Recent content by Jefe Bergenstein

How much better at fighting do you see it as the bladesinger? D&D is a level 1-10 game for all intents and purposes. The bladesinger already fights as well as a fighter in 95% of games. Threading that needle is going to be virtually impossible, given there's already a half caster gish...

Between the EK and the Bladesinger, I'm not sure how much design space there is for a mystic warrior who casts spells. You have a 9 level spellcaster with the same number of attacks as a fighter in the level range that 95% of games end at. It gets to sub in an attack for true strike/other...

The warlord is unpopular because of a bunch of nonsense arguments about realism in a game that absolutely sucks at simulating anything. They also seemed to come from old grumps, so I don;t know how much WOTC should bother catering to the 60+ OSR crowd. Most of them seem to hate WOTC anyways.

You can't design around people intentionally being problem players. So it shouldn't be a design concern.

Its why the "shouting a hand back on" was such BS back in 4E. You don't lose a hand from HP loss as is. HP loss is nothing that a night's sleep wont fix.

Or maybe I just keep pressuring the company I want to support to make the thing I want? They did that sort of thing before, they can do it again.

I strongly feel 5E multiclassing should have been only with feats. The magic initiate should have had follow up feats granting higher level slots and other features.

When do we get to be in the interesting experimental phase of 5E design rather than Malibu wizard with a new hat? Incarnum was released 5 years into 3rd edition. Tome of Battle, Tome of Battle was released 6 years in. We're ELEVEN YEARS into 5th, and it's the same design that are minor...

Unfortunately due to their focus testing metrics, a vocal few apparently can deny any innovation. Here's another bland 9 level spellcaster slop class that will offend no one and delight no one. The fact that its psionics alone means you have about a 20% disapproval rating no matter WHAT it is...

Same. The mystic had real potential, but they didnt want it because it was actual work to design something rather than slapping a full caster. Actually at this point I want at least ONE class to go back to actual vancian. IE, you have 2 magic missiles, 1 sleep, 1 mage armor prepared. But...

Even then its crap when Silvery Barbs exists. Admittedly it is too good (I limit it to 1/creature per short rest to avoid spamming it on bosses) but that forces a reroll with no save, gives advantage, and auto succeeds. I would have it add a penalty to someone who failed an attack, save, or...

Not that poster but the loss of healing, punitive nature of melee vs ranged (which is favored enough), punishing martial characters who trade blows more than casters, altering a fundamental part of the class power budget... the list goes on.

I suspect you're going to be bored with this in about two fights, once they have the order of operations down. If you don't like 5E combat as is, forced weapon swaps arent going to add much spice.

I have a feeling that variety you crave by enforcing weapon swaps is going to be played out by the third battle and you'll just be seeking something new and different by the fourth and will need a new monkey wrench. My advice is stop trying to enforce your particular vision on everyone at the...

If a master swordsman breaks their blade 3 times as often as a novice, that ain't V-tude.