D&D General Would You Take This Deal?

[Zardnaar]

DM offers you a blade. Any physical attacks you make with a weapon deal double damage.

Your current maximum and current hit points are reduced by 75%.

Deal or no deal? I'm playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey on Nightmare difficulty with a combo that gives me 350% damage but I can't use any abilities and -75% health.

Thought about same deal in D&D.

 

[DND_Reborn]

Reduced by 75%.

Then no, never, it is a ridiculous deal IMO, even if all your damage was doubled and not just the weapon.

There are way too many things that could end up taking you out with a single hit or two, even at higher levels.

 

[Zardnaar]

Does that include sneak attack damage? Might make sense for a rogue,

Yes it would. You can crit on top of that as well I suppose.

 

[dave2008]

DM offers you a blade. Any physical attacks you make with a weapon deal double damage.

Your current maximum and current hit points are reduced by 75%.

Deal or no deal? I'm playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey on Nightmare difficulty with a combo that gives me 350% damage but I can't use any abilities and -75% health.

Thought about same deal in D&D.

There are lot of factors. But the only way I would take that deal is if I was low level and it was a one time reduction, so that I could gain hit points as I level. 75% of 1st level HP is not a big deal if I can gain HP for the next 19 levels.

 

[Oofta]

Yes it would. You can crit on top of that as well I suppose.

You'd be a glass cannon, so I wouldn't do it, at least not for only doubling damage.

I can see it working for some people.

 

[Gammadoodler]

Depends on how much of that damage increase is relevant and how avoidable incoming damage is.

If most of that increase just turns into overkill, it's kind of a waste

 

[Stalker0]

No way, you would be waaaaay too squishy. The main issue in the 5e system is this.... you quickly get to the level where its very difficult for a single attack to kill you, that is a major cushion of protection in the core system. At 25% of your original health, you are at that danger zone where at low HP even a half way decent attack can kill you, that's too much for mere double damage.

 

[tetrasodium]

DM offers you a blade. Any physical attacks you make with a weapon deal double damage.

Your current maximum and current hit points are reduced by 75%.

Deal or no deal? I'm playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey on Nightmare difficulty with a combo that gives me 350% damage but I can't use any abilities and -75% health.

Thought about same deal in D&D.

75% is too big of a drop, that would take a d6 wizard down to 1hp/level & since it's affecting con bonus to hp too they wouldn't even climb t hp/lvel till 18con. dropping hit dice by a size might be ok & the whole thing would be reasonable for some classes too

 

[Eltab]

The deal as further explained: Pass.
I played a 4e character that could not improve AC (poor build choices; the system was new at the time). Being high-level and blowing off powerful monster attacks vs Fort/Refl/Will did not help when the peasants with pitchforks got upset.
Being a one-hit kill to most foes, does not sound any better.

 

[pming]

DM offers you a blade. Any physical attacks you make with a weapon deal double damage.

Your current maximum and current hit points are reduced by 75%.

Deal or no deal? I'm playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey on Nightmare difficulty with a combo that gives me 350% damage but I can't use any abilities and -75% health.

Thought about same deal in D&D.

No. Definitely not. The saying, "It's all fine and dandy until someone looses an eye" comes to mind. That's what the game would be like.
"I win! Yay!"
"I win! Yay!"
"I win! Yay!"
"I win! Yay!"
"I win! Yay!"
[falls into 30' pit and dies]
"I loose. Game over."



^_^

Paul L. Ming

 

[Ace]

Reduced by 75%.

Nope and H, E, Double Hockey Sticks Nope. Its a terrible trade since even double damage will often fail to drop enemies and such a loss of HP means they can drop you easily.