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Why would you completely maximize one stat, and where would your character take a hit in other areas?
I'm maybe interested in seeing some character designs where one stat is maximized all the way up to level 20, all others are ignored or neglected.
Monks in particular would be interesting due to how each stat (except CHA) is tied to a relatively important aspect of the class
This thread is essentially the opposite of another thread currently running:
Why would you completely maximize one stat, and where would your character take a hit in other areas?I'm maybe interested in seeing some character designs where one stat is maximized all the way up to level 20, all others are ignored or neglected.
Monks in particular would be interesting due to how each stat (except CHA) is tied to a relatively important aspect of the class
This is easy for a witch. Just maximise intelligence. Any left over points would go into dex and con for defensive reasons. Dump chr and str to maximise intelligence and leave wisdom flat so you don't take a hit on will saves.
Everything important a witch does (hex or spell) is based off her intelligence. It also increases her skill point selection. This is a no-brainer.
Almost any nine spell level caster can put everything into one ability and keep everything else very low and be fairly OK. The wizard with a maxed INT is the classic example.
You can also do fairly well with finesse type characters that count on number of attacks and then effects for their combat abilities. (Sneak Attacks and Crit builds being the most common.)
Classes that suffer the most from a single stat being high are Monks, Druids, Paladins, Bards, and some Clerics. Of course any character can be fun and set up in a good way with totally average stats across the board as well as a single high stat.
Skill points. Less needed with favored class bonuses and the like, but still needed.
I think barbarians are a good case of 'STR ALL THE WAY!', with much less focus on other things.
I thought barbarians needed str and con in fairly equal amounts.
Oddly, the only stat that you couldn't make a viable character out of stacking to the cost of all others is Constitution. It almost makes me wish for a Con-based caster, like 4E Warlocks.
Gotta disagree with you here TOZ. For a barbarian it's CON ALL THE WAY!
Rage longer, and don't let anything kill you. Then just bump up your STR with buffs.
The one and only stat I can not live with out is Dex. A high Dex give Ac bonuses Add weapons fineness and you can use it for Melee and ranged bonuses. Still a Low Str and or Int would still hurt but not as bad.
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Oddly, the only stat that you couldn't make a viable character out of stacking to the cost of all others is Constitution. It almost makes me wish for a Con-based caster, like 4E Warlocks.
The Tantrist in Book of Erotic Fantasy is a Con-based caster (though it also uses Int for DC's and Appearance for bonus spells).
I intend to play a Pathfinderized version that uses Con for *everything* and get my God Wizard on. :)
Borrowing from the 4E warlock a bit, it might be interesting to have a sorcerer bloodline that replaces Charisma with Constitution as their main casting stat. Hello, Beefy McMagepants.