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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5726921" data-attributes="member: 35909">IPS doesn't prevent total concealment (Seeking enhancement does, though).&nbsp; The benefits of it I most often enjoy are ignoring less than total cover (like, say...the almost automatic -4 you take for soft cover because your allies are in the way of the shot) and being able to shoot into a grapple safely.&nbsp; Get a +4 dex item and you only need a base dex of 15 (my sample point buy left you with 16).&nbsp; Dex has lots of benefits other than ranged attack rolls, it's not a waste.And &quot;invest&quot; sounds like such a loaded term...&nbsp; all you did was lose 1 skill point per level in return for ending up with a modest str 10 (and the better dex), that's barely a loss at all.&nbsp; If you're starting at mid levels maybe str is useless.&nbsp; If this were a build actually starting at level 1 I'd never in my right mind eat a -1 damage penalty (or use a crossbow when I have a perfectly good Rapid Shot feat) for the first several levels of the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5726921, member: 35909"] IPS doesn't prevent total concealment (Seeking enhancement does, though). The benefits of it I most often enjoy are ignoring less than total cover (like, say...the almost automatic -4 you take for soft cover because your allies are in the way of the shot) and being able to shoot into a grapple safely. Get a +4 dex item and you only need a base dex of 15 (my sample point buy left you with 16). Dex has lots of benefits other than ranged attack rolls, it's not a waste. And "invest" sounds like such a loaded term... all you did was lose 1 skill point per level in return for ending up with a modest str 10 (and the better dex), that's barely a loss at all. If you're starting at mid levels maybe str is useless. If this were a build actually starting at level 1 I'd never in my right mind eat a -1 damage penalty (or use a crossbow when I have a perfectly good Rapid Shot feat) for the first several levels of the game. [/QUOTE]

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