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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 841867" data-attributes="member: 1656">You can't take his BAB away from him.  You can't take away his Weapon Focus.You can take away his Gloves of Dexterity.  You can take away his Bracers of Archery.  You can take away his +5 Longbow.  You can take away his True-Strike-Storing Ioun Stone.They're all crutches, if you consider something external to his native ability and training a crutch.But it's inconsistent to say that a magical enhancement to your accuracy is "a tool" and a competence bonus is "a crutch".  A crutch is something you rely on so much that you're helpless if it's taken away.  A tool is something that improves your performance, but that you can live without.There's no reason the Bracers should be a crutch but the Bow not.  If you can handle having your +5 Bow taken away, you can certainly handle losing your +2 Bracers.The only case, IMO, that the Bracers could be considered a crutch is when they're used by someone non-proficient with a bow.  But a dedicated archer is already proficient.-Hyp.</blockquote>