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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 4481083" data-attributes="member: 5143">18 AC at level 1 is...average for a fighter.&nbsp; But after first level it'll quickly become too low to survive well.&nbsp; Also, when your DM throws normal challenges against you, the fighter with a 20 strength vs the one with the 20 dex will be a significant difference in the difficulty of the encounter.The entire D&amp;D system(pretty much ALL editions) has revolved around damage since the beginning.&nbsp; Simply hitting an enemy doesn't matter, killing it does.&nbsp; An enemy with 200 hitpoints who only has 100 left is just as dangerous as one with full hitpoints.&nbsp; So, the goal in any party of adventurers is to reduce it to 0 hitpoints as quickly as possible.&nbsp; The more you contribute to this goal the more valuable you are to a party.Yep, this is pretty much true.&nbsp; It assumes that you'll take close to the max you can for your primary stat.&nbsp; Since nearly every person I've ever played with has done this...and 3.5e DIDN'T take this into account, so it caused problems...I think it's a good thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 4481083, member: 5143"] 18 AC at level 1 is...average for a fighter. But after first level it'll quickly become too low to survive well. Also, when your DM throws normal challenges against you, the fighter with a 20 strength vs the one with the 20 dex will be a significant difference in the difficulty of the encounter. The entire D&D system(pretty much ALL editions) has revolved around damage since the beginning. Simply hitting an enemy doesn't matter, killing it does. An enemy with 200 hitpoints who only has 100 left is just as dangerous as one with full hitpoints. So, the goal in any party of adventurers is to reduce it to 0 hitpoints as quickly as possible. The more you contribute to this goal the more valuable you are to a party. Yep, this is pretty much true. It assumes that you'll take close to the max you can for your primary stat. Since nearly every person I've ever played with has done this...and 3.5e DIDN'T take this into account, so it caused problems...I think it's a good thing. [/QUOTE]

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