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    First off, what do I mean by the Gap between optimized and sub-optimal characters?  I mean the difference in mechanical power between characters who are built to have lots of it, and those for whom power was a secondary consideration, if it was a consideration at all.  When I say sub-optimal, I don't mean a character made specifically to be bad, just a character made by someone who's read the Player's Handbook, taken its suggestions as a rough guideline and chosen the options that seemed cool.  When I say optimized, I don't necessarily mean those characters created to get every last drop of DPR(I don't really view such characters to be optimized, as they often have glaring holes in other areas, such as their defenses.  Also, the extreme builds get errata'd every now and then,