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I used Ezra because she is a good example of weapon and especially armor buffs as she casts spells to swap armor. And many Bleach...

Are they gishes? Technically yes (at least the weapon-using ones). Do they fulfill the gish fantasy? No, or there wouldn’t be half of...

The other names are magic warriors from video games or manga. From nonsuperhero fantasy series.

Your Who explains it all. D&D is so old and big there are fans very familiar with new media and some not at all You could have 2...

The Gish should use weapon. The easiest way to describe how a Gish uses magic is they increase the range or damage of a melee strike...

Artillerist ist a warrior as well. The fantasy nor the mechanics of 5e artificer is of a weapon user. That's why it fails to fill the...

Then there is essentially nothing for us to discuss. I completely disagree with this philosophy, and anything I say on the subject will...

The point is the alchemist has crap offense and defense. You aren't a Mage/Warrior class if you can choose a subclass and have no Warrior.

The modern Ranger is OFFENSE + SKILLS There is a missing grid-fill for Primal and Arcane OFFENSE + DEFENSE

Artificers primarily use spells for offense. It takes a subclass choice to make a Artificer attack with weapons well. And that comes at...

Exactly. The 5e Ranger is a Primal Mage/Expert or Priest/Expert. Not a Primal/Warrior. 5e Rangers are too squishy and lack the...

Artificer is Mage/Expert not Mage/Warrior.

That's why you don't have just fout goblins in the room. You have seven goblins and a ballista. Once four goblin die they can't reload...

Facetious? That's my basic DM advice for adventure planning. Create an encounter Record who's winning at the end of round two Look...

20 combat rounds per long rest is easy. 3-4 rounds of combat and one side runs away. Repeat 5-7 times.