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<blockquote data-quote="ardentmoth" data-source="post: 4371578" data-attributes="member: 62792">Then what would you call what you're doing? If you were five your mother would agree with me, it's whining.So you're doing it for logical reasons; that doesn't change anything.&quot;A feeble, peevish complaint.&quot;I think it qualifies. Now to -my- logical reason for bringing it up:It is rare for DnD to match real-life; however, in this case it does. Men are not created equally, nor do we all end up equal. There is more to it than our ability scores, too. A soldier serving in Iraq or a a veteran from Vietnam, though one has aged, learned basically the same skills; but those skills would still be -meh- when compared to, say, the skills of a surgeon who was also pressed into war. Or those of a scholar and scientist who discovered a way to bend reality to his will.Similarly, a fighter is less skillful than a fighter who is also a doctor (a cleric), or a wizard; however, the roleplaying restrictions and age of the respective classes (19, 30, and 50 respectively) certainly provide enough reason to play a simple mercenary skilled with an axe.The more complex a class is, the more roleplaying requirement, the more skillful a player must be to play that class correctly. So, then, either you've been outshined by a skillful player playing a highly-skilled character, or you have discovered that you can skillfully play a druid and totally wipe the floor with a horde of ogres. Either way, ego, pride, and yes, whininess, are not becoming.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ardentmoth, post: 4371578, member: 62792"] Then what would you call what you're doing? If you were five your mother would agree with me, it's whining. So you're doing it for logical reasons; that doesn't change anything. "A feeble, peevish complaint." I think it qualifies. Now to -my- logical reason for bringing it up: It is rare for DnD to match real-life; however, in this case it does. Men are not created equally, nor do we all end up equal. There is more to it than our ability scores, too. A soldier serving in Iraq or a a veteran from Vietnam, though one has aged, learned basically the same skills; but those skills would still be -meh- when compared to, say, the skills of a surgeon who was also pressed into war. Or those of a scholar and scientist who discovered a way to bend reality to his will. Similarly, a fighter is less skillful than a fighter who is also a doctor (a cleric), or a wizard; however, the roleplaying restrictions and age of the respective classes (19, 30, and 50 respectively) certainly provide enough reason to play a simple mercenary skilled with an axe. [B]The more complex a class is, the more roleplaying requirement, the more skillful a player must be to play that class correctly. [/B] So, then, either you've been outshined by a skillful player playing a highly-skilled character, or you have discovered that you can skillfully play a druid and totally wipe the floor with a horde of ogres. Either way, ego, pride, and yes, whininess, are not becoming. [/QUOTE]

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