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<blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 5168336" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>you should do fine. also keep in mind that charop boards generally look at a PC in a vacuum, but PC synergy says a lot for PC effectiveness.</p><p></p><p>However, you may -feel- like you are doing worse because of either</p><p>1) the power gamers (using your own words) might start dictating to you how you built your pc 'wrong' which may make you feel more selfconcious about it</p><p>2) if the dm is compensating /expecting a 'tough' group of pcs, the monsters may be more difficult</p><p>3) you might have a 33% chance to hit while your allies might tweak out as much as a 50% chance to hit, or you have a 33% chance not to get hit while your allies might tweak out as much as a 50% chance not to get hit (yes, i'm making up numbers).. but my point is there may be some difference between your to hit and theirs, as well as your defenses and theres, but, really, it won't be the end of the world but (see #1) you might feel like you're contributing a lot less, but it's not the end of the world.</p><p></p><p>build it in such a way that you think you'll have fun (and not stomp on other people's fun) and you should be fine. if anyone gives you any trouble over it, just tell them thank you, and that you don't get to play much so you were just trying it out, but you'll know what types of things to consider retraining for next time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fba827, post: 5168336, member: 807"] you should do fine. also keep in mind that charop boards generally look at a PC in a vacuum, but PC synergy says a lot for PC effectiveness. However, you may -feel- like you are doing worse because of either 1) the power gamers (using your own words) might start dictating to you how you built your pc 'wrong' which may make you feel more selfconcious about it 2) if the dm is compensating /expecting a 'tough' group of pcs, the monsters may be more difficult 3) you might have a 33% chance to hit while your allies might tweak out as much as a 50% chance to hit, or you have a 33% chance not to get hit while your allies might tweak out as much as a 50% chance not to get hit (yes, i'm making up numbers).. but my point is there may be some difference between your to hit and theirs, as well as your defenses and theres, but, really, it won't be the end of the world but (see #1) you might feel like you're contributing a lot less, but it's not the end of the world. build it in such a way that you think you'll have fun (and not stomp on other people's fun) and you should be fine. if anyone gives you any trouble over it, just tell them thank you, and that you don't get to play much so you were just trying it out, but you'll know what types of things to consider retraining for next time. [/QUOTE]
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