I do Agree that Jack of all trades is not the strongest path, I will say that it can be carefully built to make an efficient plot grinding character.Who are these people you are refering to? Who are these people who are powerbuilding for the sake of just being a high damage monsters? Trust me, jack of all trades is the weakest path of them all for a power build.
Assume basic lv.20 character
Valkyn'Vi
Savage
Essence Boon- Knockout
Basic
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Healing(Can Heal self)
Lesser Channel(Damage)
Dual Wield(Defensive Skill & Offensive Skill)
Sense Magic(More Information Gathering)
Advanced
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C.R.(Self-Healing Soak)
Spot(More Information Gathering)
Read Write(More Information gathering)
Tactics-C.R.(Self-Healing Soak)
Master
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Augment(Buff myself for 2 C.R.)
C.R.(Self-Healing Soak)
Channel(Damage)
Magic Fear(Defensive Skill)
1st disciplen
Lv.1-Necropsy(More Infromation Gathering)
Lv.2-Power Of The Stars-(Reduce Recall 5min)
Lv.3-Flat Of Blade(35sec"2 Vorpal Knockout" from essence boon)
Lv.4-
2nd Disciplen
Lv.1-Visions(More information gathering)
Lv.2-Probe Mind(More information gathering)
Lv.3-Recall(more information gathering)
Lv.4-
Soak
C.R.-8
Life-8
Light Armor-4
Total=20:)
60
90
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20
30
20
40
70
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330 leaves me 5 points left over
This character alone has such great plot grinding potential, and if you know how to RP with the G.M.s well you can really get stuff done, with this build I can search a room in every way, sleep a person and steal their secrets, can scare people away. you can tell me this is weak but it is up to you to decide.