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i do think that even using the singular spellcasting system of 5e they could've done alot within it to make the different spellcasters actually feel different, like look at warlock, pact magic doesn't work fundamentally different to wizard casting, oh sure the slots it gets and it's recovery...

i believe at some point upthread it was mentioned in earlier editions the guide for earning EXP is something to the effect of 'the players gain EXP for encounters they intentionally/knowingly bypass equal to as if they had faced it directly, ones they do so by accident/unknowingly don't provide...

i have no real opposition to adding another martial subsystem, but i do wish martials shared their unique mechanics amongst themselves more, to be able to make their play experienced more layered, a warlord that utilized both battlemaster manoeuvres and bardic inspiration, a monk that rages...

minor quibble, did you mean to say 'deliberately avoiding what those hints lead to is bypassing the encounter'?

personally, the primary things i'd take from the fighter budget to convert start converting it to warlord are extra attack 2+3, the extra ASI, action surge and most of their stronger martial weapons (basically anything with the heavy property)

yep, @robertsconley is correct, i was pointing out you were subject to the flaws of a referee rather than the playstyle itself.

yeah it's basically PRO: it CAN be included anywhere CON: it doesn't NEED to be included anywhere

i mentioned in the 'what you want the psion to be' thread but while i don't REALLY want the psion to be a caster as such i'm more than happy to let it piggyback off of the massive list of existing spells, rather than redesigning a bunch of abilities that are psionic copies of existing spells.

i've definitely thought and said this before, it's not that the individual tools to create a good warlord don't exist in 5e, it's just that they're too piecemeal and scattered that's it's just not realistically possible to combine them into a greater whole on a single character.

i'd like to see them experiment with a halfcaster+augment psion but one which has fullcaster spell level progression, getting their top 5th level slots at 9th level and then just filling out what they do have more from there on.

i think it's mostly already been said, power points, versatile uses of focused concepts, at-wills that can be boosted into stronger variants, pushing past 'safe limits', while i am fully on the side that 'psionics shouldn't be spellcasting' i'm less opposed about leveraging the vast library of...

i'm not seeing the black box either, i don't think this was an issue with sandbox or living world play, i think it was an issue with the GM not wanting to spend any more time on this side-venture of yours and for you to get on with the module already, i get the feeling your henchmen weren't...

i'm not sure a universal pet subclass would work all that well even if we did have universal subclass levels, it would have to be painfully generic and probably wouldn't be able to be properly balanced at all well with all the different classes base power budgets, i do think that more classes...

i'm not sure bows are derived specifically from robin hood as such, i mean, they're a tree in the forest of the concept of the forest of the hunter-tracker identity, no pun intended, hunters have used bows and similar ranged weapons all throughout history, they offer the advantage and stealth of...

i don't think i'm seeing the argument you're trying to make, it was a fixed world, influenced by the actions of players, that all seems to follow well enough right up until the point where the GM goes 'and so five minutes after leaving your henchdwarves suffered a lethal bout of idiocy that just...

just because something 'works' does not mean it is better or i could equally say, why less when more works? oh and mechanics, you forgot mechanics, those certainly play a part actually, the ability to express creativity is definitely limited when you don't have the proper tools to create. i'm...

ah well, if it was their own decision fair enough, still a shame to see them leave, i'd had some good conversations with them, did they give a reason?

no? no contradiction seen here, the GM creates, defines and fleshes out the world as it would exist as the PCs encounter and prompt new parts of the world with their actions, but they do not do so as a storyteller, they avoid adding content solely because 'it would be really dramatic' or because...

uh, is something wrong with @ezo account? all their messages appear as guest and their account doesn't seem to exist when i try to access it in any way?

can i assume you mean here as a result on your dice rather than the total DC.