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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8079336" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>I don't like that solution. you should be able to use your wits or your social awareness as a defense, or your dexterity as an attack. </p><p>Not only that, but you cannot really dump 3 stats and make it an 'easy' choice. You may DO it, but you WILL pay the consequences! You are almost bound to have a really bad defense, one that is terrible enough that you will almost always be hit on it. Often you will end up with a 2nd mediocre defense (because even if you trash 3 stats you won't have 3 really high 'good' stats). You may also be botched on armor, depending on which stats we're talking about. You will certainly give up some riders, access to some highly useful feats, etc.</p><p></p><p>Not many, if any, classes have things that line up exactly with 3 of the defense stats either. While MwaO or someone who has camped on 4e's CHAROPS may well be able to mention one, it is hard to come up with many. The only one that sort of comes to mind instantly is a bow ranger, but that means utterly trashing any ability in melee at all. Once you get to paragon and pick BA for a PP that may seem less critical, but its hard to go around without any real ability to melee at all! I mean you have to go to elaborate lengths like MCing into Rogue and poaching DEX melee powers or something, and then taking a feat to get half your DEX bonus on OAs, etc. See what I mean? You really can't just trivially do this kind of thing, you pay heavily. It might not be blatantly obvious on day one, but such a character will be much more of a one-trick-pony. </p><p>The thing is, 4e will at least let you do that, if you're so inclined, and then work things out. I still don't think the proper response is for the game engine to try to punish you for not building how it wants.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 8079336, member: 82106"] I don't like that solution. you should be able to use your wits or your social awareness as a defense, or your dexterity as an attack. Not only that, but you cannot really dump 3 stats and make it an 'easy' choice. You may DO it, but you WILL pay the consequences! You are almost bound to have a really bad defense, one that is terrible enough that you will almost always be hit on it. Often you will end up with a 2nd mediocre defense (because even if you trash 3 stats you won't have 3 really high 'good' stats). You may also be botched on armor, depending on which stats we're talking about. You will certainly give up some riders, access to some highly useful feats, etc. Not many, if any, classes have things that line up exactly with 3 of the defense stats either. While MwaO or someone who has camped on 4e's CHAROPS may well be able to mention one, it is hard to come up with many. The only one that sort of comes to mind instantly is a bow ranger, but that means utterly trashing any ability in melee at all. Once you get to paragon and pick BA for a PP that may seem less critical, but its hard to go around without any real ability to melee at all! I mean you have to go to elaborate lengths like MCing into Rogue and poaching DEX melee powers or something, and then taking a feat to get half your DEX bonus on OAs, etc. See what I mean? You really can't just trivially do this kind of thing, you pay heavily. It might not be blatantly obvious on day one, but such a character will be much more of a one-trick-pony. The thing is, 4e will at least let you do that, if you're so inclined, and then work things out. I still don't think the proper response is for the game engine to try to punish you for not building how it wants. [/QUOTE]
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