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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9417217" data-attributes="member: 7030563">The background is not stupid if it is what matched my backstory and the stat buy is the best I could do mechanically on that character with a Wisdom bonus.&nbsp; There is not a smarter distribution for a Barbarian and if you think there is then show me.The exact point I am making is that providing a bonus to Wisdom on a character that is prioritizing Strength and Constitution does not make the character have a better Wisdom than they would have with a bonus to Strength or Constitution.&nbsp; Their Wisdom is equal or actually worse than it would be with that bonus in Strength and the same scores elsewhere.&nbsp; This is a mathematical truism based on the difference in cost for raising a stat to 14 or higher.&nbsp; If your highest scores are going to be in Strength and Constitution and you are not dumping Dexterity then your highest Wisdom you can have on point buy is going to come from getting your bonuses in those stats.The claim is that getting a bonus in Wisdom makes the Barbarian better at perception and Wisdom saves and that claim is false.&nbsp; The character is the same or worse at perception and Wisdom saves than a character with a +2 in Strength would be.Again, if you think you can provide a better Barbarian distribution on point buy with a +2 in Wisdom please do it and show us all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 9417217, member: 7030563"] The background is not stupid if it is what matched my backstory and the stat buy is the best I could do mechanically on that character with a Wisdom bonus. There is not a smarter distribution for a Barbarian and if you think there is then show me. The exact point I am making is that providing a bonus to Wisdom on a character that is prioritizing Strength and Constitution does not make the character have a better Wisdom than they would have with a bonus to Strength or Constitution. Their Wisdom is equal or actually worse than it would be with that bonus in Strength and the same scores elsewhere. This is a mathematical truism based on the difference in cost for raising a stat to 14 or higher. If your highest scores are going to be in Strength and Constitution and you are not dumping Dexterity then your highest Wisdom you can have on point buy is going to come from getting your bonuses in those stats. The claim is that getting a bonus in Wisdom makes the Barbarian better at perception and Wisdom saves and that claim is false. The character is the same or worse at perception and Wisdom saves than a character with a +2 in Strength would be. Again, if you think you can provide a [U]better[/U] Barbarian distribution on point buy with a +2 in Wisdom please do it and show us all. [/QUOTE]

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