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So Is The Dex Based Fighter Just Strictly Better?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 6330906" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>Fair point. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Still, I would generally take Stealth and Acrobatics over Athletics.</p><p></p><p>To answer the OP's question, Dex-based is very slightly superior <em>at level 1</em>, when your stats are low and your money tight. But you won't stay level 1 for more than half a session, so why would you use that as your metric?</p><p></p><p>Overall, the typical tradeoff is that the Str-based fighter is 1 point ahead on AC, while the Dex-based fighter has better skills, saves, and initiative. However, things jounce around a bit at the low levels, mostly as a function of money:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Both start out with AC 18 (chain mail + shield for the Str fighter, scale mail + shield for the Dex fighter).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When you have 200 gp to spend on armor, the Str-based fighter buys splint armor and moves up to AC 19.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When you have 750 gp to spend on armor, the Dex-based fighter buys half plate and moves up to AC 19*.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When you have 1,500 gp to spend on armor, the Str-based fighter buys full plate and moves up to AC 20.</li> </ul><p>The Dex-based fighter can never get beyond AC 19. But there are a lot of other benefits to Dex over Str, so neither one is <em>strictly</em> superior once you hit the top end.</p><p></p><p>[SIZE=-2]*If the DM is a skinflint, or if the Dex-based fighter rolled for stats and got lucky, or if the Dex-based fighter wants to avoid disadvantage on Stealth, the Dex-based fighter will reach AC 19 by way of Dex 20 and studded leather rather than half plate.[/SIZE]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 6330906, member: 58197"] Fair point. :) Still, I would generally take Stealth and Acrobatics over Athletics. To answer the OP's question, Dex-based is very slightly superior [I]at level 1[/I], when your stats are low and your money tight. But you won't stay level 1 for more than half a session, so why would you use that as your metric? Overall, the typical tradeoff is that the Str-based fighter is 1 point ahead on AC, while the Dex-based fighter has better skills, saves, and initiative. However, things jounce around a bit at the low levels, mostly as a function of money: [LIST] [*]Both start out with AC 18 (chain mail + shield for the Str fighter, scale mail + shield for the Dex fighter). [*]When you have 200 gp to spend on armor, the Str-based fighter buys splint armor and moves up to AC 19. [*]When you have 750 gp to spend on armor, the Dex-based fighter buys half plate and moves up to AC 19*. [*]When you have 1,500 gp to spend on armor, the Str-based fighter buys full plate and moves up to AC 20. [/LIST] The Dex-based fighter can never get beyond AC 19. But there are a lot of other benefits to Dex over Str, so neither one is [I]strictly[/I] superior once you hit the top end. [SIZE=-2]*If the DM is a skinflint, or if the Dex-based fighter rolled for stats and got lucky, or if the Dex-based fighter wants to avoid disadvantage on Stealth, the Dex-based fighter will reach AC 19 by way of Dex 20 and studded leather rather than half plate.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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