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Warlord: STR-primary, not so much...
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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 4629035" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>This is not forked from the closed Warlord thread, honest.</p><p></p><p>All classes have a primary stat (or two) that are used to determine whether thier powers hit. For most classes, nothing else is quite as important as getting that stat as high as is pheasible (only the increasing costs of 17s & 18s gets in the way).</p><p></p><p>The warlord might be an exception to that. The warlord gains substantial benefits from his build's secondary stat (via Commanding Presence and the occassional utility power), while most other classes benefit from secondary stats mainly when thier powers hit. The warlord also has some powers, including at-wills, that have desireable effects on a miss (like Wolf Pack Tactics) and even an at-will that doesn't require him to make an attack roll /at all/.</p><p></p><p>Given that, a warlord could skimp on STR. You could even have a warlord build around something like Hammer Rythm, who concentrated almost exclusively on powers that have good effects (other than damage) on a miss, and concentrate on his secondary stat & CON (1/2 elf inspiring warlord, for instance), doing as much or more damage on a miss as a hit. It'd be out there, but it might work. He could even multiclass to swap out levels where there are no powers that fit the bill for another classes power that uses his higher secondary stat to hit or is reliable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 4629035, member: 996"] This is not forked from the closed Warlord thread, honest. All classes have a primary stat (or two) that are used to determine whether thier powers hit. For most classes, nothing else is quite as important as getting that stat as high as is pheasible (only the increasing costs of 17s & 18s gets in the way). The warlord might be an exception to that. The warlord gains substantial benefits from his build's secondary stat (via Commanding Presence and the occassional utility power), while most other classes benefit from secondary stats mainly when thier powers hit. The warlord also has some powers, including at-wills, that have desireable effects on a miss (like Wolf Pack Tactics) and even an at-will that doesn't require him to make an attack roll /at all/. Given that, a warlord could skimp on STR. You could even have a warlord build around something like Hammer Rythm, who concentrated almost exclusively on powers that have good effects (other than damage) on a miss, and concentrate on his secondary stat & CON (1/2 elf inspiring warlord, for instance), doing as much or more damage on a miss as a hit. It'd be out there, but it might work. He could even multiclass to swap out levels where there are no powers that fit the bill for another classes power that uses his higher secondary stat to hit or is reliable. [/QUOTE]
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