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#1
-Aribeth-
Jun 18, 2009 18:57:36 Hello,

I would like to know what everyone else is doing with characters that have played a several mods then figure out oopsie I should have done this or that with the character and retraining can not fix it.

Mainly I am talking about characters that at the time of creation the stat allocation is off so when a new book came out later on and the character wanted to multiclass for it but cant or if another new power came in a new book with stat requirements like rain of blows and the character could not take it because of stats are off.

Aribeth
#2
telvin3d
Jun 18, 2009 19:13:08 With few exceptions, just keep playing. After all, your original concept is still good. Besides, if there is a PP or feat you want chances are you can get there by pointing level 4 and 8 stat boosts. If your stats are so off that two or three stat bumps won't get you there then chances are you are not talking about a tweak to your concept but new character altogether.
#3
Dragon9
Jun 18, 2009 22:20:15 There is little to do. You can't plan ahead for stuff you don't know about. If you are concerned over playtest stuff that later gets a full write up and you like the other build better, I would suggest holding off on building that class in the first place until you know, or plan on possibly playing more than one of that class. If you worry about such things, you'll drive yourself crazy. Just work within what you have. If a future option isn't open to you, then don't worry about it and look for what is.
#4
amysrevenge
Jun 19, 2009 0:33:00 An example of what I'm doing personally, in a pre-emptive way, is that I'm building a Monk that will eventually be following the Strength secondary path, even though the Wisdom secondary path is all that is available for now. He's got a high Str and a fairly low Wis, so it will be moderately challenging to play until the PH3 comes out. But once it does, I can retrain the powers and class features I need fo him to become a Strength Monk without having to cheat with his attributes.
#5
Dragon9
Jun 19, 2009 7:55:45 And that works well if you happen to knwo what the other build's secondary (or sometimes primary) stat is. :P
#6
amysrevenge
Jun 19, 2009 14:00:42
And that works well if you happen to knwo what the other build's secondary (or sometimes primary) stat is. :P

Well, I know that they mentioned it in the Artificer and Barbarian articles, as well as the Monk one.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 -Aribeth- Jun 18, 2009 18:57:36	Hello, I would like to know what everyone else is doing with characters that have played a several mods then figure out oopsie I should have done this or that with the character and retraining can not fix it. Mainly I am talking about characters that at the time of creation the stat allocation is off so when a new book came out later on and the character wanted to multiclass for it but cant or if another new power came in a new book with stat requirements like rain of blows and the character could not take it because of stats are off. Aribeth
#2 telvin3d Jun 18, 2009 19:13:08	With few exceptions, just keep playing. After all, your original concept is still good. Besides, if there is a PP or feat you want chances are you can get there by pointing level 4 and 8 stat boosts. If your stats are so off that two or three stat bumps won't get you there then chances are you are not talking about a tweak to your concept but new character altogether.
#3 Dragon9 Jun 18, 2009 22:20:15	There is little to do. You can't plan ahead for stuff you don't know about. If you are concerned over playtest stuff that later gets a full write up and you like the other build better, I would suggest holding off on building that class in the first place until you know, or plan on possibly playing more than one of that class. If you worry about such things, you'll drive yourself crazy. Just work within what you have. If a future option isn't open to you, then don't worry about it and look for what is.
#4 amysrevenge Jun 19, 2009 0:33:00	An example of what I'm doing personally, in a pre-emptive way, is that I'm building a Monk that will eventually be following the Strength secondary path, even though the Wisdom secondary path is all that is available for now. He's got a high Str and a fairly low Wis, so it will be moderately challenging to play until the PH3 comes out. But once it does, I can retrain the powers and class features I need fo him to become a Strength Monk without having to cheat with his attributes.
#5 Dragon9 Jun 19, 2009 7:55:45	And that works well if you happen to knwo what the other build's secondary (or sometimes primary) stat is. :P
#6 amysrevenge Jun 19, 2009 14:00:42	And that works well if you happen to knwo what the other build's secondary (or sometimes primary) stat is. :P Well, I know that they mentioned it in the Artificer and Barbarian articles, as well as the Monk one.