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Are there good enough incentives for a fighter to wear light armor, though?

Lightly armored ranged fighters should get more support, I agree. The traditional advantage to light armor is greater mobility and lighter encumbrance. The fact that a fighter, or indeed any other combatant, enters melee does not in itself constitute an act of defense. The special abilities...

I'd like the numbers to mean as much as they do in both editions, where possible.

I wouldn't even say they were in 4e anymore. I am just committed to using the words correctly now. The 4th Edition was D&D, for sure, but that doesn't mean it was very similar to any other edition.

Let's say 50% for now.

What can you suggest?

Defender and healer have never been roles in D&D.

TSR-era D&D did focus on "player protagonism" and "big heroes", but not "a push toward the conflict charged scene". "GM empowerment" was no different. I don't know what you mean by "murderhobos" or "zero to hero". Dungeon-crawls and open-world exploration were both featured. Metaplot...

The only roles worth studying are the character classes in 5th Edition. The kind of roles 4e set up are unique to that edition, and they represent what was a departure from tradition. Not that the latter is any great cause for concern, but 5th Edition has to recapture a certain amount of "the...

I'll take this into consideration, thank you.

The cleric now. There is much more text on it in the PHB, but I'll have a go. I caught a big one in turning undead. Apparently, the ability works against any number of undead as long as they are within 30' of the cleric. They really botched this. The ability works against any level of...

You're welcome to disagree with me and others, but you shouldn't try to suppress anyone's opinions. The work I am doing here will be available to everyone to use in 5th Edition. I am happy to do it. The subject of the other thread you mention must have struck me as too ambitious so I made the...

Progress hard earned on all sides.

Strategies depend on the situation, and they will vary between tables.

Okay, time for the bard. Hit dice: 1d4 per level. Armor: as stated, both regularly and for college of valor, but can't cast spells while wearing armor. Song of rest no longer heals. It shaves 20% off the time needed to rest, and helps characters to rest in noisy surroundings. Inspiration...

Interesting theory.

I'll treat this post as you weren't in a very good mood.

A five level gap was recommended, I believe. (No greater.)

Your knowledge of tactics and strategy is really great!

I was saying the fighter is not always or mainly any of the those things, which I was quoting from the other poster. So I am saying the fighter was - not always (or mainly) a defensive character - not always (or mainly) heavily armored - (but yes) adept at dealing damage to large numbers of...