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DFRPG / Re: Notes on Optimization
« on: July 29, 2015, 01:40:58 PM »
I think it's valid to note that there's optimization within a concept too. So for Donald Morgan, that concept is "Warlock Hunter" essentially. Given that, I'd build him with the idea that his excellent evocation skills center around maneuvers and counterspells rather than direct attacks. For direct attacks, he'd use his sword. To optimize this, I'd have a way of him using his sword without the Weapons skill (stunt to replace with Discipline or Athletics, rewrite of the Warden's Sword as an IOP, or something). But yeah, swords and magic are a sub-optimal combination systematically. In the context of the novels, it's one that we see.