Wait, what level were we talking about again? Like 5? 7?
And because as we all know, 50-70 minutes = the whole day.
And if there's a DRUID in the party, melee is well taken care of.
A battle tends to last half a minute minute, tops. Therefore Barkskin can, in theory, last 100-140 battles. How many encounters is a group supposed to have on a given day, again? I remember you bitching excessively about that on another thread.
It's shorter than that. The problem is the time between fights. Which there are ways around, but not if everyone is too busy propping up the gimp to be useful themselves.
It's gear and XP you would never get in the first place, because there'd still be a player at the table playing something.
And the alternatives would earn their keep.
What, you win every initiative roll and never get ambushed? The DM plays the monsters retarded and has them continue circle-jerking each other while your spellcasters start shouting out nonsense before ambushing them? Most buffs have minutes of duration or less.
If you can help it, yes you win every init roll. But either way you do not buff in combat, as that's actions not spent winning the fight. Once you force the enemy to play defense, you win. Except that it is you playing defense. Guess what that means?
The enemy only able to hit you on a roll of 15 or better is better than being able to hit you on a 2 or better with a 50% miss chance.
Now, if only you could actually do that. But since that requires AC of 25 at 5, 40-45 at 10, 55-60 at 15, and 75 at 20 you cannot. At least not without Turtle Fail, and likely even with it. Also, that 50% miss chance helps with other things. The AC does not.
BAB means the Fighters hit better than the Wizards, period.
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Try again, this time with less fail.
You're bitching about Barkskin lasting 50-70 minutes, and yet come back and say that Fighters suck because of Polymorph? Polymorph's duration is 1 minute/level. I don't care how many of them you have prepared, they're not lasting all day, either. Hi Fucking Welcome
No you mouth breathing fuckwit, I am pointing out that it does not matter who you cast Polymorph on since it is stat replacement, not stat buffing. And I actually used 39 as the example, which means Draconic Polymorph. What I forgot to mention is that since Draconic Polymorph is self only, the actual choice is between giving himself a 39 Str instead of 8, or giving the Fighter a 31 Str instead of... 25...
Also, mouth breathing fuckwit. The tactics that let you use short duration buffs to your advantage? They work fine when the group had a solid strategy. Make the gimp suck less is not solid strategy.
Did I mention Draconic Polymorph is a valid Persist target? So if you actually care about beatsticking, and you really shouldn't you have Str 39 (and Con 33), not counting items and other spells all day.
And GH just isn't worth casting at all, on anyone.
Immunity to fear. Hi Welcome
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Heroes' Feast. Same spell level, affects the entire party, lasts far longer, and also does other things.
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How does the fighter get more HP? He might regain some HP, but his total HP count shouldn't change.
Higher HD, likely higher Con, and probably some manner of Con-boosting ability like Rage. This all can easily add up to an extra 6-7 HP per HD relative to a Wizard.
I know HP isn't granted by Polymorph, but the Fighter has substantially more to begin with.
Higher HD makes a marginal difference, and not a large one, unless you are using max HP houserules.
His Con is the same or lower. More likely the latter, due to being MAD, not being able to craft, and having a lot more gear needs. Rage deaths do not help the beatstick's case.
Now if by 6-7 you actually mean more like 0-1 you are correct. Because the base difference is 3 HP/level, and then you remember the Wizard is SAD and therefore has a better Con, is able to craft and therefore has a better Con item, and doesn't need too many other items so he has a better Con item.
Even without throwing in things like Wraithstrike, Heroics (for those feats you think are so awesome, but really aren't), Bite of the Werebear (lol 55 Str), or all the other things that shove it to beatsticks, beatsticks just aren't that good, so they're showed up very very easily by real classes, who can casually pull off kiddie shit like beatsticking, and do things that actually matter.