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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5168653" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Yeah, where you run into the bad suboptimal characters is where you have bad/mediocre power choices, poor stat allocation, and unhelpful feats all rolled into one. The example character's stat allocation is maybe marginally suboptimal but at least his primary attack stat is quite respectable. The power choice is fairly optimal, and while the feats don't generally serve to tweak out to-hit or damage the high INT gives you a respectable to-hit already and damage just isn't a focus for wizards. </p><p></p><p>If you were feeling like you were lagging you could easily improve your combat ability a bit just by swapping in Versatile Expertise and starting with more WIS and less CON. I would NOT sacrifice the INT though. Starting 20 is obviously high, but when you don't have much in the way of combat feats AND you start dragging your primary attack stat down is when you'll start to look bad vs the really optimized PCs. As it is the character will definitely hold its own and is at least as good as the average casual player build I typically see in play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5168653, member: 82106"] Yeah, where you run into the bad suboptimal characters is where you have bad/mediocre power choices, poor stat allocation, and unhelpful feats all rolled into one. The example character's stat allocation is maybe marginally suboptimal but at least his primary attack stat is quite respectable. The power choice is fairly optimal, and while the feats don't generally serve to tweak out to-hit or damage the high INT gives you a respectable to-hit already and damage just isn't a focus for wizards. If you were feeling like you were lagging you could easily improve your combat ability a bit just by swapping in Versatile Expertise and starting with more WIS and less CON. I would NOT sacrifice the INT though. Starting 20 is obviously high, but when you don't have much in the way of combat feats AND you start dragging your primary attack stat down is when you'll start to look bad vs the really optimized PCs. As it is the character will definitely hold its own and is at least as good as the average casual player build I typically see in play. [/QUOTE]
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