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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 8080298" data-attributes="member: 50987"><p>It's not "old-fashioned," it's not "a PVP style of mentality," and it's not a "gatcha," it's just a kobold with a crossbow. It's the same crossbow that the barbarian can purchase in any shop and use without penalty, but decided not to because it wasn't optimized and therefore, "completely useless." The player made a deliberate choice to hamstring his character in all ranged encounters--you can't put that on the DM.</p><p></p><p>It's pretty silly for the player to assume that because he decided to never buy a ranged weapon, ranged combat is now off-limits. (I mean, what if another player wants to play an archer ranger? Is he just out of luck now?) Likewise, it's pretty silly for the player to assume that because his wizard focuses on fire spells, all enemy spellcasters can't cast the <em>protection from energy </em>spell<em>.</em></p><p></p><p>It's a disconnect alright, but I think it's in the opposite direction from which you implied.</p><p></p><p>Exactly. It would be different if ranged weapons weren't available for purchase, or if the DM decided that barbarians are no longer proficient with ranged weapons of any kind. <em>That </em>would certainly be the DM's fault.</p><p></p><p>There's nothing wrong with wanting to focus on melee combat (or ranged combat, or fire spells, or whatever) at the expense of other things. Just understand that it is going to limit your options later on, and that's okay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 8080298, member: 50987"] It's not "old-fashioned," it's not "a PVP style of mentality," and it's not a "gatcha," it's just a kobold with a crossbow. It's the same crossbow that the barbarian can purchase in any shop and use without penalty, but decided not to because it wasn't optimized and therefore, "completely useless." The player made a deliberate choice to hamstring his character in all ranged encounters--you can't put that on the DM. It's pretty silly for the player to assume that because he decided to never buy a ranged weapon, ranged combat is now off-limits. (I mean, what if another player wants to play an archer ranger? Is he just out of luck now?) Likewise, it's pretty silly for the player to assume that because his wizard focuses on fire spells, all enemy spellcasters can't cast the [I]protection from energy [/I]spell[I].[/I] It's a disconnect alright, but I think it's in the opposite direction from which you implied. Exactly. It would be different if ranged weapons weren't available for purchase, or if the DM decided that barbarians are no longer proficient with ranged weapons of any kind. [I]That [/I]would certainly be the DM's fault. There's nothing wrong with wanting to focus on melee combat (or ranged combat, or fire spells, or whatever) at the expense of other things. Just understand that it is going to limit your options later on, and that's okay. [/QUOTE]
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