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<blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 4962919" data-attributes="member: 18701">But it doesn't seem like &quot;fairness&quot; is the issue to me. The DM is basing his decision on roleplaying aspects. He doesn't think it makes sense for the wizard PC to have leadership based on the character concept the player went with. To me, it seems like the player is using &quot;roleplaying&quot; and &quot;character concept&quot; as an excuse to get to powergame.It may be bad for the DM to do that, but I don't think he's thinking about &quot;fairness&quot;...he's trying to keep the PC in line with the concept (although he probably shouldn't be doing that himself).If it were about being &quot;fair&quot;, then I hope the paladin PC also got something to vastly improve his statistical flaws. I wonder if the DM provided other players with custom feats that allowed them to lower scores in order to raise other scores, but then turn that small penalty they should have for doing this into a huge bonus instead.I have a question for the OP, did you ask the DM if there is a way you can use your Int score as the Will bonus, or did he just surprise you with that feat? I don't mean to be stuck on this feat issue, but my point is that the DM may be trying to keep you from powergaming. The leadership feat is a very powerful feat that is taken advantage of by players most of the time. He may feel that letting you use this feat when he's already let you get away with not taking other penalties may just be too much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oryan77, post: 4962919, member: 18701"] But it doesn't seem like "fairness" is the issue to me. The DM is basing his decision on roleplaying aspects. He doesn't think it makes sense for the wizard PC to have leadership based on the character concept the player went with. To me, it seems like the player is using "roleplaying" and "character concept" as an excuse to get to powergame. It may be bad for the DM to do that, but I don't think he's thinking about "fairness"...he's trying to keep the PC in line with the concept (although he probably shouldn't be doing that himself). If it were about being "fair", then I hope the paladin PC also got something to vastly improve his statistical flaws. I wonder if the DM provided other players with custom feats that allowed them to lower scores in order to raise other scores, but then turn that small penalty they should have for doing this into a huge bonus instead. I have a question for the OP, did you ask the DM if there is a way you can use your Int score as the Will bonus, or did he just surprise you with that feat? I don't mean to be stuck on this feat issue, but my point is that the DM may be trying to keep you from powergaming. The leadership feat is a very powerful feat that is taken advantage of by players most of the time. He may feel that letting you use this feat when he's already let you get away with not taking other penalties may just be too much. [/QUOTE]

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