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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8614082" data-attributes="member: 6877472">When is an issue an issue?  It's an eternal question.  I find even if something comes up that's a non-issue in my games, to at least try and figure out what's happening to make it a problem for someone else.  An ounce of prevention being worth a dose of cure and all that.Which means it's time for....another boring old gaming story!Back in 3.x, a friend of mine that played D&D, but that I didn't play with personally, was griping about Monks.  After making sure he hadn't been replaced by a doppleganger, I asked him what was going on.Because everyone knows Monks are just plain weird.It turned out his Barbarian didn't Rage and used a bow, his Fighter used a Tower Shield, and the Wizard was the Monk's boyfriend, so he was constantly throwing Enlarge, Mage Armor, and Bull's Strength at her.Plus, my friend used very generous die rolling since he felt the game was more fun with stronger characters.As a result, the Monk turned into a Cuisinart, especially once she found a Shocking Kama.  A Giant Lady Cuisinart, to be precise.Which just goes to show that table variance matters.</blockquote>