Re: Deadly Blow...
Just to even out the conversation, I like Deadly Blow. It is a simple solution that (for my purposes) aids more concepts than it "breaks". I love how it quickly and simply solves the notion of "Demon Slayers" and the like. I don't think it would be too difficult to prorate either for attacks with AP and the like. Of course, I am of the opinion that every GM should use Hero as is appropriate for his campaigns and players, whether that means making spells cost less (ala The Turakian Age) or rigidly following the "letter of the rules". I tend to fall into the former catagory more than the latter, and I will admit that trying to think of an easy, simple way to do something like a DnD style Sneak Attack (one of the few parts of 3.5E that I would want to transplant; I like DnD, just not in my Hero) was giving me fits. So I think it was good to have it there, even if other GMs choose not to allow it or use alternate solutions to the same problem.