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<blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 7034395" data-attributes="member: 1282"><p>Good questions, all, and thanks for the response! Keep in mind most of my considerations are to capture the flavor of the character conceit rather than truly optimized choices (though I hope the character still plays reasonably well!).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's really to extend the character conceit of the scholarly type using her knowledge in combat as well as noncombat situations more than anything else.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>AIP is to avoid implement swapping and thus having a weapliment with range and melee capacity. Since Use Vulnerability (and knowledge skill use, in general) key off both INT and WIS stats, I want to keep both as high as possible. That's certainly an argument for Deva (as is Battle Intuition below, and I've gone back and forth on this a dozen times), but I ultimately decided the extra feat and skill (again, with skill usage being a premium for this character conceit) wer more valuable.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not entirely sure what you mean by linking WIS and ERF. ERF is a way to get additional healing on a character that doesn't have the full complement of the leader feature by being hybridded.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Absolutely true! But would you swap out any of the current feats for it? If so, why?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>See my reasoning above for the racial choice; but try to persuade me otherwise! I'd like to hear your thinking. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The lack of HT for hide armor is because I don't want to provoke and am not using a staff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darkbard, post: 7034395, member: 1282"] Good questions, all, and thanks for the response! Keep in mind most of my considerations are to capture the flavor of the character conceit rather than truly optimized choices (though I hope the character still plays reasonably well!). It's really to extend the character conceit of the scholarly type using her knowledge in combat as well as noncombat situations more than anything else. AIP is to avoid implement swapping and thus having a weapliment with range and melee capacity. Since Use Vulnerability (and knowledge skill use, in general) key off both INT and WIS stats, I want to keep both as high as possible. That's certainly an argument for Deva (as is Battle Intuition below, and I've gone back and forth on this a dozen times), but I ultimately decided the extra feat and skill (again, with skill usage being a premium for this character conceit) wer more valuable. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by linking WIS and ERF. ERF is a way to get additional healing on a character that doesn't have the full complement of the leader feature by being hybridded. Absolutely true! But would you swap out any of the current feats for it? If so, why? See my reasoning above for the racial choice; but try to persuade me otherwise! I'd like to hear your thinking. :) The lack of HT for hide armor is because I don't want to provoke and am not using a staff. [/QUOTE]
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