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<blockquote data-quote="Pauper" data-source="post: 7090453" data-attributes="member: 17607"><p>Sure, it's legal, but it's also perfectly obvious when you sit down at a table with that sort of character. Case in point -- the last session I ran at the FLGS, a player came in at the last minute and asked to sit in on our Tier 2 game. He only had a level 4 character, but that was OK, because he had enough downtime to use the 'catching up' option before the game. Then, while reviewing his sheet, I noticed a few oddities, like an over 20 Strength and a scimitar of sharpness. When asked, the player claimed to have played through the entire Storm King's Thunder module, completing the final chapter while still level 4, and despite not having any log to support his assertions.</p><p></p><p>As it turned out, we were playing DDEX 2-9, and were in the midst of the heavy RP/investigative portion of the adventure, so his hope to join the table and dominate our combats was sadly for naught. We'll see if he comes back next week, but if he does, we'll have a character audit before the game begins.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure it does -- some things that some tables do 'legally' aren't really in the spirit of the rules and are therefore not really legal. That's why the DM has the authority she has in the AL to review character sheets and logs and disallow items and abilities that don't seem to have been gained through normal play. Not doing this is almost guaranteed to ruin your session when players (even DM/players) with no interest other than to wreck your game with cheesily-constructed characters show up at your table.</p><p></p><p>--</p><p>Pauper</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pauper, post: 7090453, member: 17607"] Sure, it's legal, but it's also perfectly obvious when you sit down at a table with that sort of character. Case in point -- the last session I ran at the FLGS, a player came in at the last minute and asked to sit in on our Tier 2 game. He only had a level 4 character, but that was OK, because he had enough downtime to use the 'catching up' option before the game. Then, while reviewing his sheet, I noticed a few oddities, like an over 20 Strength and a scimitar of sharpness. When asked, the player claimed to have played through the entire Storm King's Thunder module, completing the final chapter while still level 4, and despite not having any log to support his assertions. As it turned out, we were playing DDEX 2-9, and were in the midst of the heavy RP/investigative portion of the adventure, so his hope to join the table and dominate our combats was sadly for naught. We'll see if he comes back next week, but if he does, we'll have a character audit before the game begins. Sure it does -- some things that some tables do 'legally' aren't really in the spirit of the rules and are therefore not really legal. That's why the DM has the authority she has in the AL to review character sheets and logs and disallow items and abilities that don't seem to have been gained through normal play. Not doing this is almost guaranteed to ruin your session when players (even DM/players) with no interest other than to wreck your game with cheesily-constructed characters show up at your table. -- Pauper [/QUOTE]
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