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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elethiomel" data-source="post: 4185604" data-attributes="member: 49897">Not really. 17 (start) +3 (levels) +4 (racial) +6 (item) = 30. You just have to focus in it.And yeah, 36000 is a significant chunk of 150000 (Catfolk have +1 LA, so we have an ECL 14 character, hence if we follow expected wealth per level in the DMG the character would have 150 000 available for starting gear), but when you focus in DEX that's worth it.Because the moment the character started getting Inherent bonuses to DEX it would be pointless. It doesn't scale. And the protection from incorporeal touch attacks is significant for a character who focuses in one stat; such a character tends to have relatively lower STR and CON, the most commonly useful stats for surviving hits from incorporeal undead (they often drain STR or CON or there's a fort save to negate whatever effect).[Edit: Oh, yeah, and light armour - even 5lbs-light armour - still weighs significantly more than bracers. Again, for a character that doesn't put much into STR, that counts.]</blockquote>