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So her strength would fade in an anti magic field then, because it's coming from a magical source like slayer strength does?

Essentially you are trying to make the waif fu Buffy the vampire slayer example. Her strength was entirely magical, and could entirely be disrupted with magic.

I'm sorry you made an illogical character (actually not all that illogical I'm pretty sure I know a girl around that height and weight, probably a little bit heavier, that can put up that much iron because she is a body builder). If only strength dex and con had some mechanical impact upon...

Except their ability to stat replace is limited in multiple ways. For instance if the sorc wants to be the pack mule character they must spend a limited resource, spell slots, on tensers disk, and they can't do it all day nor can they do it without it being one of their limited spells known...

Are they using magic to alter the fabric of reality? If yes then totally go for it, you are using magic to rewrite reality.

I'm using magic to hit someone with a little ball of fire. I'm in fact just willing that they get hit by a first sized ball of fire. Sure it looks like I'm just firing it out of my hand, but I'm not actually shooting a projectile, I'm willing a ball of fire into existence and to my target's...

No proficiency bonus is. That near average physicality swordsman makes up for his lack of physicality with proficiency and experience. In 5e one of the core design principles is your stats in fact do define who and what you are. Int of 8 you are an idiot. That's the point. The stats are in...

So at that point, what is the purpose of ability scores? In your model someone with an 8 int could figure out calculus because they use stat replacement of some kind to use an 18 strength for int checks. At that point the ability scores mean nothing because the guy that should be a total moron...

I've always been a fan of warlord type classes being Subclasses and have often said that rogue would be a good place to put it. Issue number 1 isn't really a problem for me. My position isn't that tactical capability be locked to the fighter just that such tactical abilities shouldn't be on a...

No, anyone that actually does martial arts can attest, no amount of knowledge will be of any use if your body can't hold up to the task. That's why martial artists train religiously, to keep their bodies in peak physical performance capability. Yes there are some movies that employ some level...

second movie.

I'd argue two things 1 you are likely not giving yourself enough credit, and 2 no matter your stance that doesn't change the fact that using chopsticks requires a higher than average manual dexterity because using them is in fact a challenge of manual dexterity just like rolling a quarter across...

You mean how he was incredibly high level? It's called proficiency bonus. Also for advanced dexterity? Straight dodging punches so they land in glass windows sounds about right, or catching flies with chopsticks. At best he has age based negatives on his physical ability scores which he...

Making a melee basic attack with any of those builds was a trap. They should have stuck to at will attacks.

It was a series of feats in 4e that allowed you to switch the stat you use to make attack rolls. Inadvertantly they were a complete trap option (if melee attacks were not good on your character by default you were not supposed to be using them)

No those characters definitely have the physical prowess, it's just not apparent. What they benefit from isn't abilities outside of physicality they benefit from the fact that people don't understand that strong and dexterous don't always look the way people expect them to. Sherlock regularly...

Without the strength or dexterity to actually perform the strikes none of those things, esoteric sword techniques or sensing the location of enemies via hearing not sight, matters. Without the raw physicality those things are useless. Yes there are techniques that use an enemies strength...

Two mastermind rogues that work with each other. All the sneak attack all the time, and they can get it from range. Also their skill coverage would be nasty.

The Pacifist cleric has open to them the option to use deadly force of a highly effective nature. Pacifist clerics die by choice the lazy Lord that can't survive solo dies because he has no chance. Yeah he makes the party better, well sometimes the party ain't there. Really the only way I can...

I think my problem is that while I'd like to see a warlord like option enter the game I also don't want it to function the way a lot of warlord supporters would like it to. Mainly the lazy lord. I know why it's a popular build I just dislike the idea of a character who is specifically built to...