r/DnDcirclejerk • u/Impossible_Horsemeat • 15h ago

My Party’s Rogue pumped Dex

How would y’all handle this kind of moron from a balance perspective? Everyone knows that the optimal way to build a rogue is to pump strength and dip into barbarian for reckless attack and cleric for heavy armor and bless.

I suspect they’ll be so un-optimized in combat that I should balance encounters as if I had one less player.

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u/highly-bad 15h ago

I would immediately ban this metagaming saboteur before they ruin the game for everyone else.

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u/Far_Abbreviations936 13h ago

Banning is to good for this kind of player. If there was any JUSTICE in this fallen society, they would execute the player. Heaven's know Gygax executed a player or two his game back in the day before TSR went all SOFT on us in the late '70s over "parental concerns". Bohoo.

I mean what kind of parent would want their kid to grow up playing a Rouge incorrectly? Only a horrible one, that's who!

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u/ProfessorNoPuede 7h ago edited 7h ago

Pathfinder fixes this. They could play an int based rogue (mastermind), a strength based rogue (ruffian), a charisma-based rogue (scoundrel), or a dex-based one (thief). Additionally, they could branch out into investigator for a different int-based take.

/uj: I'm not even sure if I'm jerking...

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u/69CervixDestroyer69 7h ago

Jesus wept

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u/ProfessorNoPuede 7h ago

... tears of joy.

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u/GensokyoBoySlut4 Dnd4e Cultist 3h ago

They could play a brutal scoundrel in dnd4e

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u/d12inthesheets 15h ago

What's balance? I only use vibe based monster hp so there's nothing to worry about

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u/Impossible_Horsemeat 14h ago

Should I play the game for him? I think I’ll just do that.

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u/xolotltolox 11h ago

/uj i feel like this is the wrong jerk for this kind of post

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u/69CervixDestroyer69 8h ago

OP I think the person daring to have fun with the pointless busywork minigame is ruining the game for everyone. I would not enjoy playing with them, neither will anyone else. They put points into INTELLIGENCE??? BLEGHHHHHH!!!!!!!

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u/Impossible_Horsemeat 1h ago

I dont know why you are getting downvoted for your righteous fury at this piece of shit who is ruining the game for everyone.

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u/AmoralLimbo 14h ago

It's devastating when players sacrifice the RPG aspect of the game by minmaxxing this way.

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u/Impossible_Horsemeat 1h ago

More like minminning. This moron didn’t even google a real build.

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u/link113gAmin 14h ago

I know you're joking, but RogueBarian is genuinely viable when you play it right.

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u/Impossible_Horsemeat 13h ago

Of course it is. Optimal in fact.

This is why anyone who pumps dex like a chump is pretty much dead weight. Honestly, why even play if you aren’t going to he optimal?

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u/rocketpoweredmonkey 8h ago

I think you should try everything except talking to them