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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9138596" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>If he wants to waste his time and double up, sure. Why bother when you already have an expert?</p><p></p><p>He's not. He didn't pick awesome fighting stuff to bully you out of your theme. You are still conflating high numbers with a theme. High numbers are not a theme.</p><p></p><p>If you're on a soccer team and all you do is field your best man, you lose. You are a team, so ALL of you get to go out and use all of your skills, not just the best guy.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Just out of curiosity. If the king was known to be partial to wizards and who knows you have a wizard in your group, would you send the paladin with his +12 or the wizard with his +2.</p><p></p><p>Right, because 1d4+4 or 1d6+0(wizards tend not to be strong) is going to be soooo much better than 2d6+2(re-rolling 1s and 2s). </p><p></p><p>The little extra to hit is not going to be noticeable in combat. +2 is 2 extra hits out of 20 swings. At 4 rounds for a combat, it will 2.5 combats on average to see an extra hit. It's even less noticeable with only +1 extra to hit.</p><p></p><p>The fighter will fight better, because he's going to be hitting very nearly an identical number of time for a LOT more damage. And he can take a hit. Your wizard goes down very quickly with a low AC and low hit points, with the exception of a Bladesinger, but those are the rare exception to the rule and are basically a gish in any case.</p><p></p><p>No. That proves my point nicely. You left off the example, though, and the other definitions that in context show what is meant.</p><p></p><p>Here is the example you left off of the above definition.</p><p></p><p>"the theme of the sermon was reverence"</p><p></p><p>Note how the theme is reverence. That means that picking poop and inserting it into the sermon would be.....................out of theme.</p><p></p><p>When the them is knowledge and learning(sage), stealth is out of theme no matter why you pick it.</p><p></p><p>Here's the second definition</p><p></p><p>Theme: an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature.</p><p></p><p>"love and honor are the pivotal themes of the Hornblower books"</p><p></p><p>Again, note how the theme is specific. If you insert humor into the book, that is out of theme.</p><p></p><p>And while it isn't being used as a verb here, the verb example also shows the same, well, THEME!</p><p></p><p>"the amusement park will be themed as a Caribbean pirate stronghold"</p><p></p><p>Again, note that the theme is specific and does not include any old thing you pick to put into it.</p><p></p><p><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤦♂️" title="Man facepalming :man_facepalming:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f926-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_facepalming:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9138596, member: 23751"] If he wants to waste his time and double up, sure. Why bother when you already have an expert? He's not. He didn't pick awesome fighting stuff to bully you out of your theme. You are still conflating high numbers with a theme. High numbers are not a theme. If you're on a soccer team and all you do is field your best man, you lose. You are a team, so ALL of you get to go out and use all of your skills, not just the best guy. Just out of curiosity. If the king was known to be partial to wizards and who knows you have a wizard in your group, would you send the paladin with his +12 or the wizard with his +2. Right, because 1d4+4 or 1d6+0(wizards tend not to be strong) is going to be soooo much better than 2d6+2(re-rolling 1s and 2s). The little extra to hit is not going to be noticeable in combat. +2 is 2 extra hits out of 20 swings. At 4 rounds for a combat, it will 2.5 combats on average to see an extra hit. It's even less noticeable with only +1 extra to hit. The fighter will fight better, because he's going to be hitting very nearly an identical number of time for a LOT more damage. And he can take a hit. Your wizard goes down very quickly with a low AC and low hit points, with the exception of a Bladesinger, but those are the rare exception to the rule and are basically a gish in any case. No. That proves my point nicely. You left off the example, though, and the other definitions that in context show what is meant. Here is the example you left off of the above definition. "the theme of the sermon was reverence" Note how the theme is reverence. That means that picking poop and inserting it into the sermon would be.....................out of theme. When the them is knowledge and learning(sage), stealth is out of theme no matter why you pick it. Here's the second definition Theme: an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature. "love and honor are the pivotal themes of the Hornblower books" Again, note how the theme is specific. If you insert humor into the book, that is out of theme. And while it isn't being used as a verb here, the verb example also shows the same, well, THEME! "the amusement park will be themed as a Caribbean pirate stronghold" Again, note that the theme is specific and does not include any old thing you pick to put into it. 🤦♂️ [/QUOTE]
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