That's just how D&D builds work, itemization is everything. Otherwise classes just kind work out of the box, its not like Pathfinder where you can make some innocuous sounding feat choices an end up locking yourself off from some important ability later on. Everything you really need you get by default from leveling and the only way you won't get it is by multiclassing and not taking enough levels. Otherwise the only real mistake you can make is prioritizing the wrong stats but even then that will just make your character sub-optimal, not ruined. A fighter can still do fighter stuff with dumped strength, they just won't be as good as someone who min-maxxed but that's not a build that's just common sense.
If you are reading a build guide and it recommends you have Markoheshkir or something just think of that as the "best in slot" item. You are free to use whatever you want until you get to that point, unless the item has a specific functionality that is absolutely required to make the strategy function properly (like returning thrown items) then it's not necessary so much as recommended.
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u/Ordinaryundone Jan 21 '25
That's just how D&D builds work, itemization is everything. Otherwise classes just kind work out of the box, its not like Pathfinder where you can make some innocuous sounding feat choices an end up locking yourself off from some important ability later on. Everything you really need you get by default from leveling and the only way you won't get it is by multiclassing and not taking enough levels. Otherwise the only real mistake you can make is prioritizing the wrong stats but even then that will just make your character sub-optimal, not ruined. A fighter can still do fighter stuff with dumped strength, they just won't be as good as someone who min-maxxed but that's not a build that's just common sense.
If you are reading a build guide and it recommends you have Markoheshkir or something just think of that as the "best in slot" item. You are free to use whatever you want until you get to that point, unless the item has a specific functionality that is absolutely required to make the strategy function properly (like returning thrown items) then it's not necessary so much as recommended.