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How did any of us OG D&D players manage to pull TTRPing off back in the day? This hobby really should have died off in its infancy what with the things people expect of it these days.

Uller pointed out two. And that was just off the top of their head. I'm betting your original assessment is even more flawed. Given its already proven incorrect, I'm betting more so than you even believe currently. But that's just my gut talking. I have no more evidence than you do, being AFB as...

Is that so? They completely avoid it? Are you sure about that? I'm asking honestly because I haven't read them all so I wouldn't know. I just find it to be an odd claim. Like, do you think they are actively avoiding it? Do you think its intentional? If all of them are failing to mention it, you...

The more complaints you raise about 5e, the more I'm certain there are better editions/systems out there for your playstyle. If you like, I'd be happy to make some recommendations. I'm all about helping people find the kind of game that best suits their needs/wants. It saddens me when people...

But how is this any different than any leader being susceptible to opposing forces? For example, a mortal king is still a mortal man. One of the keys to holding onto power is to be smart enough (Big A that in spades) to stay out of situations that threaten it, right? I think Big A is more than...

I just think, mechanically, there are some neat synergies with fighter/swashbuckler that really resonates with a pit fighter concept. On the rogue side, you got the sneak attack while solo, and the charisma-based features for the flashy, crowd favorite stuff. On the fighter side, second wind, of...

Well, maybe he should be...

Interestingly, one of the first things I thought of, cool to do with the UA swashbuckler, was a MC fighter/rogue pitfighter. Take the gladiator background, obviously.

One campaign we play in, irregularly, is the one I play my rogue/monk/warlock. Very short rest based, as you can imagine. My friend in that game plays a paladin. The DM runs a very story-driven game where we often have only a single combat in a given day. Which makes the paladin that much more...

Although we do use feats, we've had several champions at our table. Again, I think in a no feats game, opening up thematically appropriate feat access, as a special class feature/exception for the fighter's two bonus ASI slots, is an interesting compromise. Added bonus, it keeps things within...

Funny thing is, to me at least, he doesn't even realize the thread is not actually deleted. Rather, the thread's creator put him on ignore and so the thread is hidden from him now.

You already said they were champions. That isn't a "kind of fighter". It's just their subclass. A few examples of the kinds of fighters you can play in 5e are: grizzled veteran wielding a longsword and shield, woodelf scout archer, rakish fop duelist with a rapier, knight in plate armor with a...

Am I? Are you sure? Well, you got me there. If a few people on the internets think so as well, it must be true. (Psst, what are we doing about all the people in this thread who disagree with your conclusion? What do we make of them and their opinion?) And thus, again, playing a wizard or...

Yeah. Probably best to think of it like a sort of bubble around you. Objects you are holding, within a reasonable reach of the bubble, are okay. But if it extends beyond, then rulings time. Now for the monkeywrench. When you are currently under the effects of the spell, and you pick up an item...

You called it, not me. You don't want to make due. You don't want to have to work with the choices you make, but rather have the ability to use whatever you need in the moment. That's called a wizard. Just like I said in my previous post. You seem to actually want the abilities of the warlock...

Really? I'm sorry you feel that way. Given your inherent limitations, I'd recommend instead playing a wizard and asking the DM to let you start with access to every spell, so you will always have just the right spell to cast. Then you won't need to worry about being creative or coming up with...

As a carpenter, I gotta fall back on the old adage, "Its not the tool, its how you use it." Find creative ways to apply the things you do have, rather than bemoan lacking a thing you don't. <shrug> Just how I see it, maybe. But its how I see it.

I find Declaring Actions Before Rolling Initiative to have a few issues and hiccups that annoy me. But there is one thing I've noticed from such a method that I really like. I've found it tamps down focus fire tactics to a degree. Groups battle each other more "naturally", IMX. The combatants...

What level fighters are they currently? Did you say, and I just missed it? Also, what kind of fighters are they playing?

Or... Those who feel compelled to make only the most deadly/efficient casters can go ahead and insist on taking fireball-level elite spells*. And those who don't care as much about that, and just about what would be fun for their character, can take other spells. Because, at the end of the day...