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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aulirophile" data-source="post: 5410362" data-attributes="member: 86312">Or it was a fix, like the developers stated. Either/or. It is obviously a fix if you look at the math, assuming level appropriate magic items and a constant boost to your primary stat and an ED that boosts your primary stat, PC attacks fell behind monster defenses by one point per tier. Since scaling was supposed to result in PCs always basically hitting on the same number on the die again an even level monster, and they weren't, they released a feat that fixed it. Not a great solution, the new expertise feats that add something in addition to that really are better. Flavor had nothing to do with it. Also a Dwarf Fighter with 16 Str might be a "flavorful" choice, but it is also one of the most amazingly optimized builds in existence, being the chassis for at least two Ultimate Defenders. You might want to pick a different example if you're only trying to demonstrate viability, as opposed to ridiculously optimizable.</blockquote>