Recent content by imabaer

Good points about Str. vs. Dex. And yeah, while I've seen Dex Paladins, they're not nearly as common, nor are they an optimal build. Dex Fighters can be pretty sexy. Battlemaster... I really wish I could like it more, but I'll admit I'm a bit biased against it. 4-5 dice/short rest until level...

I have been talking about Fighter in-combat options this entire thread; due to you purposely ignoring assumed details, I've had to explicitly label what I've been talking about because you're being a mixture of condescending, presumptive, and plain wrong. You are now posting customs skill...

Oh, look, shifting the goal posts. How ironic. I assumed I didn't have to include "as it reads in the official set of rules that I assume people use", because that would be picayune, and yet, here we are. Note the word "mechanical". If you want to start houseruling more martial things that the...

How is that shifting the goal post? "Only for new players" - It's a relatively low complexity, easy class to play with limited options. "Players who don't care as much about in combat options" - Fighters have less mechanical combat options. If you want more combat options, it's not as good of...

You're trying hard to use semantics at this point, and I'm not sure why. The fighter has limited options. Action Surge lets them do one of those limited options, again. Whether it's a trip, grapple, maneuever, or attack, they don't gain anything new from Action Surge, mechanically.

There's not much to refute as false. My claim was that fighters have less mechanical combat options than other classes, especially spell casters. Some people find that boring, especially since there's already a variant of fighter that's supposed to be the "stripped down" version.

I agree, for the record. The Fighter fulfills a niche, both in terms of flavor and complexity; that niche for complexity just happens to be low-op. Level gating battlemasters maneuvers is one very good solution. Getting all your maneuvers at level 3 can be overwhelming at first, and boring...

This is from a roleplaying/fluff perspective, which is fine. But following that mentality to its hyperbolic conclusion, you could play a game with commoners only and have it be interesting. However, some people enjoy the "ding" and more toys to play with though, and that doesn't preclude...

Magic System Magic is unique, distinct, and powerful, but there are significant limitations on it.

Fighters are a class for new players, or players who don't care as much about in combat options or character variation. That's not meant as a negative. Their shtick is consistency and reliability. Even their best power is basically "swing one more time," which is great from a numbers...

How far ahead have you read? Once you get to Gracklestugh, Buppido gives the party the slip and runs to his lair, which is pretty wonderfully atmospheric: the entire floor is difficult terrain because of all the dismembered body parts of his victims lying around. Unless you're hellbent on having...

https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/557812617369378816 The guy answering this is generally taken as Wizard's mouthpiece.

-Depends on what you're fighting. The creature I've seen at Tier 2 have had 16-19 AC, especially if they're frontliners. DM may need to change his encounters a bit, especially if he's using things like beasts, which have very low AC. Or he just needs to up the CR for encounters. He could also...

Magic Feats I'd Love to See: Focused Caster: ______ -Allows you to pick a lower level buff/summon spell when you take the feat. You waive Concentration requirements (maybe at the cost of duration?) Versatile Shifter -Allows druids to utility wildshape and not lose a charge (something like CR 0...

I agree with you on this. People too often hide behind "well you've outraged me so I'm going to shut down discourse"; it's one of the reasons I avoid political discussions like the plague.It costs you nothing to be polite. 4 here. 4 so much that you can't see the forest for the trees, and I have...