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  1. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Berserker - How does it really compare to Totem Warrior?

    You keep using the word "huge". Your opinion is noted and disagreed with by various people. Please quit trying to establish said opinion as fact. Correct. But you get other, equally good things. Just ask the devs. They are the ones who put them together in their packages of features. This...
  2. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Berserker - How does it really compare to Totem Warrior?

    You never said that you require, when comparing the two barbarians, they share identical feat choices? Even though you agree PAM overlaps with Frenzy on providing a bonus action attack? An overlap that does not exist for the totem build? Are you sure you never said that? And you are equally sure...
  3. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Berserker - How does it really compare to Totem Warrior?

    I just wanted to point out that the basic math I know does not round ~4.3 into +/-5.
  4. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Berserker - How does it really compare to Totem Warrior?

    What an odd assertion to make. Are you sure? Clearly you do not have me on ignore, because you can see and respond to me. So I'm not sure how you've missed all my posts in this thread. I believe you may not fully grasp the debate as it stands. Because, lose how, exactly? And what parameters are...
  5. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Berserker - How does it really compare to Totem Warrior?

    So you want the berzerker to take a feat that is less useful to them than it would be for the totem guy, but it's somehow a ridiculous example to tell the lore bard to take the same feat the valor bard would find useful? And you don't see the double-standard in your thinking? I suppose...
  6. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Why is "Frost Brand" rarer than "Flame Tongue"?

    Well, I suppose there's that. But really... who doesn't love fried chicken!
  7. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Berserker - How does it really compare to Totem Warrior?

    Some would say, the one who is playing more correctly... Are there really ever any winners in white rooms?
  8. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Berserker - How does it really compare to Totem Warrior?

    I don't see how that is anything more than an opinion. Certainly not defensible with any kind of hard facts. Just conjecture and assumption. Bonus actions to do what, exactly? Because having more than one way to use your bonus action is not 'waste'. Its diversification. Its flexibility. I can...
  9. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Berserker - How does it really compare to Totem Warrior?

    Sounds more like apples to pears, if ya ask me... Your artificial hamstringing is no different than requiring a valor and lore bard to both take the Charger feat and expect a fair comparison. Not cool.
  10. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Berserker - How does it really compare to Totem Warrior?

    I know, right? It was awesome. The whole table cheered. Both times it's happened. Bounded accuracy. So, nope. Not true*. So what feat do I get while you are wasting yours picking up the bonus attack I already have? "Go to"? I should hope so. I'm one of the guys running the thing. Try to...
  11. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    "Was" matters how WRT discussing 5e? Regardless, it is no longer the case. Heck, its not even top three anymore.
  12. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Berserker - How does it really compare to Totem Warrior?

    I am quite familiar with AL. And AL is its own animal. I would not attribute what it finds to be the norm as... well... the norm. Look, I've written MYRE adventures for OP. I have one (completely within legal encounter building guidelines) that is a guaranteed TPK every time. It's really not...
  13. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Warlock One of the More Complicated 5E classes?

    As someone who is comfortable putting his vast, more than three decades experience playing D&D up against nearly anyone, I must say I disagree with your presumption. I mean, since you brought experience into the equation. So there's that. IMO, this is not only irrelevant to the point you are...
  14. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Warlock One of the More Complicated 5E classes?

    I'm also a bit confused. The original poster is one of those who has repeatedly expressed a clear opinion that warlocks are only ever going to take EB, the supporting feats for EB and spam it all day long. How does doing that make it a complicated class? Seems pretty straight forward and blandly...
  15. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Warlock One of the More Complicated 5E classes?

    I find them nuanced. And flexible. Not necessarily complicated. Of course, as others have said, define "complicated", right?
  16. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Berserker - How does it really compare to Totem Warrior?

    So, you want to require that the two characters make identical choices in feats, even though they were allowed to make a different choice in subclass? Isn't that a bit of a double-standard? Also, this. I'm not sure you can make your claim of "crippling" stick. Having played a great deal, and...
  17. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Why is "Frost Brand" rarer than "Flame Tongue"?

    Would you realistically expect this theoretical, intricate and vastly complex magic item pricing system, designed by WotC, to conform to your personal aesthetic and proclivities? What if, as it is the most likely, it doesn't match what you wanted in the system? Then what?
  18. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) WHY is there (still) no Class that allows you to use both Arcane and Divine magic...?

    And you've been here for what? Fourteen years? And still only 13th level? Fascinating. I'm already 12th level and I've only been here for less than a year. Hmmmm... I fail to see the relevance of this. This is a 5e forum. If you like, I can provide a link to a forum more applicable to your...
  19. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Tabletop Rules and Guidelines

    Is this something like that thing I've seen on occasion, in play, where a player says something like: "I'm not sure if my character would heal the fallen orc or let him die. I'll roll a Wisdom save. If I fail I won't heal him..."
  20. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    I find that hard to believe, actually. One would have thought. I beg to differ. As I've taken the painstaking time to point out repeatedly, the first handful of post contributions from you in this thread made it very clear what you said. Again, I'm glad you've stepped away from such obvious...
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