other things with more impact and importance.</blockquote>