HELP! Rogue/Ranger Tiefling too powerful?!

[Blasphemonkey]

How patient is the rest of the party being? Right about now my BS meter would be in overload.

Some of them were getting pretty fed up, since they were being all but overshadowed by this PC. He was supposed to meet me early, before the game, to work all this stuff out (I was trying to be discrete for his benefit). He showed up later than he was supposed to, which translates to 15 minutes before gametime. Needless to say, most of the other players showed up to see us "fixing" his character. From both this and seeing his effectiveness lessened during combat, the others (or at least most of them) put two and two together...they seemed pretty happy. Our barbarian/sorceror landed the killing blow on a chimera, and the dwarven warrior was the one who made the final strike and laid the spectre to rest (now the wizard has a chance of going down two levels from the above mentioned spectre, but that's a nice cliffhanger for the next game, heheh).

Thanks again, all!

 

[Dr. Zoom]

If he dropped Dodge, then he cannot have Mobility.

Regarding his favored enemy and knowledge of devils, 3.5 will allow Knowledge skill checks to know these things. Knowledge (the planes) will cover outsiders, so tell him he needs some ranks in this skill, and then allow his favored enemy to give a +2 synergy bonus to the knowledge check when using it for devils.

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

Playing a non-standard PHB character is NOT a right. It is an earned privilege. If you can't get your AC correct at 6th level, just using armor and a shield and feats, you DO NOT have the right to play a lizard-man or weretiger or Imp or other character with potentially game-breaking abilities.

Maybe that's an unpopular stance. Maybe I'm a closeminded jerk. But for crying out loud -- anybody want to take bets on whether or not this guy knows that you only get half of your normal strength bonus to damage when attacking with your off hand?

This guy needs to play a straight-classed elven ranger for awhile. He can still be cool and stylish, but he needs to be cool and stylish according to the core rules until he has demonstrated an ability to NOT screw the rest of the party over by unintentionally cheating in his own favor.

In the abstract, I concur. While I would still give this player the benefit of the doubt and assume the mistakes are not intentional, he is still a player who has demonstrated he cannot be trusted to properly construct a non-standard character without the DM looking over his shoulder to check his work.

As a practical matter, it is probably better to try and fix the character and keep the campaign moving.

 

[Blasphemonkey]

I chose the practical.

And:

If he dropped Dodge, then he cannot have Mobility.

Yes, he also dropped Mobility.

Regarding his favored enemy and knowledge of devils, 3.5 will allow Knowledge skill checks to know these things. Knowledge (the planes) will cover outsiders, so tell him he needs some ranks in this skill, and then allow his favored enemy to give a +2 synergy bonus to the knowledge check when using it for devils.

Good idea, and Olgar gave similar advice above. I like it, thanks.