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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Secthay" data-source="post: 6291153" data-attributes="member: 6776028">I agree with the initial post about rogues.I have been playing a game with a halfling rogue, dragonborn paladin, dwarven fighter & my (recently deceased) elven ranger. (We were all Level 4 at time of writing)The rogue seems incredibly overpowered.His base armor class is only 1 lower than the paladins (& his other defences aren't far off) However, he has a bonus against opportunity attacks & anything that attacks him gets hit by a riposite strike most turns. He also has second chance to stop any crits.His damage output & hit to miss ratio is far higher than my ranger's.Here are his Riposite strike calculations:Attack: Dex (7) + Combat advantage (2) =  +11 vs ACHit: 1 [W] (1D6) + Dex (7) + Two Weapon Fighting (1) + Sneak attack (2D8) Max = 32If the target tries to attack him before he can do it again, hit him first.Attack: Str (4) + Combat advantage (2) = +6 vs ACHit: 1 [W] (1D6) + Strength (4) + Two Weapon Fighting (1) + Sneak attack (2D8) Max = 27So... Two attacks that will probably hit, dealing a maximum of 59. Level 4. At-will.(He almost always had combat advantage too, with a mix of his racial higher initiative thing & tumble letting him get wherever he needed to be to kill them best.My ranger on the other hand.His most damaging attack, Two Fanged StrikeAttack Both: Dex (7) + Prime Shot (1) = +8 Vs ACHit 1: 1[W] (1D10) + Dex (7) + Hunter's Quarry (1D8) Max = 25Hit 2: 1[W] (1D10) + Dex (7) Max = 17If (& only if) both attacks hit + Wis (5)Total Maximum: 47 With attacks that are pretty likely to miss.I don't understand how he is capable of being the best striker & the best defender simultaneously. It's not just that we are complete scrubs & he's power gaming. The rest of us have gone through everything & we can't seem to find a way to compete with that.</blockquote>

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