Recent content by Jack the Lad

I think we may be talking at cross purposes. My points are: 1. Full casters and martials are not balanced, full casters being enormously more powerful and versatile. 2. This is a bad thing. We seem to agree on these. 3. Fighters do not live up to their promised levels of power. We seem to...

I don't see how this disagrees with any of what I said. We're told in the Fighter design goals that: Other classes might have nifty tricks, powerful spells, and other abilities, but when it’s time to put down a monster without dying in the process, the fighter should be our best class. andToo...

Except that they didn't. Look at the Fighter Design Goals. Look at the descriptions of the tiers of play on page 15. They tell us quite clearly what being max level is supposed to mean, even for the Fighter; being a one-man army - a heroic archetype in their own right - capable of defeating...

The Battle Master is strictly better than the Champion, and I'm afraid anyone who thinks otherwise is making a lazy, face-value judgement. The increased critical abilities are extremely weak: At level 3, your average damage on a hit goes from 11.8 to 12.2. At level 15, your average damage on a...

These two things are related. You've played 30% of the game. The 30% of the game in which save scaling is least problematic. There are 14 levels you haven't played, and the OP specifically talks about higher level saves as the issue.

Why would it never happen? What's preventing it from happening? A caster might not ever run out of spells, but when a fighter takes damage, that HP is lost until it can be regained. I was wondering when you'd trot out this nonsense again! Count the spells I listed. There are 44; as many as...

If those are the best and most tactically interesting ideas you can come up with, I'm afraid I feel bad for you. Flipping a table? Really? How do you feel that measures up against turning into a dragon? I'm talking about 5e, and so is the thread. Nothing I listed is dependent on the DM in 5e...

You've said multiple times that Wizards are far more powerful than Fighters, including in this very same post. You've also said multiple times that if that's a problem for the Fighter they should take levels in another class. Are you seriously denying this? That's cool, and that's why we...

What are some tactically interesting choices you can make on a round by round basis as a Champion? I don't know, tripping monsters and breaking down doors seems pretty boring and low-powered to me. What kinds of things would you suggest a Fighter be able to ask their DM for permission to do...

I'd be very interested to hear about/see anything relating to PC Vampires (and any other monsters that can be used as PCs; Thri-Kreen?).

You're quite right that it's not, but that's why it's so crazy that the Wizard can handle it so easily. I'll do math for an optimal Fighter (feats etc) tomorrow if I have time. If you want to present a Fighter vs Dragon fight, I'd be happy to do the Wizard vs Dragon side - but I think you'll...

You seem to be misunderstanding me; I'm talking about casting Wall of Force over and around the Monk, trapping them under the dome. Not casting it as a wall to keep one away. This has been possible at least since the February playtest packet.. I've seen the CR16 Adult Blue Dragon, the CR17...

I'm glad that we at least agree on that! Though perhaps not on how much feats and gear improve the situation (I'll try to math it out tomorrow). I'd like to draw your attention to the bit I included on what a Wizard of the same level does in the same situation, though (immediately killing all...

It does, and they don't, but in my experience they don't need to - 1 or 2 spells per encounter suffices. I feel your pain on this one, my friend. Fighter was my favourite 4e class, and Warlords were cool as heck.

Fair enough. They're not trivial. Equally, though, I don't think they're gamechanging. And I certainly don't the fact that a caster's physical saves are likely worse than a martial's weighs much in the balance against their spellcasting - especially when the lose-control-of-your-character...