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<blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 6022510" data-attributes="member: 23094"><p>No, we're not.</p><p></p><p>Nothing says that you actually have to use any abilities that you have on your character sheet.</p><p></p><p>So what if your "terrible in combat" sage has a +7 attack bonus and +3 to damage with attacks made with his staff, if he never actually attacks with his staff to begin with? Maybe, once in a great while, your sage actually does make an attack, and, look at that, the fates aligned and it was a good one (because your modifiers made it an effective attack)! The rest of the time, though, he stands in the back taking the Total Defense action and yelling "Not in the face!"</p><p></p><p>Or, you know, just say that despite the fact that (in 3E terms) you have a +4 Base Attack Bonus, you just don't want to apply any of it to any of your attacks, and you want to treat all your weapons like they're improvised, and you always want to strike for non-lethal. Bam! Immediate -12 to your attack roll; instant incompetence!</p><p></p><p>Siloing abilities makes it far, far easier to make a more robust, balanced ruleset, where everyone who wants to participate in each of the main pillars can do so effectively (if not optimally). For people who want to play (dangerously? oddly?) against type (seriously, why is the useless sage not an NPC character that the party is escorting?), let them figure it out on their own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Patryn of Elvenshae, post: 6022510, member: 23094"] No, we're not. Nothing says that you actually have to use any abilities that you have on your character sheet. So what if your "terrible in combat" sage has a +7 attack bonus and +3 to damage with attacks made with his staff, if he never actually attacks with his staff to begin with? Maybe, once in a great while, your sage actually does make an attack, and, look at that, the fates aligned and it was a good one (because your modifiers made it an effective attack)! The rest of the time, though, he stands in the back taking the Total Defense action and yelling "Not in the face!" Or, you know, just say that despite the fact that (in 3E terms) you have a +4 Base Attack Bonus, you just don't want to apply any of it to any of your attacks, and you want to treat all your weapons like they're improvised, and you always want to strike for non-lethal. Bam! Immediate -12 to your attack roll; instant incompetence! Siloing abilities makes it far, far easier to make a more robust, balanced ruleset, where everyone who wants to participate in each of the main pillars can do so effectively (if not optimally). For people who want to play (dangerously? oddly?) against type (seriously, why is the useless sage not an NPC character that the party is escorting?), let them figure it out on their own. [/QUOTE]
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