Because some GMs are shit and accidentally throw broken encounters at the players that can only be survived with a balanced team . Because the Gnome illusionist wizard that is already built in the party is going to outperform the halforc illusionist wizard in your head . Because some people don ' t have a goto character or a file full of plans , so knowing what the party doesn ' t have is a great starting point to their new character . Because you need to get over yourself and let people play the way they want , crit tables are objectively shit yet people still do them too . <| sep |> rbuildapcforme is what you ' re looking for . <| sep |> This . When I say I ' m fine being alone , it ' s because I know I can be with people who love me if I wanted to . I just don ' t want to . If I had nobody , I ' d be depressed .