Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6833621" data-attributes="member: 1465">Not a problem IMXP.Front-liners do not all need both Str and Dex. You don't need Dex if you wear heavy armor. You don't need Str if you use finesse weapons. In fact Strength is one of the most easily dumpable stat in 5e, second only to Intelligence. Dex is not easily dumpable because it's used in saving throws and physical skills that you often cannot avoid (unlike the Strength-based skills), but this doesn't apply to the front-liners more than others.Constitution is the least commonly dumped stats, because nobody wants to have low hit points, it doesn't matter if you are in the front-line or not. I don't see front-liners investing more in Con than back-liners, even if the latter get hit more rarely, they still have smaller HD and so IMXP almost every PC ends up securing a +1/+2 in Constitution.Overall I would say that a lot of players boost both Strength and Dexterity only because of a traditional view that a Fighter should have both. Especially players that think they need to be at the top score with everything their class traditionally is good at &quot;otherwise it's not playable&quot;, and then something else too &quot;otherwise it's always the same&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6833621, member: 1465"] Not a problem IMXP. Front-liners do not all need both Str and Dex. You don't need Dex if you wear heavy armor. You don't need Str if you use finesse weapons. In fact Strength is one of the most easily dumpable stat in 5e, second only to Intelligence. Dex is not easily dumpable because it's used in saving throws and physical skills that you often cannot avoid (unlike the Strength-based skills), but this doesn't apply to the front-liners more than others. Constitution is the least commonly dumped stats, because nobody wants to have low hit points, it doesn't matter if you are in the front-line or not. I don't see front-liners investing more in Con than back-liners, even if the latter get hit more rarely, they still have smaller HD and so IMXP almost every PC ends up securing a +1/+2 in Constitution. Overall I would say that a lot of players boost both Strength and Dexterity only because of a traditional view that a Fighter should have both. Especially players that think they need to be at the top score with everything their class traditionally is good at "otherwise it's not playable", and then something else too "otherwise it's always the same". [/QUOTE]

Verification