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<blockquote data-quote="Jaracove" data-source="post: 6346318" data-attributes="member: 6775807">High Dex does little for a caster who can wear armour. The highest native (i.e. without using magic) AC achievable for a wizard is 15 and that's only when his Dex gets to 20. A dwarf wizard with 14 Dex can have that AC as soon as he can afford the 50gp for a chain shirt (let alone anything better). Using point buy, an Elven wizard can get an Int of 16 at level 1, giving them a marginal advantage over a dwarf in the spellcasting stakes (save DC and spell attack rolls enjoy a +1). By level 12, that margin ceases to exist at all, yet the dwarf still enjoys the benefit of superior armour which is completely inaccesible to the elf (with basic rules at least), as well as hihger Str and Con. The dwarf can also afford to pump his prime stat, Int, to the exclusion of others, while the elf must also continue to increase dex and the other stats or lag behind further.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jaracove, post: 6346318, member: 6775807"] High Dex does little for a caster who can wear armour. The highest native (i.e. without using magic) AC achievable for a wizard is 15 and that's only when his Dex gets to 20. A dwarf wizard with 14 Dex can have that AC as soon as he can afford the 50gp for a chain shirt (let alone anything better). Using point buy, an Elven wizard can get an Int of 16 at level 1, giving them a marginal advantage over a dwarf in the spellcasting stakes (save DC and spell attack rolls enjoy a +1). By level 12, that margin ceases to exist at all, yet the dwarf still enjoys the benefit of superior armour which is completely inaccesible to the elf (with basic rules at least), as well as hihger Str and Con. The dwarf can also afford to pump his prime stat, Int, to the exclusion of others, while the elf must also continue to increase dex and the other stats or lag behind further. [/QUOTE]

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