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Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition (A5E)
Strength vs Dexterity imbalance cannot be solved without addressing the Melee vs Ranged Imbalance.
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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8074888" data-attributes="member: 93670"><p>So instead of inventing a contrived example to make a point he's just badly mistaken and missing the fact that people had been talking about removing +dex to damage on ranged weapons <u><em><strong>and</strong> going back to +str</em></u> to damage like in the past when he jumped in without quoting anyone after either accidentally missing or purposely omitting the second part to defend 5e's SAD ranged builds rather than trying to make a case for why dex/dex is better than dex/str, that it doesn't solve anything, that something else is better.</p><p></p><p>It's ok to <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/strength-vs-dexterity-imbalance-cannot-be-solved-without-addressing-the-melee-vs-ranged-imbalance.674309/post-8074473" target="_blank">jump</a> in on page 3 of a thread and miss part of what's being discussed, but when people start questioning why you are making such a contrived & irrelivant damage comparison it's probably a good idea to check what key details you are missing [USER=6795602]@FrogReaver[/USER]. with +str to damage rather than +dex your example only works if a fighter has 10 strength and chooses archery style knowing it would not gain a damage bonus but that sort of deliberate choice is exempt from damage per round comparisons & he's probably sitting on 20 str/18con or something else that fits his specialization. with dex/dex</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 8074888, member: 93670"] So instead of inventing a contrived example to make a point he's just badly mistaken and missing the fact that people had been talking about removing +dex to damage on ranged weapons [U][I][B]and[/B] going back to +str[/I][/U] to damage like in the past when he jumped in without quoting anyone after either accidentally missing or purposely omitting the second part to defend 5e's SAD ranged builds rather than trying to make a case for why dex/dex is better than dex/str, that it doesn't solve anything, that something else is better. It's ok to [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/strength-vs-dexterity-imbalance-cannot-be-solved-without-addressing-the-melee-vs-ranged-imbalance.674309/post-8074473']jump[/URL] in on page 3 of a thread and miss part of what's being discussed, but when people start questioning why you are making such a contrived & irrelivant damage comparison it's probably a good idea to check what key details you are missing [USER=6795602]@FrogReaver[/USER]. with +str to damage rather than +dex your example only works if a fighter has 10 strength and chooses archery style knowing it would not gain a damage bonus but that sort of deliberate choice is exempt from damage per round comparisons & he's probably sitting on 20 str/18con or something else that fits his specialization. with dex/dex [/QUOTE]
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