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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7222827" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I can't defeat your argument because it is based on opinion, not logic.  There's no reason to compare different classes and builds.  This is an attempt to measure the impact of a different set of ability scores for a particular build.  If I've decided to play Character/Race/Class X and I get high numbers, that character will be more effective than if I rolled low.  It doesn't matter what class X is.  I don't see how that statement can be refuted.  I've shown how much of a difference it is for one particular scenario.  If you say "you should play Y" then my character would have been more effective at Y as well if I had been lucky and gotten higher numbers.  How is that statement incorrect?Just out of curiosity I took 5 minutes to adjust my scenario to one that is, I believe extremely realistic.  So 4th level fighters (at full hp) badly wounded hell hound (half hp).  Basically a fight where the dice all went wrong and you're looking at a TPK but fighting a bloodied opponent.  Result is pretty much the same.  Lorne (low man) wins 63% while Max wins 83%.  It does jump to 95/99% if the fighters are 5th level, but it makes sense that at a certain point the fighters are going to win the majority of time (and every once in a while in Max's case just have bad luck).As far as "you never have the same race/class/build", I've done it 3 times.  Well, technically the third time it was a set of 3 gnome triplets we ran with our niece but I think it still counts.  I've run games at least twice with duplicates.  Once with dwarvish fighter twins, another with gnoll barbarian brothers.    Saying that you've come to a foregone conclusion is not a personal attack.  It's an observation.</blockquote>

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