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<blockquote data-quote="Ogre Mage" data-source="post: 1232832" data-attributes="member: 3404"><p><strong>Lame-O Characters in your party</strong></p><p></p><p>We had a ranger who insisted on fighting with nunchaku and darts. He actually wasted a FEAT so he could fight with nunchaku. Yes, you heard me correctly. Why he couldn't use a real weapon and a longbow is beyond me.</p><p></p><p>In our current group, we have not one lame-o character, but two. It's so bad that our 5th level party struggles against CR 5 monsters!!! </p><p></p><p>We have a fighter with with STR 11 and CON 13 but CHA 17!! He wanted to be different. His difference is that he can't hit for $h!*, can't deal damage for $h!* (average 4.5/hit) and goes down if he gets hit by a dart!! He is supposed to be a DEX based fighter. Why, then, did he waste a feat on weapon finesse when he INSISTS ON FIGHTING WITH A LONGSWORD AND REFUSES TO USE A RAPIER EVEN AFTER OUR DM GAVE HIM A MASTERWORK RAPIER FOR FREE!!!! He left it behind!!</p><p></p><p>We also have a cleric with the following stats:</p><p></p><p>STR 11</p><p>DEX 10</p><p>CON 12</p><p>INT 16</p><p>WIS 14</p><p>CHA 10</p><p></p><p>Our DM looked at these stats and suggested the player remake the character using 32 point buy. He declined. This character does the dumbest things ever. He is human and doesn't have the blindfighting feat but memorizes darkness multiple times and then casts it on himself and tries to run around so the enemies "won't hit him." Also, as you noticed, his STR and CON is similar to our fighter, so he is useless in a fight. For some reason, he took the feat MWP: Glaive. Even though he has a strength of 11 and is known to cast darkness on himself and run around in circles. </p><p></p><p>*Tries to stop from screaming*</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ogre Mage, post: 1232832, member: 3404"] [b]Lame-O Characters in your party[/b] We had a ranger who insisted on fighting with nunchaku and darts. He actually wasted a FEAT so he could fight with nunchaku. Yes, you heard me correctly. Why he couldn't use a real weapon and a longbow is beyond me. In our current group, we have not one lame-o character, but two. It's so bad that our 5th level party struggles against CR 5 monsters!!! We have a fighter with with STR 11 and CON 13 but CHA 17!! He wanted to be different. His difference is that he can't hit for $h!*, can't deal damage for $h!* (average 4.5/hit) and goes down if he gets hit by a dart!! He is supposed to be a DEX based fighter. Why, then, did he waste a feat on weapon finesse when he INSISTS ON FIGHTING WITH A LONGSWORD AND REFUSES TO USE A RAPIER EVEN AFTER OUR DM GAVE HIM A MASTERWORK RAPIER FOR FREE!!!! He left it behind!! We also have a cleric with the following stats: STR 11 DEX 10 CON 12 INT 16 WIS 14 CHA 10 Our DM looked at these stats and suggested the player remake the character using 32 point buy. He declined. This character does the dumbest things ever. He is human and doesn't have the blindfighting feat but memorizes darkness multiple times and then casts it on himself and tries to run around so the enemies "won't hit him." Also, as you noticed, his STR and CON is similar to our fighter, so he is useless in a fight. For some reason, he took the feat MWP: Glaive. Even though he has a strength of 11 and is known to cast darkness on himself and run around in circles. *Tries to stop from screaming* [/QUOTE]
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