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Re: Is This Player's Build Legal?
« on: June 28, 2020, 12:58:04 pm »
Had to get to work before so I didn't spend quite enough time.

Damage: 2d8+3 is too high.  It'd get a +2 bonus from heroic level 4 but that's it.  There's no STR bonus to add to damage.

As for Feats I see them going as such:  1st level = WP-Simple & Pistol, Linguist(noble) Force Sensitivity (1st lvl) Force Training (Miraluka conditional);  2nd level = WP-lightsaber (multiclass into Jedi); 3rd level = Skill Focus-UtF (Jedi Bonus), Force Training (3rd); 4th-none.  OOPS!!!   I guess you're right; there is no Room for Weapon Focus anywhere in that build.  I guess that in my haste I misread Jedi 3 as Jedi4 which would have given another bonus feat....   SHAME ON ME... :(

Skills:  I know we're saying **** of to class skills but with that list I wonder which Background give access to both Acrobatics and Mechanics?  Heck, it appears that's illegal even even using Backgrounds.

SORRY, but  DO NOT GET TO USE DEX for you double-blade lighter.  I'd argue you should even be able to get DEX on that attack but I don't even need to have that argument as the character doesn't have Weapon Finesse which would allow it to apply DEX to a lightsaber.  The further argument that I'd make is that a DOUBLE-BLADED lightsaber is not the same as a "lightsaber" mentioned in Weapon Finesse as it's a "large, two-handed weapon" but what the **** do I know.

When it comes to attack bonus this character should have a +3 BAB.  That is ALL that will apply to any melee attacks made.  The ranged attacks would get +3 from DEX bringing that Pistol attack to +6.  The "fighting style" I'd be using with this character is a blaster pistol in one hand to use to make my attacks and then a lightsaber in the other hand to use almost exclusively as a "shield" via the Block/Deflect talents.  Now I guess some of the attack value discrepancy could come from Equipment bonus via Tech Specialist upgrades.

It seem someone may be confusing 5e with SAGA.  If I can just use DEX for my melee attacks without needing to spend any feats on it why am I ever going to bother putting a good ability score into STR?

I think I've already covered all the problems with using GOD stats such as these.  That "oh I remember seeing them get +2 CHA somewhere" is really convenient.  If someone insists on running the DoD with just three characters my suggestion is to BOOST THEIR LEVEL instead of giving them the stealth level increases that screw up how the game is supposed to be balanced.

Now for the hitpoints:  I guess they technically do fall within the "legal range" but I'll note that the chances of rolling them (or better!) are 4/1000 or 0.4%  I probably go on about how using MAXIMUM HIT POINTS screws up game balance and expectation but I suspect that falls on more deaf ears.  With bigger hp sinks that makes normal damage mean less and less while anything that targets the Condition Track becomes much more important; even slightly lower than average hp works the other way as getting hit may drain a character's hp total faster than the CT could go down but with maximum hp targeting the CT can have a greater effect.

As for those Defense Scores the "error" is pretty obvious:  He's just adding ALL of the class bonuses to Defense together.  Instead of taking the better of the Jedi and Noble Scores he's just adding them together.  It's wrong but doing this will make Multiclassing INSANE especially once PrC are hit.

It may be worth noting that Miraluka still don't get to ignore TOTAL Cover or Concealment.

Now the player who made this character may be an "expert" in DnD 5e and 3.5 but as far as a SWSE character goes I give this one an F although when graded "on a curve because no one can ever fail" it looks like it'll get a C.

Now you haven't asked but my response to this "game" would be "let's play with normal character expectations but run two characters each.  This lets us learn things twice as fast and it also means that if one character goes down we've still got one to keep going with."
« Last Edit: June 28, 2020, 05:18:30 pm by StevenO »
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