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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6624788" data-attributes="member: 6787650">All right, let's play a game. Postulate a party of three existing characters and a set of stats for a new character in the party. Let's see how low the stats have to go before he becomes The Load.It's really not that hard to make somebody who can contribute. You could have all 10s for stats and still be a moon druid ripping heads off bodies and resurrecting dead characters, or a necromancer reanimating meat shields and summoning elementals, or sorcerer twinning Haste or Polymorph on the other PCs, or a dwarven Battlemaster in plate mail soaking hits for everybody else, or even a rogue relying on Sneak Attack damage and advantage from his Mage Hand/familiar to make up for his lousy Dex. The sheer popularity of Find Familiar in 5E ought to clue us all in on the fact that a party member with crummy stats, 1 HP, and no ability to attack at all can still be a valuable addition to the party. How much more valuable a full PC?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6624788, member: 6787650"] All right, let's play a game. Postulate a party of three existing characters and a set of stats for a new character in the party. Let's see how low the stats have to go before he becomes The Load. It's really not that hard to make somebody who can contribute. You could have all 10s for stats and still be a moon druid ripping heads off bodies and resurrecting dead characters, or a necromancer reanimating meat shields and summoning elementals, or sorcerer twinning Haste or Polymorph on the other PCs, or a dwarven Battlemaster in plate mail soaking hits for everybody else, or even a rogue relying on Sneak Attack damage and advantage from his Mage Hand/familiar to make up for his lousy Dex. The sheer popularity of Find Familiar in 5E ought to clue us all in on the fact that a party member with crummy stats, 1 HP, and no ability to attack at all can still be a valuable addition to the party. How much more valuable a full PC? [/QUOTE]

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