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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8196936" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>Right. </p><p></p><p>And just like my Gnome Cleric or my one players Dragonborn Cleric, unless I'm playing a Wood Elf for the +1 Wisdom, I'm going to suck at it.</p><p></p><p>You can claim until you are blue in the face that I am wrong, that 5% doesn't make that much of a difference, but that 1 fewer spells prepared? That 1 point lower DC? They do matter. They matter A LOT. I know. If it had been a single character who had felt like they were underpowered, if it had just been me feeling that way, I might dismiss it. It could just be me. But it isn't. Another person I played with had the exact same experience. </p><p></p><p>And everyone else? They started with a 16 or higher in their prime stats. Every single person I have played with over the entire life of the game. </p><p></p><p>Feel free to tell me I'm wrong, that I'm a powergamer or a min-maxxer or whatever you want to call me. I tried it. Another person tried it. Both of us, independently, felt that it sucked. We didn't have fun with those characters. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Personal Experience is powerful. Maybe you have the opposite experience? Congrats. I don't. I will never play a caster with less than a 16 starting again. It doesn't work for us. So, I'm going to use Tasha's. Because that helps me match the game math.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8196936, member: 6801228"] Right. And just like my Gnome Cleric or my one players Dragonborn Cleric, unless I'm playing a Wood Elf for the +1 Wisdom, I'm going to suck at it. You can claim until you are blue in the face that I am wrong, that 5% doesn't make that much of a difference, but that 1 fewer spells prepared? That 1 point lower DC? They do matter. They matter A LOT. I know. If it had been a single character who had felt like they were underpowered, if it had just been me feeling that way, I might dismiss it. It could just be me. But it isn't. Another person I played with had the exact same experience. And everyone else? They started with a 16 or higher in their prime stats. Every single person I have played with over the entire life of the game. Feel free to tell me I'm wrong, that I'm a powergamer or a min-maxxer or whatever you want to call me. I tried it. Another person tried it. Both of us, independently, felt that it sucked. We didn't have fun with those characters. Personal Experience is powerful. Maybe you have the opposite experience? Congrats. I don't. I will never play a caster with less than a 16 starting again. It doesn't work for us. So, I'm going to use Tasha's. Because that helps me match the game math. [/QUOTE]
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