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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5753764" data-attributes="member: 58197">Sure, I'll raise questions*. Specifically, "Given how you want to play this guy, you're going to have to make a bunch of social and knowledge skill checks. With these stats and no points in social skills, you'll fail most of those checks and your 'solving problems by talking' approach will be a complete bust. Are you okay with that?"It's pretty much the same way I'd approach it if someone wanted to be a powerful wizard and then showed up with a level 3 wizard/3 barbarian/5 expert. It's not a concern about roleplaying; you can play your character any way you like; but if your mechanical abilities don't back up your vision of the character, you're probably not going to like the results, so I'm going to step in, point out the flaws in your approach, and suggest you make some adjustments. If you understand the consequences of your build and are okay with them, go ahead.I think the real question for this thread is, "Player comes to you with his new character. He's all excited about the concept, which is an uneducated but brilliant warrior with a head for puzzles. He's not very perceptive, but he's cautious and thoughtful, and he's capable of coming up with brilliant and persuasive oratory but struggles with delivery. His stats are 18 Str, 18 Dex, 18 Con, 8 Int, 8 Wis, 6 Cha. What do you do?"To which my answer is, "Sounds like a great concept. Go for it." My concern is that the character's mechanical abilities (skill checks and such) should be able to back up the player's vision when the time comes to roll dice. If they do, then I'm not going to quibble over whether his Int is high enough to "justify" his puzzle-solving prowess.[SIZE=-2]*Actually, the first question I'm going to raise is "What gave you the idea we were playing 42-point buy?"[/SIZE]</blockquote>

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