Mistwell
Crusty Old Meatwad (he/him)
Then it's not fighting, by definition.
Not sure what you mean. The help action does this, "[You] aid a friendly creature in attacking a creature within 5 feet of you. You feint, distract the target, or in some other way team up to make your ally's attack more effective. " That's all part of fighting. And this seems like a kinda silly semantics argument. You're trying to do damage to the target, right? Fighting does damage to the target as the goal, right? That's what this all does. Helping the Ranger attack, or running in and attacking the target and running out without drawing an opportunity attack, that's all helping with fighting.