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Caught off guard, the tendrils had dragged Valda down the passage, and although she wrested with the grasping bindings, she was unable to free herself. Sorry about the delay. Things are really busy and it must have slipped my mind. Valda attempts to escape the grapple, getting advanatge from...

Liking the changes. Rogue in the first playtest was kinda meh overall, but the Cunning Strike stuff is solid, and Reliable Talent coming earlier is nice as well.

"Save it. I've got one I can use." Valda nods in appreciation to Bible however before fishing out her own vial and downing it. Back up to 35 hit points. Potion of Greater Healing: 4D4+4 = [1, 4, 2, 1]+4 = 12

I DMed a Storm King's Thunder game where one the players played a Fighter (Cavalier) into the teens. Was a good tank with Sentinel and the subclass abilities from what I remember. The only other fighter I've seen played that high probably doesn't qualify since they went Rune Knight as the...

~I'm not sure how much longer I can keep fighting.~ Valda admitted over the mindlink. She didn't like to admit it, but in the last fight against the stone giants she had gotten hit hard. She could feel pain lancing down her side as she breathed.

Pain lanced through her from the giant's club, but she gritted her teeth and struck back with two swings of her longsword. while her first strike managed to land, the pain hindered the second as it failed to find an opening. +1 Longsword Attack Rolls: 1D20+9 = [8]+9 = 17 1D20+9 = [1]+9 = 10...

Although uninjured from being knocked on her ass by the giant, she found it embarrassing and seethed silently as she scrambled to her feet. She stalks back towards the giant with murder on her mind. I'm not sure if I can reach back to the giant in one move and attack. If not, I'll dodge. +1...

Valda, seeing the other giant start to wake, calls upon her runic magic to grow in size, enlarging as she brought her sword down at the stone giant once, and then twice. +1 Longsword Attack Rolls: 1D20+9 = [14]+9 = 23 1D20+9 = [16]+9 = 25 +1 Longsword Damage with Giants Might: 1D8+7+1D6 =...

After the final Orog fell and weapons were stowed away, Valda took a moment to down a vial of reddish liquid from her belt, the effects of the potion numbing the soreness and pain of previous battles. Following the group down the corridor, she indicated silently to Jack that she was going to...

Eldritch Blast is basically a Warlock "Exclusive" ability but two levels of Warlock and you're about as good as someone who went all the way in Warlock. Hence making it prime dipping material for Sorcerers, Bards and even Paladins who want a solid ranged ability.

I did acknowledge that as of Tashas the Fighter does have some unique options for fighting style. I also think it's a huge edge case to say that the fighter is great because they can have a heavy armor proficiency and the Archery fighting style though. Also, the other issue is that these unique...

Yah, I was going to say that Heavy Armor Prof isn't a unique ability if the Paladin also gets it. A quibble perhaps, since even ECMO3 acknowledges it. Likewise, Fighting Styles are not unique either, although I do suppose their are some unique options for the Fighter at this point. Action Surge...

I don't think adding spells to the fighter will make anyone happy. Even those who want to give the fighter stuff haven't really been suggesting that, at least as far as I've seen. And there are plenty of people who will say they like the fighter without supernatural powers. Right now, the...

Valda slips down left most corridor, moving quickly to make sure the passageway is clear. Valda dashes as well, I think I can get to DN-82, but in case I miscalculated, going as far down that passageway as I can.

AD&D wasn't super concerned with balance from my experience playing it, what little I did. Wizards started off weak but had the most potential power. Fighters were pretty solid throughout, mostly because of the damage they could do and the lack of hit point inflation. Clerics were necessary...

First, thank you for clarifying the part that I missed. Secondly, while you do have a bit of point, namely that symmetrical balance is the easiest and more thorough way of achieving balance, it doesn't work well in a class based system because most people generally don't want a bunch of...

In all fairness, ECMO3 has made their position incredibly clear. Fighter types (Including Rogue, Barbarian and Monk in there) should be weaker than spellcasters, who should be able to roughly approximate the combat abilities of those classes if they chose to go that route. I think that's silly...

Valda shifts her bow to one hand, while drawing her sword with her other, thrusting it into the chaos of melee in front of her to try to take down the orog. +1 Longsword Attack Rolls: 1D20+9 = [13]+9 = 22 1D20+9 = [1]+9 = 10 +1 Longsword Damage Rolls: 1D8+7 = [6]+7 = 13 Also currently not...

The funny thing though, is that the optimized build I was talking about? It can be in melee just fine. Really though, in 5e most of the classes can take some attacks. The fighter is a bit better at it than most (although not the best, as Barbarian and Paladin are as good or better), but Rogues...

Is it preferable from a mechanical point of view, or simply from a flavorful/character/RP point of view? Because one of the big things I think is true is that the majority of players don't deeply care about playing something because it is the "Best." They may feel disheartened if their concept...