Tony Vargas
Legend
I can't say I am, either, nor of designing to the bleeding edge so only optimal builds are viable.I can't say I'm a fan of designing to the lowest common denominator in player mechanical acumen either..
I'm more a fan of balance - if robust enough, both the optimized and indifferent build can be viable, even at the same table...
Actually doing that is a clumsy - and ultimately self-defeating - way of trying to balance two things, they effectively become one thing.Completely valid, and maybe not an issue at all. It is just the specter that rises in my brain whenever people want to pull classes closer together.
It's just not what was done in 4e, nor what the proposal in this thread was trying to do.
Understandable, the Sorcerer is already put-upon.I had the same worries with some of the UA stuff that mixes class features (But that wizard with sorcery points was)
less of an issue, I think, no worse than the bard lifting otherwise unique spells from other casters' lists.and the Xanathar bard that uses Battle Master dice
Nod, it's not a great situation, to start with.I guess my big concern is that light armor and one step lower hit die might not be enough to offset being the skill monkey AND a high level DPS. The fighter gets high damage and durability but at the cost of having almost nothing else to contribute.
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