User talk:Rithaniel/Powerhouse (3.5e Feat)

Unusual Opposition
I don't really have an opinion on this feat but I'm curious about the ratings. True, it is a boring straight number boost, but it seems to just be Ability Focus/Empowered Whatever... I'm not quite sure what's wrong with it. I can say though, it's a bit of a clunky read. -- Eiji-kun (talk) 01:56, 4 October 2012 (UTC)


 * You don't think boring, ugly, and slightly unbalanced (scaling ability focus? +2 on a d20 stays about as good at all levels) are enough problems to merit a Dislike?
 * Or you don't know why Surgo thinks that protecting yourself from stupid spells is unacceptable? I'm a bit curious about that too. --Foxwarrior (talk) 03:01, 4 October 2012 (UTC)


 * A little bit of both actually. While it gets a bit sillier at +4 later on, it's pretty late and I'm not inclined to care as much... a minor dislike.  But the protecting yourself from stupid spells is also odd on how that's a bad thing.  I'm seeing, at the end, +4 DC on a limited number of things, a circumstantial protection from bad spells, and 4d6 damage if you have something like a breath weapon or something.


 * The +4 DC is the biggest thing, but it doesn't seem damning enough. Might do better at VH than H though, it's better than the usual H feats.  But its also fairly circumstantial. -- Eiji-kun (talk) 03:10, 4 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, actually, it only gets up to +4 HD for your Save DCs (which means only +2, almost universally) and damage. The fact that this isn't obvious to everyone shows just how badly written it is. --Foxwarrior (talk) 03:18, 4 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh. Well, thats considerably more balanced then.


 * I'll agree on the poorly written then. Just doesn't seem to be enough to hate.  Later, maybe I'll take an axe to it and rewrite the wording to be more clear, since the original author isn't here to do it. -- Eiji-kun (talk) 03:46, 4 October 2012 (UTC)