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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6328001" data-attributes="member: 2067">This is only an issue if you're going to fail to improve upon your weaknesses.Which is to say, yes, if you dump a stat and don't do anything to pump it up, it will be the point at which you can be reliably attacked by significantly higher-level characters. This is literally a character using their STRONGEST ability against another character's WEAKEST ability. If that shouldn't almost always (20's excepted) result in the strong character actually having their effect take, I don't know that it would be satisfying at all to play the strong character.This is the equivalent of a high-level fighter hitting that dude without armor and with an 8 in DEX. Yes, that fighter SHOULD be hitting.Now, it's important that the effects of hitting aren't over-stated. And given that a lot of suck spells are Concentration, this seems fine. Yes, if your weak point is WIS, you might lose a turn and have to have your friends help you out of a pinch. This is not all that dire of a penalty to face for basically letting your WIS be for crud and expecting to be fine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 6328001, member: 2067"] This is only an issue if you're going to fail to improve upon your weaknesses. Which is to say, yes, if you dump a stat and don't do anything to pump it up, it will be the point at which you can be reliably attacked by significantly higher-level characters. This is literally a character using their STRONGEST ability against another character's WEAKEST ability. If that shouldn't almost always (20's excepted) result in the strong character actually having their effect take, I don't know that it would be satisfying at all to play the strong character. This is the equivalent of a high-level fighter hitting that dude without armor and with an 8 in DEX. Yes, that fighter SHOULD be hitting. Now, it's important that the effects of hitting aren't over-stated. And given that a lot of suck spells are Concentration, this seems fine. Yes, if your weak point is WIS, you might lose a turn and have to have your friends help you out of a pinch. This is not all that dire of a penalty to face for basically letting your WIS be for crud and expecting to be fine. [/QUOTE]

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