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My experience is they're bad even if you specialize. The entire class is balanced around PF2E's trademark white room theorycrafting...

I disagree with that. I'm going as far as saying that D&D was Medieval Fantasy up and until 5e, and only 5e24 really, consciously moved...

I know what it wouldn't have much of: marksmanship training.

I've got a character lined up for my next game. I'm using the 2014 noble background to have 3 retainers for my cat PC in a greek-based...

There is a strange correlation between edition and medievalism, but probably not why you think. Older D&D (Original, Basic and 1e) are...

Have you tried "Combat as Theater" or "Combat as Professional Wrestling"? That was recently going around. :)

People who favor OSR play typically use "skilled play" as shorthand for "play involving negotiation of described situational factors...

D&D hasn't been medieval in, well, maybe ever.

What is more efficient? Using gas at no risk or using ranged combat? The point being, a combat-as-sport philosophy is that the Goblins...

Thats not how the term works. Combat as sport is about meeting within the field diamond and proceeding as the rules dictate with the...

To me, "combat as war" is where game play revolves around "There are two dozen goblins in the main hall. Instead of risking a big...

To be fair, they really, really failed to do much with her (or Finn) and they both deserve at least a sidequel.

Personally, i prefer firearms to be an optional rules in the DMG or splatbook than be in the PHB core rules like the latest 5.5

Please post who you eventually use. I may do something similar in the future, as I've always wanted to do a "Moon Mission" historical...