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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8811721" data-attributes="member: 93670"><p>I like the <em>idea</em> too, but there are practical concerns that get dumped on me as the GM. [spoiler="Take these Four d&d participants"]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>A:</strong> Alice has A fighter trash strength GWM GWF ok to good dex ok to great con wis & cha</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>B:</strong> Bob has a fairly standard GWM GWF fighter with fairly standard attrib distribution</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>C:</strong> Cindy has a bard or maybe even paladin face who distributed their attributes as expected for such a build</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>D:</strong> Dave is the GM</li> </ul><p>[/spoiler]</p><p>Every time Cindy starts doing face stuff Alice jumps in to shove BMC biker aside and play the angel summoner "I can help... let me talk to them" card... but Cindy has little to push back on because Alice is basically just as good. Bob is great at what he does in a fight & sometimes even plays the role of big scary slab of muscle to Cindy.... until Alice shoves Bob too out of his own spot in the venn diagram.... Like Cindy there is little Bob can say to push back on because she <em>can</em> do it too and does have better charisma. </p><p></p><p>Fast forward a few levels from the first session & everyone is noticing that Alice is a bit on the functional to ok side of things in combat. Alice mentions about how she <em>really</em> needs to get a pair of gauntlets of ogre power & as a mere uncommon item they should only be like 500gp or so. Dave sees where this will go for poor Bob & says no you can't find them. Slowly the campaign turns into "shopping" for gauntlets of ogre power belts of giant strength & being difficult or even salty to quest givers who can't or won't give those specific items. Bob has no good options because feeding the beast will only create a new problem he will need to deal with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 8811721, member: 93670"] I like the [I]idea[/I] too, but there are practical concerns that get dumped on me as the GM. [spoiler="Take these Four d&d participants"] [LIST] [*][B]A:[/B] Alice has A fighter trash strength GWM GWF ok to good dex ok to great con wis & cha [*][B]B:[/B] Bob has a fairly standard GWM GWF fighter with fairly standard attrib distribution [*][B]C:[/B] Cindy has a bard or maybe even paladin face who distributed their attributes as expected for such a build [*][B]D:[/B] Dave is the GM [/LIST] [/spoiler] Every time Cindy starts doing face stuff Alice jumps in to shove BMC biker aside and play the angel summoner "I can help... let me talk to them" card... but Cindy has little to push back on because Alice is basically just as good. Bob is great at what he does in a fight & sometimes even plays the role of big scary slab of muscle to Cindy.... until Alice shoves Bob too out of his own spot in the venn diagram.... Like Cindy there is little Bob can say to push back on because she [I]can[/I] do it too and does have better charisma. Fast forward a few levels from the first session & everyone is noticing that Alice is a bit on the functional to ok side of things in combat. Alice mentions about how she [I]really[/I] needs to get a pair of gauntlets of ogre power & as a mere uncommon item they should only be like 500gp or so. Dave sees where this will go for poor Bob & says no you can't find them. Slowly the campaign turns into "shopping" for gauntlets of ogre power belts of giant strength & being difficult or even salty to quest givers who can't or won't give those specific items. Bob has no good options because feeding the beast will only create a new problem he will need to deal with. [/QUOTE]
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