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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 6193674" data-attributes="member: 3400"><p>And most people do or did that. They started playing wizards instead of fighters (or druids or clerics) if it meant that much to them...</p><p>Oh, you thought the only meaning of "play something else" was play another game rather than playing something other than the dumped-on class du jour? Well, aside from being mistaken, what you do you think 4e is except going off and playing a different game? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Depending on the PC, I'd probably be arm wrestling with the off duty crew for spare change and otherwise socializing with them, and of course there's the likelihood of getting into fights, adventuring being the dangerous profession it is and all that. When the sahuagin come over the side or a pirate gives chase and starts to run us down, they'll be happy to have my fighting prowess. If this is a relatively short element of the campaign, that's probably enough because it'll be fun to play out and I'll probably know all of the members of the crew and the ship will seem to be a lot more alive as a result. If it's intended to be a significant segment, you can bet I'd be investing my skills in something even more useful like the sailor profession or a craft or some other skill useful around the ship. And I don't dump my stats to ridiculous levels so my options for investing skills usually aren't terribly hampered by a bunch of 7s in my mental stats.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Since when has this been a single-mindedly 3.5 thread rather than a Pathfinder thread? I like the Pathfinder fighter. I think the Pathfinder additions work pretty well. Why would I be mad at Pathfinder? Well, I'd still change the base saves a bit to raise weak saves to 1/2 level rather than 1/3 but that's a relatively small time quibble and not something to rage quit about.</p><p></p><p>And since when do the people who usually say fighters don't get nice things confine themselves to the 3e fighter rather than the roughly 90% compatible PF fighter? My assumption was that we were discussing 3e-family fighters in general and that includes 3.0, 3.5, and Pathfinder. So the distinction you're suddenly making doesn't make much sense to me. Unless you're trying to tell me that Paizo removed all of the much ballyhooed disparity between casters and fighters... and somehow, I don't think that's really what you're trying to say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billd91, post: 6193674, member: 3400"] And most people do or did that. They started playing wizards instead of fighters (or druids or clerics) if it meant that much to them... Oh, you thought the only meaning of "play something else" was play another game rather than playing something other than the dumped-on class du jour? Well, aside from being mistaken, what you do you think 4e is except going off and playing a different game? Depending on the PC, I'd probably be arm wrestling with the off duty crew for spare change and otherwise socializing with them, and of course there's the likelihood of getting into fights, adventuring being the dangerous profession it is and all that. When the sahuagin come over the side or a pirate gives chase and starts to run us down, they'll be happy to have my fighting prowess. If this is a relatively short element of the campaign, that's probably enough because it'll be fun to play out and I'll probably know all of the members of the crew and the ship will seem to be a lot more alive as a result. If it's intended to be a significant segment, you can bet I'd be investing my skills in something even more useful like the sailor profession or a craft or some other skill useful around the ship. And I don't dump my stats to ridiculous levels so my options for investing skills usually aren't terribly hampered by a bunch of 7s in my mental stats. Since when has this been a single-mindedly 3.5 thread rather than a Pathfinder thread? I like the Pathfinder fighter. I think the Pathfinder additions work pretty well. Why would I be mad at Pathfinder? Well, I'd still change the base saves a bit to raise weak saves to 1/2 level rather than 1/3 but that's a relatively small time quibble and not something to rage quit about. And since when do the people who usually say fighters don't get nice things confine themselves to the 3e fighter rather than the roughly 90% compatible PF fighter? My assumption was that we were discussing 3e-family fighters in general and that includes 3.0, 3.5, and Pathfinder. So the distinction you're suddenly making doesn't make much sense to me. Unless you're trying to tell me that Paizo removed all of the much ballyhooed disparity between casters and fighters... and somehow, I don't think that's really what you're trying to say. [/QUOTE]
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