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2013-04-20, 03:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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2013-04-20, 03:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worst class in the entire game.
He said. I didn't. Also, Surprise Round.
The riding dog you quote has an AC of 16, not 19. And given that the rogue attacks by surprise, he gets the flat-footed AC of 14. Then he's got a slight more than 50% chance of beating the round for initiative, and get another attack at flat-footed SC in. Goodbye, Guard Dog.
Please note that the Guard Dog is a CR 1 creature. So, the rogue has a pretty good chance of sneaking up on him (+10 vs. +5), an about average chance of hitting him in the first round, and if we give him 18 dex (still pretty easy for an elf or a dedicated human), his chances are even better. And this thing is supposed to be taken on by a group of four level 1 characters.
Like you're doing by ignoring spot/listen-penalties because of distance, surprise, and giving the dog an AC 5 points higher than it actually is?This is sarcasm, this is nitpicking.
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2013-04-20, 04:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worst class in the entire game.
Right, the TWF you gave up and can't hit with anyways.
Bakeru: You're right. He couldn't get a second attack even if he had one. That's even worse!
Guard dogs get armor, and even without armor you still hit... what is it? 15% of the time? Not exactly an improvement when you need to hit twice, and get at least 14 damage. Let's see, what's that... 0.15 * 0.15 * .5 = 1/80 chance of actually jumping the guard dog? Less if it has barding? Weren't you trying to prove Rogues were competent?
Oh and I'm ignoring stealth because you can't hide. As mentioned before, LLV hard counters you because the dog can still see you even if it's dark.
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2013-04-20, 04:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worst class in the entire game.
I have, quite literally, never seen a dog with armour. I could imagine war dogs with armour, but not simple guard dogs.
Actually, try 50% on a rogue with 18 dex. 45% if he has only 16. And even if we ignore flat-footedness, that's still 40% (35% with dex 16). And even if we give it armour with +3 AC and ignore flat-footed, that's 25%, or 20% with dex 16.
You're not very good with statistics, are you?
LLV is anything but a hard counter. You see better in the dark, but still only twice as far as a human.
Still, I assumed bright daylight. All you need is some concealment or cover, which is what the surrounding is for. Unless your guard dog is standing in an open field, in which I'd ask: "What does he even guard?".Last edited by Bakeru; 2013-04-20 at 04:30 PM.
This is sarcasm, this is nitpicking.
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2013-04-20, 04:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worst class in the entire game.
I swore I wouldn't get involved in this...
How? Please tell me how the dog can spot the rogue. It can't be with scent, can't be with vision, and can't be with hearing, since people have already produced numbers to that effect.
Edit: In addition, I suggest making your own thread in order to address your problems with the rogue class. Perhaps a duel or a competition, to see if a rogue could go through some encounters, with you testing some other class you prefer (perhaps a monk, or a fighter, or such.) I would be willing to run the rogue in that case.Last edited by Eldest; 2013-04-20 at 04:36 PM.
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2013-04-20, 04:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worst class in the entire game.
Barding is a thing. Note that the atrocious numbers were without armor.
Even if we give him far more accuracy than he already has (and he already has HiPS that is HiPS, so why not give him more free abilities?), let's see... oh right, his chance of jumping the guard dog is now a whopping 8% (.4 * .4 * .5) and you still haven't addressed the actual guard yet. You also need a building specifically designed to be snuck up to even though the whole point of guard dogs and handlers is to prevent people from sneaking up to it... otherwise, there is no concealment unless it's dark (which the dog sees in) and there is no cover because everyone knows to clip their damn hedges, especially the ones in front of windows.
You're making them look worse than I am!
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2013-04-20, 05:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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But D&D buildings are designed to be snuck up on.
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2013-04-20, 05:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worst class in the entire game.
A man once asked me the difference between Ignorance and Apathy. I told him, "I don't know, and I don't care"
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2013-04-20, 05:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2013-04-20, 05:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Sure I have. In the best case scenario they got themselves killed, then the player made a good class and everyone continued the game happily.
More commonly they drug other members of their party down with them. Unless team griefing is now considered success, getting your own party killed by your screw ups is a bad thing.
I particularly liked the one where if the party had left the Rogue at home and replaced them with nothing they'd have avoided approximately 90% of the problems they encountered. An empty slot was an order of magnitude less problematic.
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2013-04-20, 05:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yes bar when sneaking up on someone i'm going to walk/crawl straight towards them and not bother to use things like CORNERS, or WALLS, or AWNINGS to my advantage. Or if I'm part of a party and we all agreed on this plan not have some go be LOUD, DISTRACTING, or FANCY on the other side.
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2013-04-20, 05:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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So that's another vote for "Needs buildings people don't want people sneaking in to be deliberately designed to be easy to sneak up on."
Got it.
Now here's what I'd like for you to understand. People are smart enough to trim their hedges so that if a burglar attempts to break in, someone will see them. Even people in safe neighborhoods do this. Here you have a place where you have guard teams patrolling... and you want them to make it easy for you? Not want, NEED, as you auto lose if it isn't easy.
Otherwise, you lose to ONE guard/dog pair. Just one. Doesn't even have to be a whole team of these guys working the perimeter.
Now explain to the rest of the class how this doesn't definitely prove that not only are Rogues the Worstamest Class Evar(tm), but also that stealth is absolutely terrible in D&D no matter what class is using it. I'll wait.
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2013-04-20, 05:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Who said anything about hedges? And last I checked wall and corners were kinda an integral part of buildings. And if it involves a building its likely in a city where there are OTHER buildings/walls that you can use. Or with a little patience, you can select one place along the edge, hide there and wait for a patrol to come by. And if its not in a city, well pillars need to support ceilings, trees, and various rock formations all can provide good help. Seriously your issue is that the rogue fails if its played like a big, dumb, fighter. Which even the fighter fails if played in that way. Pause think, do a little long range looking, make a plan then act. Its simple and actually helps a lot.
Also losing to 2 CR 1 entities at first level? Thats to be expected if you are taking them on alone (at least by the intended standards) as thats a level 3 encounter by itself. Which a level 1 party of four is expected to be able to handle 2-3 of before needing to rest.Last edited by jindra34; 2013-04-20 at 05:50 PM.
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2013-04-20, 05:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worst class in the entire game.
Also, integral thing to note:
That riding/guard dog you're using as an example?
It's a CR1 encounter. So, it's supposed to be a fight for four level 1 characters.
And that's without any armour or handler.
Do you expect rogues to solo encounters above their character level? That he has a chance to one-shot the dog at all already means he has basic competence.This is sarcasm, this is nitpicking.
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2013-04-20, 06:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Uh huh. Now here is what I'd like for you to understand. Because you are sneaking off alone, like a dumbass you have to deal with it alone, instead of having your party there to fight (while you do all of nothing).
Also, this was a low level Rogue. Not necessarily level 1. He could be level 2, he still loses. Even at 3 or 4, if he survives it's because he got caught then barely survived the opening attacks, and not because he was successfully sneaky.
And then, without being at least level 3 he can only have ANY chance of OHKO with TWF... meaning no Darkstalker (he gets detected the instant he's in range = no surprise round as a best case) and most people were assuming he only attacks once (so even if the stars align and he hides in the nonexistent shadows, he still doesn't do more than screw up at screwing the pooch).
Want to OHKO dogs? Be a Barbarian. Now you swing at +11 or +12, do xdy+12 (aka any hit kills), and attack twice.
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2013-04-20, 06:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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How are you getting +11 at first level as a Barbarian?
I could do it as a Warblade, but that's because they are built to do tons of damage and not much else.
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2013-04-20, 06:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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So your whole arguement bar, is that if a rogue goes off and decides to be an idiot he will get himself killed? How does that reflect on the class and not the player?
Also a 1-2 foot tall wall or hedge is enough to hide behind as long as your close to it than the guard.Last edited by jindra34; 2013-04-20 at 06:07 PM.
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2013-04-20, 06:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Charge, rage, Str bonus race. +11, +12 with a MW weapon. Barbarians are good at damage, bad at everything else but doing 1 thing > doing 0 things.
And "doing something stupid" = using stealth at all, ever.
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2013-04-20, 06:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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2013-04-20, 06:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worst class in the entire game.
With Darkstalker, he still has a more than 55% chance (at dex 16. With dex 18, it's above 60%) of beating the dog to initiative, thus getting a surprise round for sneak attack damage and getting in another sneak attack in the first regular round.
And that's still at level 1.This is sarcasm, this is nitpicking.
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2013-04-20, 06:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thebar99, maybe if you had a proper argument you'd be able to support it based on situations that Rogues might actually find themselves in rather than contriving ones that set him at an unnatural disadvantage.
By the same logic I could 'prove' that a class based entirely around illusions was the worst in the game if every single enemy he met were immune to them. Unless your DM is trying to get you killed that won't happen, and pretending that D&D characters don't live in a universe that follows D&D logic is insanely disingenuous.
Now I'm not saying that Rogues are the best class, but they're in Tier 4, not Tier 6.Last edited by Notalion; 2013-04-20 at 06:15 PM.
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2013-04-20, 06:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ok. Since I appear to be ignored.
Thebar99. Would you like to prove your allegations, in either a test of circumstances or a duel? I would be willing to run the rogue side, and you are welcome to use whatever you'd like: I would warn you against using cheese. If not, please withdraw them, or start another thread about it. In any case, please stop talking about it in this thread.
Edited to add a bit of clarification about the contest.Last edited by Eldest; 2013-04-20 at 06:29 PM.
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2013-04-20, 06:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worst class in the entire game.
Okay. How in all the lower planes can anyone ever think that stealth is not worth it. Not being seen by your enemy is the best way to circumvent a ton of encounters with a minimum of resources invested.
And, well, I could easily find a dozen arguments of the same quality why your barbarian can't work.
Here: let me prove it:
You charge? Pssh. What crap. No one ever manages to charge successfully in a proper D&D game.Last edited by Eldan; 2013-04-20 at 06:19 PM.
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2013-04-20, 06:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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I almost thought you said "Commoners are better combatants than Rogues", which would be sufficiently risible to sig. Still, "Commoners fight better than Rogues pick locks or sneak" is amusing enough.
More precisely, there should be a roughly 50% chance of success in that case, according to the usual CR metrics. Anything more indicates more competence than usual.
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All that said, Eldest is right; this is a topic for another thread, because no one here will agree that Rogue is the worst class ever.Projects: Homebrew, Gentlemen's Agreement, DMPCs, Forbidden Knowledge safety, and Top Ten Worst. Also, Quotes and RACSD are good.
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2013-04-20, 06:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Worst class in the entire game.
Wow...jsut wow
love how the barb gets to charge with pounce for his attack[best possible scenario], but the rogue can't sneak up on the enemy because it is magically in an un sneakable positon.[worst possible]
You are judging the rogue based on how hard it is to sneak into a place if htey are using proper security, combined with Dnd's I see you if you are unhidden and cross my perimeter RAW(IE it ignores the fact that in reality you can get by someone if he is just looking the wrong way)
Also, you are taking 1 stealther vs a party-challenge, and making it take it on in the dumbest way possible. you don't have to kill the guard dog, just get past it
Really, though a lot of what you are talking about it the oddness of the dnd rules in regard to stealth, vison, quick kills, etc. its not inherent to the rogue class.
And finally we have this commoner stuff. nhow the hell are you getting better at combat out of commoner. It has no class features and less BAB than rogues. and it has no armor proficiency. care to explain how its a better combatant than a rogue?
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2013-04-20, 07:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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I would disagree with the melee.
While Fighters, and the CW samuria might be crappy classes on the power level scale, they still do whats on the tin. You aren't going to take fighter levels and be surprised he can/can't do something. Its not like say, a Drunken Master which makes you a worse monk by piling on wisdom penalties for using your class features.
If we set the bar with casters like the truenamer who gets less able to use his abilties as he levels, we aren't just talking weak classes were talking straight up dysfunctional.A man once asked me the difference between Ignorance and Apathy. I told him, "I don't know, and I don't care"
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2013-04-20, 07:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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And finally we have this commoner stuff. nhow the hell are you getting better at combat out of commoner. It has no class features and less BAB than rogues. and it has no armor proficiency. care to explain how its a better combatant than a rogue?
Hey? It worked for Legend of Zelda. No one messes with Chickens there.
I'd still say Worst Melee would be something like Ghoul/Ghast Monster Class. Wight gets mitigated by at least having unlimited spawns as a capstone to it's 8 levels of slogging and falling behind everyone else.Currently sick as a dog and unable to focus properly. Will heal soon.
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2013-04-20, 07:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Then you're still harder to counter, which is the point.
I am not the one thinking stealth = invis or HiPS. I play D&D. Do you?
Thebar99, maybe if you had a proper argument you'd be able to support it based on situations that Rogues might actually find themselves in rather than contriving ones that set him at an unnatural disadvantage.
A normal, low level situation = unnatural disadvantage.
Good, you get it.
Thebar99. Would you like to prove your allegations, in either a test of circumstances or a duel? I would be willing to run the rogue side, and you are welcome to use whatever you'd like: I would warn you against using cheese. If not, please withdraw them, or start another thread about it. In any case, please stop talking about it in this thread.