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<blockquote data-quote="On Puget Sound" data-source="post: 4390526" data-attributes="member: 68988">I'm not sure I would rule that a weapon's standard stat overrules a power's stat.&nbsp; If you do it for heavy thrown rangee attacks, consistency (&quot;the hobgoblin of little minds&quot;, I know) would also turn all cleric WIS-based, or paladin CHA-based, weapon attacks into STR attacks because that's what the weapon normally uses.As a DM, I'd simply say that if you want to build an axe-thrower, STR and DEX will both be important and should probably be your two primary stats (not a bad idea for a ranger anyway).&nbsp; Your dwarven bonuses to CON and WIS will still be quite useful for HP, surges, will defense, ranger skills and WIS-based power bonuses.Bending the rules for each character concept to allow it to be &quot;optimized&quot; rather than &quot;workable&quot; is not necessary, nor IMO a good idea.STR 16CON 14DEX 16INT 8WIS 14CHA 10should work fine.Dwarven Weapon Training is the obvious first feat, and Quick Draw should probably be the second.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="On Puget Sound, post: 4390526, member: 68988"] I'm not sure I would rule that a weapon's standard stat overrules a power's stat. If you do it for heavy thrown rangee attacks, consistency ("the hobgoblin of little minds", I know) would also turn all cleric WIS-based, or paladin CHA-based, weapon attacks into STR attacks because that's what the weapon normally uses. As a DM, I'd simply say that if you want to build an axe-thrower, STR and DEX will both be important and should probably be your two primary stats (not a bad idea for a ranger anyway). Your dwarven bonuses to CON and WIS will still be quite useful for HP, surges, will defense, ranger skills and WIS-based power bonuses. Bending the rules for each character concept to allow it to be "optimized" rather than "workable" is not necessary, nor IMO a good idea. STR 16 CON 14 DEX 16 INT 8 WIS 14 CHA 10 should work fine. Dwarven Weapon Training is the obvious first feat, and Quick Draw should probably be the second. [/QUOTE]

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