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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 4294303" data-attributes="member: 704">It seems to me that Wizards designed swiss army knife characters out of the game, and set things up so that the classes are going to be very good at what they are built for.&nbsp; They seem to have looked at a class, thought out a general aim, and then allowed for two probable build types per class.&nbsp; The power selection is generally tailored to suit those builds.The upshot is that if you happen to like a particular build, your character will be very good at what he is meant to do.&nbsp; The downside is that deviating much from either of the expected builds will cause some problems, at least at the lower levels.&nbsp; A Dwarven Warlord I tried out suffered due to having no charisma bonus, which in turn meant some powers which I may have chosen did not appeal as much.I do not see it as being a massive problem as your character goes up in level.&nbsp; Being marginally sub-optimal in some ways due to a few odd power choices happened in every edition.&nbsp; And I would rather have a game that can handle a power gamer than one that would be destroyed by a power gamer.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Zardoz, post: 4294303, member: 704"] It seems to me that Wizards designed swiss army knife characters out of the game, and set things up so that the classes are going to be very good at what they are built for. They seem to have looked at a class, thought out a general aim, and then allowed for two probable build types per class. The power selection is generally tailored to suit those builds. The upshot is that if you happen to like a particular build, your character will be very good at what he is meant to do. The downside is that deviating much from either of the expected builds will cause some problems, at least at the lower levels. A Dwarven Warlord I tried out suffered due to having no charisma bonus, which in turn meant some powers which I may have chosen did not appeal as much. I do not see it as being a massive problem as your character goes up in level. Being marginally sub-optimal in some ways due to a few odd power choices happened in every edition. And I would rather have a game that can handle a power gamer than one that would be destroyed by a power gamer. END COMMUNICATION [/QUOTE]

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