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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sam_Konkin" data-source="post: 5447131" data-attributes="member: 100547">Today, I fought in a solo coliseum match, and I’m feeling pretty pissed because of the odds my DM threw at me. I’m a Factotum 9. I’m fairly optimized (I use Font of Inspiration, but without any Cunning Surge nova shenanigans).In the country we’re in, arcane magic is punishable by burning at the stake. So while in the arena, I can’t use any flashy spells, and I can only use spells with subtle effects by making a fairly high Sleight of Hand check (Cunning Knowledge, which allowed me to add my level to the check, allowed me to do that once but no more). So my main strength is gone there. Additionally, I can’t really use magic items to help me, because the net worth of everyone in the party is about 6000 each.My opponent was an Shock Trooper Warblade 10 (if you’re unfamiliar with it, Shock Trooper allows you to subtract from your AC when Power Attacking while charging instead of your BAB). The arena was completely flat, so I couldn’t take advantage of difficult terrain, which would prevent him from charging. The funny thing is, the DM messed up NPC creation and gave him the maneuver Iron Heart Endurance, which allows him to regain a number of hit points equal to twice his level. But it’s a sixth level maneuver, which can only be first acquired at Warblade 11. When I pointed that out, he rolled with it anyway. “Eh, he’s Level 10.5 or something.”As far as I could tell, basically the only way I could beat this guy was if I Charm Person’d and Message’d him that I had a girlfriend in the audience and asked him if he would let me win without being too obvious about it. But that felt really cheap to me, so I didn’t do it and now I feel like I was punished for that decision. So the question I’m asking is: Problem, EN Worlders? *trollface*</blockquote>

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