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I'm seeing a lot of good discussion, including bits and pieces of what I think should be done to balance all the scores. But first, some...

because BMX Bandit and Angel Summoner syndrome, even when the players are on the same team and working towards the same goals they...

In my experience, it comes down to two things: 1- "Martial" classes (ie, ones that are intended to solve problems with more mundane...

Because control inherently scales. Command, or instance, works just as well against a Goblin as a Dragon Turtle. And a cleric can cast...

Martial has multiple definitions, noncaster and weapon combat focused. So a paladin could be a martial or not so it depends on context...

Can look at DDB data - fighters are the most popular class by a wide margin, and together fighters, rogues, monks, and barbarians are...

i would call rangers, paladins and artificers half-casters rather than martials, because that's what they are. arcane tricksters and...

Fanbase approval sometimes depends how narratively sensible the mental-ability mechanic is. Here is a mental-ability idea that can be...

Given that the popularity of martials like Fighters was retained even in editions where it was known and acknowledged that there were...

I ran two playtests in Fantasy Grounds using the vanilla D&D 2024 Colossus versus a 5 player 17th level party. Those were not the same...

If I understand what jgsugden is getting at: I believe the issue is that this unbelievable damage output doesn't seem to match the...

Yes. By giving bigger bonuses for high ability score or real penalty for low ability. Like you cannot cast in armor if your STR is...

I'm quoting myself because a month after posting that I finally sat down with the Daggerheart playtest and... I think it does what I...

Eh? The 90s gave us Babylon 5, the best SF TV show ever. The only decade in TV SF that was anything close to the 90s was the 70s.

You explicitly did encounter them by your own description of the mechanics. You effectively limited how much damage the PCs could deal...