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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7216637" data-attributes="member: 7006">Ah yes... the self-nerf!&nbsp; The very thing many posters here complain about doing in the name of characterization!&nbsp; Woe be to them that wish oh so desperately to play a character with a theme, but those rat bastards Wizards of the Coast refuse to let them do that by keeping in rules for &quot;better&quot; abilities that they are incapable of just not selecting.&nbsp; Poor, poor players!&quot;I want to play a Storm Sorcerer focused on thunder and lightning!&nbsp; But Fireball is the best spell there is at 3rd level so I can't NOT take it!&nbsp; If only WotC would publish an official &quot;thematic&quot; spell list for each type of sorcerer so that I am FORCED to not take Fireball!&nbsp; But they're jerks and won't do that!&quot;&quot;I want to be a blade Warlock who is focused on my weapon!&nbsp; But Eldritch Blast is just too good of a cantrip!&nbsp; And the Agonizing Blast invocation just makes Eldritch Blast even better, so I HAVE to select them both!&nbsp; But now I'm a ranged PC and not a melee one and I can't take another invocation more to my theme!&nbsp; All because WotC put those items in the Player's Handbook and have not designed a new subclass that penalizes me from selecting them!&nbsp; If only they'd do that, then they'd no longer be the best option for my blade Warlock, and I wouldn't be forced to take them anymore!&nbsp; Man, those WotC guys are jerks!&quot;&quot;How in the world can I select a FUN feat for my PC when WotC has created nothing but a &quot;feat-fax&quot; by adding these stupid 'Weapon Expertise' feats into the game?&nbsp; Now I have no choice but to use one of my 4E feat slots to take--Oh wait.&nbsp; Hang on.&nbsp; Heh.&nbsp; Sorry... I was having flashbacks there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 7216637, member: 7006"] Ah yes... the self-nerf! The very thing many posters here complain about doing in the name of characterization! Woe be to them that wish oh so desperately to play a character with a theme, but those rat bastards Wizards of the Coast refuse to let them do that by keeping in rules for "better" abilities that they are incapable of just not selecting. Poor, poor players! "I want to play a Storm Sorcerer focused on thunder and lightning! But [I]Fireball[/I] is the best spell there is at 3rd level so I can't NOT take it! If only WotC would publish an official "thematic" spell list for each type of sorcerer so that I am FORCED to not take Fireball! But they're jerks and won't do that!" "I want to be a blade Warlock who is focused on my weapon! But Eldritch Blast is just too good of a cantrip! And the Agonizing Blast invocation just makes Eldritch Blast even better, so I HAVE to select them both! But now I'm a ranged PC and not a melee one and I can't take another invocation more to my theme! All because WotC put those items in the Player's Handbook and have not designed a new subclass that penalizes me from selecting them! If only they'd do that, then they'd no longer be the best option for my blade Warlock, and I wouldn't be forced to take them anymore! Man, those WotC guys are jerks!" "How in the world can I select a FUN feat for my PC when WotC has created nothing but a "feat-fax" by adding these stupid 'Weapon Expertise' feats into the game? Now I have no choice but to use one of my 4E feat slots to take-- Oh wait. Hang on. Heh. Sorry... I was having flashbacks there. [/QUOTE]

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