D&D General What does the mundane high level fighter look like? [+]

[Vaalingrade]

What does "not giving up" entail?

Ignoring demands I stop voicing my opinions and preferences for a start!

 

[Minigiant]

Thats not D&D, certainly not 5e.

But Blade is cool and Wesley Snipes was badass in the Blade movies.
I'd post the movie clips if not for the gore.
Isn't the 5e high level fighter supposed to be cool?

 

[Oofta]

WOTC has adjusted the fighter in the playtest, added fighter options in TCOE, and change how they did monsters in the last few books.

The whole "that's your opinion" ignores what WOTC has done.



I have already said 3 times, the best option is to lower monster HP.

At this point you are hitting a strawman.

Which strawman? The non-existent were hyena strawman or 1- shotting the giant straw ogre that's never been an option in D&D?

Want to play a mundane PC that gets a lot of damage in 1 hit? Play a rogue with sneak attack. Want to kill multiple ogres in 6 seconds through skill and expertise with a flurry of blows? That not only likely kills multiple ogres to the rogues 1 while also having more consistent and dependable damage? Play a fighter.

 

[Baron Opal II]

Ignoring demands I stop voicing my opinions and preferences for a start!

I don't believe I have seen that in all of these turgid threads. Disagreements, certainly, even vociferously, but I haven't read anyone telling you that. But, perhaps I missed that.

 

[Vaalingrade]

But Blade is cool and Wesley Snipes was badass in the Blade movies.

Even when he refused to open his eyes for the shot!

Isn't the 5e high level fighter supposed to be cool?

Clearly, no. That would be unrealistic.

 

[Scribe]

But Blades is cool and Wesley Snipes was badass in the Blade movies.
I'd post the movie clips if not for the gore.
It's 5e supposed to be cool?

Its not meant to be all things to all people, at all times.

Go forth, and write your own rules (as I believe you already do) is the answer you seek.

Otherwise, we can line up the people who think this is cool, and the 'excuse me did you account for that bag of peanuts you have in your pack' on the other side, and we can determine who gets to decide what is 'cool' and worth codifying, ya?

Meanwhile, the vast vast vast majority will buy a book here or there, throw some dice, crack some jokes, and have a laugh while they enjoy the game.

 

[Oofta]

I don't believe I have seen that in all of these turgid threads. Disagreements, certainly, even vociferously, but I haven't read anyone telling you that. But, perhaps I missed that.

Meanwhile, as someone on the opposite side of the fence I have had people tell me on a related thread that I shouldn't be posting.

 

[Minigiant]

Which strawman? The non-existent were hyena strawman or 1- shotting the giant straw ogre that's never been an option in D&D?

Want to play a mundane PC that gets a lot of damage in 1 hit? Play a rogue with sneak attack. Want to kill multiple ogres in 6 seconds through skill and expertise with a flurry of blows? That not only likely kills multiple ogres to the rogues 1 while also having more consistent and dependable damage? Play a fighter.

That seems like arbitrary desires.

Like you want the the fighter to be cool. Chopping up 2 thugs in one turn is both cool and fightery.

If the rules don't allow it, then the rules are wrong. There I said it.

I wanna be Blade. Blade killed a dozen vampires in a minute with his sword and bare hands.
Be like Blade. Be cool.

 

[Crimson Longinus]

Ignoring demands I stop voicing my opinions and preferences for a start!

That's fine.

But the truth is that it is exceedingly unlikely that the game will change to perfectly suit your tastes. I have my gripes about the game too, and I'm sure I've voiced them often enough. But I also have houserules to fix most of them.

I don't expect any game to be perfectly suited for me, and I can't remember a single RPG I'd have run during my adult life that I wouldn't have houseruled to some degree. That's the only way to get what I want and still easier than writing a whole system from scratch. Which I have done too a few times.

 

[Minigiant]

Its not meant to be all things to all people, at all times.

Go forth, and write your own rules (as I believe you already do) is the answer you seek.

Otherwise, we can line up the people who think this is cool, and the 'excuse me did you account for that bag of peanuts you have in your pack' on the other side, and we can determine who gets to decide what is 'cool' and worth codifying, ya?

Meanwhile, the vast vast vast majority will buy a book here or there, throw some dice, crack some jokes, and have a laugh while they enjoy the game.

The vast majority don't even play high levels. Why do they have a say in something they wont interact with to the detriment of us who want to kill a den of dirty evil vampire scum?