Trying to build super-hero, but he dies too easy!

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sector24 said:
From my brief experience it sounds like your defense keeps going down every time you get attacked in the same combat round, so if you get swarmed you can still die.

It does indeed. -2 DEF for every previous melee attack in the same round, I believe. Beware Mandragora...

In addition, most die rolls -- including most damage rolls -- are open-ended, meaning it's theoretically possible for any one hit to do tremendous amounts of damage. In addition, afflictions can quickly reduce your survival odds; blindness, in particular, drops att/def/prec to 0 on most units.

Prot is useful against many attacks (again, beware sleep vines!). Damage shields are handy... The Aegis is -very- nasty, because it can kill enemies before they even make a hit roll against you.