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<blockquote data-quote="Autumn Bask" data-source="post: 7592791" data-attributes="member: 6986805"><p>First? More like the third one you've posted to these forums, and with terrible advice in them. Now, it's clear that you don't care about the opinions of anyone on this forum and are just using this as an advertising platform, because you've yet to respond to a single critique on any of your other posts; so this is probably a waste of my time. But still, I think it's important to call attention to how flawed, rushed, and uninformed your guides are. Fortunately, you don't write these things to be very long, so it shouldn't take too much time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So, there is nothing inherently wrong with this sentiment, but it endemic to a problem that features frequently in this article, which is a lack of meaningful explanations. The author throws statements, but never explains the why or the how. This happens several times in his opening thesis as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, golly, I hope not, because casting Blur, you're only going to have one smite per short rest! And let's not forget the fact that both Blur and the Smite line of spells are Concentration! The author also gives a list of recommended spells and invocations, and neither the Warlocks Smite Invocation, which would allow for non-Concentration smiting, nor any of the lower smite spells are listed on them. This is the only smite spell recommended:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>and then goes on to say:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And then the stat distribution he recommends is: </p><p></p><p>Strength: 6</p><p>Dexterity: 20</p><p>Constitution: 14 </p><p>Intelligence: 6 </p><p>Wisdom: 6</p><p>Charisma: 20</p><p></p><p>Which is the most cataclysmically terrible advice I've ever seen on these forums. If you are in melee range, and you have a Strength of 6, your AC doesn't matter. You are just going to be grappled. This isn't Pillars of Eternity. Just because something is a dump stat doesn't mean you can dump it to the lowest possible score it can reach, and still expect to be successful (also, who the hell actually plays with point buy, let's be real here; granted, the author does mention that <em>some DMs</em> will have you roll your stats, though he doesn't say what you should do in this <em>oh so rare</em> situation).</p><p></p><p>Oh yeah, and that Int and Wis of 6 means that all your character is going to be doing is laughing on ground or writing articles like this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Autumn Bask, post: 7592791, member: 6986805"] First? More like the third one you've posted to these forums, and with terrible advice in them. Now, it's clear that you don't care about the opinions of anyone on this forum and are just using this as an advertising platform, because you've yet to respond to a single critique on any of your other posts; so this is probably a waste of my time. But still, I think it's important to call attention to how flawed, rushed, and uninformed your guides are. Fortunately, you don't write these things to be very long, so it shouldn't take too much time. So, there is nothing inherently wrong with this sentiment, but it endemic to a problem that features frequently in this article, which is a lack of meaningful explanations. The author throws statements, but never explains the why or the how. This happens several times in his opening thesis as well. Well, golly, I hope not, because casting Blur, you're only going to have one smite per short rest! And let's not forget the fact that both Blur and the Smite line of spells are Concentration! The author also gives a list of recommended spells and invocations, and neither the Warlocks Smite Invocation, which would allow for non-Concentration smiting, nor any of the lower smite spells are listed on them. This is the only smite spell recommended: and then goes on to say: And then the stat distribution he recommends is: Strength: 6 Dexterity: 20 Constitution: 14 Intelligence: 6 Wisdom: 6 Charisma: 20 Which is the most cataclysmically terrible advice I've ever seen on these forums. If you are in melee range, and you have a Strength of 6, your AC doesn't matter. You are just going to be grappled. This isn't Pillars of Eternity. Just because something is a dump stat doesn't mean you can dump it to the lowest possible score it can reach, and still expect to be successful (also, who the hell actually plays with point buy, let's be real here; granted, the author does mention that [I]some DMs[/I] will have you roll your stats, though he doesn't say what you should do in this [I]oh so rare[/I] situation). Oh yeah, and that Int and Wis of 6 means that all your character is going to be doing is laughing on ground or writing articles like this. [/QUOTE]
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