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<blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8455769" data-attributes="member: 7032025">And of course, which stat did you choose ? Dex, the god-stat, where you can mix in all the bonuses of that humongous stat that you will find in none of the others... sighOh my gosh, this is such a wide example of something so game breaking, how could I not see this before... sigh.And after that, it's not powergaming... sigh THe only thing that I respect there is you guys's ability to dig your own grave.Is the character unplayable because of that ? Is he even not fun or less fun to play because of that ? No, ask anyone who is not a powergamer.First, there is not going to be another character of the same archetype in the party, so who are you going to compare that to ? Second, with characters of other archetypes, if they are not powergamers, you will not see the difference, the powers will be different anyway, and will shine at different times and for different reasons. The +1 will be totally invisible.Finally, rolling is still the standard way of generating stats, and if you do it honestly, there is going to be WAAAAAYYYYY more differences that that one +1 in one stat.And you know what is about reducing everything in a character to the single main stat ? Yep, you guessed right, powergaming, and in one of its pure form, influencing the game so that it revolves around that stat. So no, out of all the rolls made by characters around tables that don't focus on powergaming, there will be lots of rolls done on other stats, and even if it's on that stat, a +1 means nothing compared to the swinginess of a single d20. It's all about &quot;I'm skilled, I'm optimised, I'm better - or at least not worse off - than the other players.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lyxen, post: 8455769, member: 7032025"] And of course, which stat did you choose ? Dex, the god-stat, where you can mix in all the bonuses of that humongous stat that you will find in none of the others... [I]sigh[/I] Oh my gosh, this is such a wide example of something so game breaking, how could I not see this before... [I]sigh[/I]. And after that, it's not powergaming... [I]sigh[/I] THe only thing that I respect there is you guys's ability to dig your own grave. Is the character unplayable because of that ? Is he even not fun or less fun to play because of that ? No, ask anyone who is not a powergamer. First, there is not going to be another character of the same archetype in the party, so who are you going to compare that to ? Second, with characters of other archetypes, if they are not powergamers, you will not see the difference, the powers will be different anyway, and will shine at different times and for different reasons. The +1 will be totally invisible. Finally, rolling is still the standard way of generating stats, and if you do it honestly, there is going to be WAAAAAYYYYY more differences that that one +1 in one stat. And you know what is about reducing everything in a character to the single main stat ? Yep, you guessed right, powergaming, and in one of its pure form, influencing the game so that it revolves around that stat. So no, out of all the rolls made by characters around tables that don't focus on powergaming, there will be lots of rolls done on other stats, and even if it's on that stat, a +1 means nothing compared to the swinginess of a single d20. It's all about "I'm skilled, I'm optimised, I'm better - or at least not worse off - than the other players." [/QUOTE]

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