Feign Death vs Evasion?

[silverwolfer]

So Examplars of Evil has a class option that you trade Evasion for the ability to play dead. That makes you immune to almost everything but more damage.


Do folks feel this is a interesting trade off for strategy, or just begging for trouble?

[eggs]

Feign Death effectively trades a round of actions to avoid making a save against a specific list of abilities. It's interesting on a character who's neglected to round out its defenses with other immunities or save boosts, but using it at all is probably detrimental to a character who has (a guaranteed tactical setback is a bad thing for a Rogue if taking the chance is likely to play out in the Rogue's favor, even if the outlying failure is worse).

On single-mindedly sneak attack-focused glass cannon builds, I think it's an interesting trade. On better-rounded characters (even those just dipping a level of Warblade for its defensive counters), I think it's a bad deal.