D&D 5E [GUIDE] The Art of War: A Fighter Guide

Snof · Jan 11, 2016

Will this guide get an update? A lot of new stuff has been added, like Purple Dragon Knight, not to mention some Unearthed Arcane Articles with new archetypes such as Scout. Would be nice to hear what an "expert" thinks about it.

Having said that, my personal opinion on the scout is that it is plain out better than the battlemaster. Two of the maneuvers is on par with the best battlemaster options, thou the one who grants an AC bonus is a little bit better. Then you have all the extra out of combat utility added, and you thus have an improved version of the battlemaster.

Snof · Jan 11, 2016

Quick questions concerning some of the UA features. Does the bonus AC from one of your maneuvers as a scout, apply only to that single attack, or does it apply for the whole round. Some monster have multiattack and stuff.

Secondly. The tunnel fighter feature for moving within your reach, is not an OA, only an reaction, so no warcaster or sentinel benefit, right? Speaking of Sentinel, the second benefit of that feat where you get an reaction is not an OA, so you can still only do it once per round, even with tunnel fighter. Am I correct about these things?

mellored · Jan 12, 2016

Snof said:
Will this guide get an update?

Probably not.
The original author did not claim it, so no one is in charge.

If anyone else want's to make a new one...

Seuleslintan · Feb 3, 2016

5e does not get a lot of love

no new DPS guides or class guides

Yunru · Feb 3, 2016

Seuleslintan said:
5e does not get a lot of love

no new DPS guides or class guides

Gee, could it be due to there being no new classes?
(As for DPS, that's simply too easy)

Seuleslintan · Feb 4, 2016

some new subclasses/races?

not gamebreaking but something to consider

btw. there is no DPS Guide anymore, no DPS comparison - since the wotc boards are gone

Zardnaar · Feb 9, 2016

DPS guide 101. Take sharpshooter/great weapon master. Get advantage/cast bless go bananas.

mellored · Feb 9, 2016

Zardnaar said:
DPS guide 101. Take sharpshooter/great weapon master. Get advantage/cast bless go bananas.

Add battlemaster and precision strike.

TheLoneRanger1979 · Feb 9, 2016

Nice, i would certainly like to see more in depth analysys of other fighter archetypes that might mechanically be considered "optimal"

Zardnaar · Feb 10, 2016

TheLoneRanger1979 said:
Nice, i would certainly like to see more in depth analysys of other fighter archetypes that might mechanically be considered "optimal"

Battlemaster is good, EK is good level 15+ or so, champion is ok (a bit meh compared to other fighters), PDK is weak. Next question

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