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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5556013" data-attributes="member: 87792"><p>Right. Off the top of my head, Staff of Ruin doesn't stack with the Shard of the Mage. I'm pretty sure both provide item bonusses. And Mark of Scribing is <em>very</em> world specific - if you're not playing in Eberron just ban it cold. His maths therefore needs checking (especially how he got that many items). But seriously, that's not that strong a character - especially as he's taken Toughness, Durable, and Resilient Focus - and missed feats like Enlarge Spell (expand the size of all wizard spells by 1 at the cost of a damage penalty). </p><p> </p><p>Wizard/Psion isn't a particularly strong combination (if we were talking either Wizard/Psion or Swordmage/Psion we'd have a problem.</p><p> </p><p>Staff Expertise is legal - they added the Expertise feats in PHB2 then decided that they were boring so added a secondary effect to each Expertise in Essentials. I think the only people to not currently have an Expertise feat they can use that's equivalent are Tome wielders and Flailers. (Staff is a strong one, admittedly. But I get far more mileage out of the Orb equivalent for the extra slide).</p><p> </p><p>But the rest? That's just a solid build with a lot of items. I'm not sure I'd blink twice. And it's not as if that hybrid build is at all strong; both wizard and psion use standard actions to do effectively the same thing.</p><p> </p><p>"And defenders have higher defences than I have."</p><p> </p><p>He has an AC of 29 at 14th level. Someone wearing +3 chain (effectively bottom of the barrel armour) will have an AC of 10 +7 (level) + 3 (Enhancement) + 6 (chain) +2 (masterwork) = AC28. Which makes AC29 the equivalent of chain and a light shield. His AC is by almost any standards on the low side.</p><p> </p><p>Out of curiosity, could you post the other two characters?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 5556013, member: 87792"] Right. Off the top of my head, Staff of Ruin doesn't stack with the Shard of the Mage. I'm pretty sure both provide item bonusses. And Mark of Scribing is [I]very[/I] world specific - if you're not playing in Eberron just ban it cold. His maths therefore needs checking (especially how he got that many items). But seriously, that's not that strong a character - especially as he's taken Toughness, Durable, and Resilient Focus - and missed feats like Enlarge Spell (expand the size of all wizard spells by 1 at the cost of a damage penalty). Wizard/Psion isn't a particularly strong combination (if we were talking either Wizard/Psion or Swordmage/Psion we'd have a problem. Staff Expertise is legal - they added the Expertise feats in PHB2 then decided that they were boring so added a secondary effect to each Expertise in Essentials. I think the only people to not currently have an Expertise feat they can use that's equivalent are Tome wielders and Flailers. (Staff is a strong one, admittedly. But I get far more mileage out of the Orb equivalent for the extra slide). But the rest? That's just a solid build with a lot of items. I'm not sure I'd blink twice. And it's not as if that hybrid build is at all strong; both wizard and psion use standard actions to do effectively the same thing. "And defenders have higher defences than I have." He has an AC of 29 at 14th level. Someone wearing +3 chain (effectively bottom of the barrel armour) will have an AC of 10 +7 (level) + 3 (Enhancement) + 6 (chain) +2 (masterwork) = AC28. Which makes AC29 the equivalent of chain and a light shield. His AC is by almost any standards on the low side. Out of curiosity, could you post the other two characters? [/QUOTE]
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