Playing in UD without Evasion

[Steve]

Is it doable? Is it advisable? Is it fun?

[Nachti]

I never had evasion down there .

[chad878262]

I don't have evasion and haven't noticed it to be a major issue. There is one particular trap I've found generally annoying with it's ~30-75 damage it does, but other than that there has not been anything earth shattering that would make me think evasion is required any more than it is on the surface.

[Steve]

I never had evasion down there .

But your Sig has a Duergar monk listed!!??

@Chad: just wondering still about Boss attacks and things on the level of Dragon breath and what not. Obviously, high Hit Points can mediate half damage saves, but on the Surface, I've learned to rely on Evasion rather heavily. My past UD toons never really progressed far enough to know whether higher CR content would give to a want of Evasion, or not.

[Nachti]

Oh right, I forgot I have a monk.

What helps at the UD is some sort of negation of critical hits as the epic duergars are weapon masters.

[chad878262]

Currently W6/EK7/A3/AT2 (so I don't have high HP, my CON is 11 + 3 from Abyssal Might). Even after Greater Heroism I think my total hit points is under 150...

Admittedly I haven't explored the entirety of the Underdark the only current areas that I have to be careful is Ohgrann's ruins and if I get unlucky and run in to like 3 illithids at once in the illithid mines (though Greater Stoneskin helps here). It is possible that once I go deeper past the ruins things could change, but there are ways besides Evasion to mitigate damage types once you know what you'll be facing. High HP is one way, but not the only way.

[Blackman D]

aside from traps there is little that needs evasion and even then probably next to nothing really -needs- evasion

[Steve]

Well, Evasion is pretty awesome to have on the Surface. But helpful to know it's not essential in the UD.