"Optimized" characters or parties?

[Charity]

Grr Can rangers not cast divine spells?
anyhow
As far as I know folk are entitled to pursue their hobbies as they see fit.
It must be terribly taxing to be the only right thinking person here.

Back to the reality that the rest of us inhabit for a while, I am possibly not as flexable as some... using the baker analogy from earlier I would expect at least a rank or two in the skill if you are having baker as a background, but thats just me.