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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 738620" data-attributes="member: 3146">If you review the rest of this thread, you'll find that clvl 5 is not the only level at which the half-ogre stomps fighters from other races into the ground. In fact, just a couple pages ago, you'll find several examples of ideal situations for the non-half-ogre fighter (clvl 6, reach treated as irrelevant; a half-ogre with standard feats that don't take advantage of his reach or other abilities) which demonstrate the half-ogre to be roughly equal to a fighter two levels higher than him.That's a pretty good defense of yourself Pax, but that you would have to use it doesn't say much for the rules themselves now does it?Right. Review the previous pages. You'll find that selecting different break points doesn't change the equation. I'd wager a half-ogre fighter 5 against a half-orc fighter 6. (Especially if I got to choose the half-ogre's feats). I'd definitely pick the ECL +1 half-ogre over the half-orc for an adventuring party (where the dynamics are somewhat different from one on one encounters). And that's the IDEAL comparison point from the half-orc's POV. After that, it just gets worse for him.In fact, pick nearly any break point you want. Clvl 7? A half-ogre fighter 6 against a half-orc fighter 7 no problem. Clvl 8, clvl 9, clvl 10? Half Ogre fighter. All the way. Clvl 11 (The half-orc's next best shot but he's still not going to win). Clvl 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20? Where is a better break point for the comparison? I suggest that clvl 1, 6, 11, and 16 are not a representative sample of the places to compare the two characters.The same could be said for level one comparisons. And in that case it's accurate. Just about every other level at which you could analyze the half-ogre demonstrates the imbalance Forrester is mentioning.</blockquote>

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