Riiochan Posted:

Which also means your chance to save against an average monster of your CR is average: 50%.

D&D is designed as a war of attrition. 50% chance of failing against a Save or Suck spell is a bad situation to be in. And you’ll have trouble with the Save or Dies later too, as half of them are Will saves.

How many CR 1 Monsters have Will-Save based attacks? Not that many.

And if we know ahead of time that we will be facing such Monsters (which we should if we have a decent rogue/scout), then Resistance and Protection from Evil change it from a 50% to a 65% chance. And that’s bumuming that the opponent wins initiative.

As far as future levels, not only are there magic items and feats that could buffer that initial weakness, but that’s making a huge bumumption that this campaign will last that long, or that this character will last that long. If I really get worried about it, I can always mutliclbum or prestige clbum to a Good Will Save clbum.