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ECL of Planetouched races too High?
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<blockquote data-quote="kreynolds" data-source="post: 882803" data-attributes="member: 2829"><p>But it doesn't hurt your spellcasting ability. The ability score being low is the point. You want it low. They draw power from their anger, their inner fire, if you will.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You still have yet to illustrate how so many class abilities are _not_ at odds with the rest of the system. But, to point you in the right direction, why don't you start with the Improved Unarmed Strike feat. It is in fact at odds with the rest of the system. It changes the rules and gives you one more rule that you have to remember, further complicating and already complex set of rules. This is no different.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's a perfect argument. It's inherently flawed. The best the designers can come up with is using your Strength as the ability for Intimidate if your Charisma is low.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Don't blame me for Intimidate being suboptimal. I didn't design it. But thank you for acknowledging that its suboptimal. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>One that isn't suboptimal, at least not in my book.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Did you know the head guy at the UN for WoMD was going to be Sadam? Oh, and there's also the guy under investigation for war crimes being the head of the very same group at the UN as well. Funny how the world works, isn't it?</p><p></p><p>Anyways, I guess I missed your point. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kreynolds, post: 882803, member: 2829"] But it doesn't hurt your spellcasting ability. The ability score being low is the point. You want it low. They draw power from their anger, their inner fire, if you will. You still have yet to illustrate how so many class abilities are _not_ at odds with the rest of the system. But, to point you in the right direction, why don't you start with the Improved Unarmed Strike feat. It is in fact at odds with the rest of the system. It changes the rules and gives you one more rule that you have to remember, further complicating and already complex set of rules. This is no different. It's a perfect argument. It's inherently flawed. The best the designers can come up with is using your Strength as the ability for Intimidate if your Charisma is low. Don't blame me for Intimidate being suboptimal. I didn't design it. But thank you for acknowledging that its suboptimal. :D One that isn't suboptimal, at least not in my book. Did you know the head guy at the UN for WoMD was going to be Sadam? Oh, and there's also the guy under investigation for war crimes being the head of the very same group at the UN as well. Funny how the world works, isn't it? Anyways, I guess I missed your point. :) [/QUOTE]
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