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W'rkncacnter replied to the thread D&D General Faerun '68 (+).adventurers wield m16s and trench guns instead of bows and swords. well cultured adventurers wield ar10s and auto 5s. -
W'rkncacnter reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with
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While, again, fan-based, I have to note this process is extremely common in superhero RPG fandom. To the point I've never seen a... -
W'rkncacnter reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
This why Level Up has IMO a better class list. Not counting the many 3pp classes (several of which are not magical in nature at their...
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W'rkncacnter reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
No, mutliclassing as we know it didn't even exist for humans until 3rd edition. My 2e PHB straight up just says that Hercules...
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W'rkncacnter reacted to Basic Expert's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Fighters have absolutely been short-changed by the "big dumb meatshield" stereotype. I have had extreme reservations about the class in...
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W'rkncacnter reacted to Corinnguard's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
That and for the martial classes' combat pillar, proficiency in 2-3 combat traditions (the number of which continues to grow).
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W'rkncacnter reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Easily the best thing about Level Up IMO is the cool non-combat stuff they give to the martial classes
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W'rkncacnter reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
No they aren't! That's tautological. 'We've made fighter dumb jocks so now all the interesting fighter paragons are suddenly now a...
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W'rkncacnter reacted to GreyLord's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
And then further pushed away when they decided Rogues had to suddenly be good at fighting and damage in 4e (strikers) and continued...
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W'rkncacnter reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
The fighter got the shaft when they decided in 3E to enforce niche protection for the classes, instead of letting everyone be...
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W'rkncacnter reacted to Corinnguard's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
In Level Up, all of the character classes were given features that covered all three pillars of gameplay- Combat, Social Interaction and...
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W'rkncacnter reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
This is what we refer to in debating as “moving the goalposts.” You said a knight was a good example of a fighter in heavy armor who...
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W'rkncacnter reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
This is a terrible example of somebody who’s only good at fighting. A knight is generally some form of landed nobility, with education...
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W'rkncacnter reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
You mean like Ned or Robb Stark, or John Snow; all of whom have multiple skills, are well-learned, persuasive, and can survive in the...
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W'rkncacnter reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
That's similar to the sort of thing that led to my thinking. There are a ton of (non-spellcasting) fighter heroes in fiction that...