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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 7409254" data-attributes="member: 6802951">Yep. But if your character concept and image involves swinging a battleaxe around, then that +2 rapier is going to feel annoying. I don't think that anyone is contesting that its the mechanically best option. But it may well be less fun option, and it is forcing you to those between thematically fun and mechanically effective.Likewise the wand issue. This thing might effectively double your higher-level spell slots. Your character is going to be able to use it to throw a lot of those spells around. Which is fine if you want to use a lot of fireballs. However if your character concept is perhaps a plant-focused druid, and you wanted to explore using those kind of druidic spells a lot for example, the wand is going to be an issue. Wanting to play &quot;Heartwood, Keeper of the Forest&quot; is going to clash with playing the more mechanically effective &quot;That Fireball-chucking looney, Heartwood.&quot;Exactly. If you want your PC to be an iconic fireball-throwing wand user then there is no issue, and more fun to you. If you don't however . . .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 7409254, member: 6802951"] Yep. But if your character concept and image involves swinging a battleaxe around, then that +2 rapier is going to feel annoying. I don't think that anyone is contesting that its the mechanically best option. But it may well be less fun option, and it is forcing you to those between thematically fun and mechanically effective. Likewise the wand issue. This thing might effectively double your higher-level spell slots. Your character is going to be able to use it to throw a lot of those spells around. Which is fine if you [I]want [/I]to use a lot of fireballs. However if your character concept is perhaps a plant-focused druid, and you wanted to explore using those kind of druidic spells a lot for example, the wand is going to be an issue. Wanting to play "Heartwood, Keeper of the Forest" is going to clash with playing the more mechanically effective "That Fireball-chucking looney, Heartwood." Exactly. If you want your PC to be an iconic fireball-throwing wand user then there is no issue, and more fun to you. If you don't however . . . [/QUOTE]

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