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<blockquote data-quote="prosfilaes" data-source="post: 2896189" data-attributes="member: 40166">So why didn't you deal with the monk/psionisist? What on Earth does it mean that they are inherently balanced? Toughness surely isn't balanced against Power Attack. You don't have to min/max the rules to produce a more powerful prestige class, since there's no balancing elements you have &quot;work&quot;. By the players. Effective in getting stuff done.A rouge with a higher Dex and more ranks in &quot;Open Locks&quot;, all other things being equal, can do more things than a rouge without that. The first rogue has less chance he will be replaced by a knock spell and the fighter with a crow-bar.But that's a non-sequitor. Just because you can rearrange things and produce an equally effective character doesn't mean that there aren't more and less effective characters.&nbsp;Then why do you complain that some designer produced a more powerful prestige class? That's your problem, not the systems.Under your way of thinking, I don't see that LA is a good idea; it's the DM's job to look at a 8th level fighter hobgoblin and 7th level mage aasimar and say whether they're equal or not. Why bother rolling for attributes; why not just let the players pick attributes and let the DM do his job?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="prosfilaes, post: 2896189, member: 40166"] So why didn't you deal with the monk/psionisist? What on Earth does it mean that they are inherently balanced? Toughness surely isn't balanced against Power Attack. You don't have to min/max the rules to produce a more powerful prestige class, since there's no balancing elements you have "work". By the players. Effective in getting stuff done. A rouge with a higher Dex and more ranks in "Open Locks", all other things being equal, can do more things than a rouge without that. The first rogue has less chance he will be replaced by a knock spell and the fighter with a crow-bar. But that's a non-sequitor. Just because you can rearrange things and produce an equally effective character doesn't mean that there aren't more and less effective characters. Then why do you complain that some designer produced a more powerful prestige class? That's your problem, not the systems. Under your way of thinking, I don't see that LA is a good idea; it's the DM's job to look at a 8th level fighter hobgoblin and 7th level mage aasimar and say whether they're equal or not. Why bother rolling for attributes; why not just let the players pick attributes and let the DM do his job? [/QUOTE]

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