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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 4339563" data-attributes="member: 71571"><p><span style="color: Yellow">Every time I look at Staff of Defense, it seems to get better and better to me.</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">I want to see someone build a half-elf or dwarven (!) wizard, so that they can get that tasty staff action going.</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Now, I know what you're saying... 'Staff is suck!'</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">But then I look at you taking Shield as your Utility ability.  Now, Shield is all kinds of good.  I don't disagree with you.</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">But... if you look at Staff of Defense--</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">With a 16 Constitution, <span style="color: Orange">it is better than shield!<span style="color: Yellow"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow">But, noob, you might say, shield gives you +4 AC as immediate interrupt!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow">But, noob, I reply, Don't Hit Me Stick gives you +1 AC to start... and then as immediate interrupt, you'd get +3, giving you the same AC bonus.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow">The -difference- however, is that Don't Hit Me Stick's interrupt isn't because of the hit-roll.  No.  You get to decide after the damage is rolled.  It makes that huge damage roll that just smacked you... disappear!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow">So... Staff might not be as suck as you think, Shield-using mages.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow">It's only downside is the fact that no Wizard abilities key off of Constitution, except for one of the Blood Mage Paragon Path's.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow">So... if there were more, would this impliment be decent in everyone's eyes?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow">PS:  Shield AND Stick is also good for DGH.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Yellow"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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