Level 1 character vs level 13 character

[Quertus]

If the game that you were playing in would have been fine for the Forsaker (i.e. the DM said that the character was fine), then this was really a nonsensical exercise.

Granted, the player may not have known that the choice was suboptimal, but who cares. The point is to have fun and if the group had fun, then mission accomplished. You don't have to play top-tier optimal characters to have fun.

Yeah, had a VoP Forsaker in one of my parties once. It worked fine, iirc. It's just a matter of how optimized the group is (and what power range y'all play).