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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 4982107" data-attributes="member: 82106">Doesn't seem like an unusually damage optimized fighter to me. More middle of the road solid defense and he can dish out some good solid hits when he needs to kind of fighter. I guess I'm not sure why an average DM rogue wouldn't easily top his damage output in most situations. I don't think the problem is mechanical really. I guess the questions are is the rogue somehow significantly deoptimized? A selection of powers, feats, and items that just don't synergize at all well together could be part of it. Perception? Sometimes people get the idea in their head that they "miss all the time" or "don't do much damage" but if you actually add it up its usually not true or its just a character that is very slightly below expectations. People are funny, they really remember when things don't go well for them and forget the time they one-shotted the big nasty. You could run some DPR calculations, I'm not real fond of them overall but it will tell you if the character has serious problems. Maybe also check the rogue handbooks on charops. They do a pretty decent job rating the various powers (take with a grain of salt). When you have a character with EVERY power rated "purple" or "red" its usually a clue that the character will underperform. Especially if they avoided all the better combat boosting feats.</blockquote>