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<blockquote data-quote="Byakugan" data-source="post: 6859864" data-attributes="member: 6816292">I see it differently.&nbsp; Normal characters have a +3, even most pregens. That translates to +5 to hit. A player who starts with a +2 instead is 20% worse than the other guys in the -main- thing that matters&nbsp; ie damaging the bad guys. You are effectively 4 levels behind everyone in terms of base combat stats. It might mathematically be a 5% shift in odds on any individual roll, but you are almost certainly bringing that stat to bear a huge amount of your career. Also its not just to hit, but also to damage for martial classes. For a wizard. You are rarely going to utilize a bump in strength.&nbsp; Even if you are subjected to a strength save/check, you are still probably failing it.&nbsp; You are not the guy that should be trying to kick the doors in. But at a minimum you should be using cantrips in most combats.&nbsp; The same goes for charisma...if there isn't a party member who uses charisma then you just accept the party mostly will be bad in social situations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Byakugan, post: 6859864, member: 6816292"] I see it differently. Normal characters have a +3, even most pregens. That translates to +5 to hit. A player who starts with a +2 instead is 20% worse than the other guys in the -main- thing that matters ie damaging the bad guys. You are effectively 4 levels behind everyone in terms of base combat stats. It might mathematically be a 5% shift in odds on any individual roll, but you are almost certainly bringing that stat to bear a huge amount of your career. Also its not just to hit, but also to damage for martial classes. For a wizard. You are rarely going to utilize a bump in strength. Even if you are subjected to a strength save/check, you are still probably failing it. You are not the guy that should be trying to kick the doors in. But at a minimum you should be using cantrips in most combats. The same goes for charisma...if there isn't a party member who uses charisma then you just accept the party mostly will be bad in social situations. [/QUOTE]

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