What is the essence of D&D

[Campbell]

Sharpshooter contributes to the supremacy of dex and archery. No cover and shoot somebody 3 football fields away and significantly more damage* for the win!

*depending on a lot of factors ... it seems to dramatically increase damage at mid-to-high levels unless enemy ACs are cranked up.

Well I would like more round by round options I am glad we play in a no feats game. I find it plays much better.

 

[Arnwolf666]

Well I would like more round by round options I am glad we play in a no feats game. I find it plays much better.

No feats and no multi classing reduces power gaming.

 

[Tony Vargas]

No feats and no multi classing reduces power gaming.

Also makes Bob a dull fighter.*






* it clearly wasn't obvious enough, but that was an allusion to stats showing that Fighter is (as always) the most popular class, and Bob is (for some reason) the most popular name for a D&D character.

 

[Campbell]

Also makes Bob a dull fighter.

That's why I'm considering retiring my Barbarian and playing a war cleric. Fighters and Barbarians are still plenty strong. My Barbarian feels damn near invincible. He's just boring.

 

[Arnwolf666]

Also makes Bob a dull fighter.

Different levels of crunch for different people. Sometime I like pathfinder, sometimes I like 3d6 in order b/x or 1E/2E

Ok. I burned out in PF a long time ago. Once everyone needed hero lab and a special session to just create their characters.

 

[Campbell]

So I have played some AL and I find feats do not generally make martial characters more interesting to play. They are largely passive effects. They increase character power, but other than the can I still hit it gameplay round by round decisions are not all that affected.

I am not really interested in character building as an exercise. I mostly care about gameplay at the table.

 

[cmad1977]

Also makes Bob a dull fighter.

Bob is only a dull fighter if Bob is a dull player.

 

[Garthanos]

Ah and we are back to the subject of essence of D&D once more.

 

[Arnwolf666]

One of the things I like about BECMI is they actually have no need for feats because there are alot of cool combat maneuvers built into the combat rules without even needing feats. There is a heck of alot more to the combat for people that take the time to read the rules on it. I actually noticed that becmi in some regard was more advanced than ad&d.

 

[Campbell]

Bob is only a dull fighter if Bob is a dull player.

Bob also realizes he can be not a dull player playing a Cleric or Psychic Warrior. Bob enjoys game again. Not like that ever happened to me. No sir.