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<blockquote data-quote="Scion" data-source="post: 1582997" data-attributes="member: 5777"><p>you are joking right?</p><p></p><p>Again, whether the stats are balanced between themselves is irrelevant. Some people feel that this stat is the strongest by far and no otheres hold a candle, others feel that this other stat is the strongest by far, some think two are tied and the others are worthless. Whatever. It doesnt matter, and it has no bearing here.</p><p></p><p>Why play a barbarian? All you have to do is slap on a nice little str boosting item and you are set.</p><p></p><p>Why bother being an elf? all you need to do is slap a dex boosting item on instead.</p><p></p><p>Why bother playing a class with high hp? you can just slap a con boosting item on instead.</p><p></p><p>Remember, the rogue has a lot of other beanies as well, and, if they want more skill points they could do the same thing. Plus, the rogues strength is more in the 'breadth' of his skill selection than how many he gets, but he also does get a lot. Many more than most fighter types can hope to come close to even with dumping a bunch of money into it.</p><p></p><p>So, is there a reason that isnt based on 'But abilities have different uses!' or 'but it might hurt this others characters feelings that the fighter has a chance to buy spot cross classed'?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scion, post: 1582997, member: 5777"] you are joking right? Again, whether the stats are balanced between themselves is irrelevant. Some people feel that this stat is the strongest by far and no otheres hold a candle, others feel that this other stat is the strongest by far, some think two are tied and the others are worthless. Whatever. It doesnt matter, and it has no bearing here. Why play a barbarian? All you have to do is slap on a nice little str boosting item and you are set. Why bother being an elf? all you need to do is slap a dex boosting item on instead. Why bother playing a class with high hp? you can just slap a con boosting item on instead. Remember, the rogue has a lot of other beanies as well, and, if they want more skill points they could do the same thing. Plus, the rogues strength is more in the 'breadth' of his skill selection than how many he gets, but he also does get a lot. Many more than most fighter types can hope to come close to even with dumping a bunch of money into it. So, is there a reason that isnt based on 'But abilities have different uses!' or 'but it might hurt this others characters feelings that the fighter has a chance to buy spot cross classed'? [/QUOTE]
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