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Parsing some more number, I decided to look at the rogue's skill mastery.  The basic premise of skill mastery seems to be to allow the rogue to dump stats and remain viable in skill checks related to those dumped stats.  I have problem with this premise from the get go.  First, a player that dumps stats should experience the consequences of dumping of those stats.  Mitigating the dump just eliminates consequences.  Second, it hampers the ability of other character to shine in fields despite being "designed" for it.

My main exception revolves around my tendency to play at least one wizard for every edition.  Usually, I build this wizard around the concept of being smart and extremely knowledgeable of arcane subjects.  My fear is that an Arcane ...