Karmic Strike vs Robilar's Gambit [Archive] - Wizards Community

Karmic Strike vs Robilar's Gambit [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
AldentheNinja
09-14-07, 12:33 AM I hear a lot of people emphasizing Robilar's Gambit as a spectacular feat for AOO characters, and significantly less emphasis on Karmic Strike. Karmic Strike has, in my opinion, softer prerequisites and seems to be better than Robilars because it doesn't grant your opponents a *damage* bonus, as well. Is there any reason, then, to prefer Robilar's Gambit to Karmic Strike?
PhaedrusXY
09-14-07, 12:51 AM Because you can boost your AC so high that they can't hit you at all, and still get to hit them back every time they swing?
aelryinth
09-14-07, 12:52 AM And you don't run into silly questions on timing that derail KS.

==+Aelryinth
StruckingFuggle
09-14-07, 01:06 AM Because you can boost your AC so high that they can't hit you at all, and still get to hit them back every time they swing?

High AC and a Cloak of Displacement or Ring of Greater Blink.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
AldentheNinja 09-14-07, 12:33 AM	I hear a lot of people emphasizing Robilar's Gambit as a spectacular feat for AOO characters, and significantly less emphasis on Karmic Strike. Karmic Strike has, in my opinion, softer prerequisites and seems to be better than Robilars because it doesn't grant your opponents a damage bonus, as well. Is there any reason, then, to prefer Robilar's Gambit to Karmic Strike?
PhaedrusXY 09-14-07, 12:51 AM	Because you can boost your AC so high that they can't hit you at all, and still get to hit them back every time they swing?
aelryinth 09-14-07, 12:52 AM	And you don't run into silly questions on timing that derail KS. ==+Aelryinth
StruckingFuggle 09-14-07, 01:06 AM	Because you can boost your AC so high that they can't hit you at all, and still get to hit them back every time they swing? High AC and a Cloak of Displacement or Ring of Greater Blink.