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I said as common, not more common, but the answer is yes I do believe that. I have been playing 5E for 5 years, I have played with a number of different groups and online and it is rare that our party has a shield-using PC. As I have said earlier, in the 30+ games I have played, I have had...

As others have said, I think this sounds a lot like 4E and i don't think wizards wants to go that direction. I think a major problem with this is that it is difficult to make options that are good at low level and also good at high level. This means you typically have to have prerequisites...

The reason I didn't have the number right is it is almost never an issue. You get to make the choice which weapons you attune to as well and can sswitch out every short rest. There is no comparison, you can attune to mre items than you can hold in your hands. That is mathematical fact. The...

The weapon has to have the heavy property to benefit from GWM.

no kidding. Even more egregious is that for years the longsword was one-handed while the bastard sword was 2-handed. That is completely backwards.

I would say the Falchion is a type of scimitar, along with the mechete and the cutlass, so yes. Maybe give it a slightly different weight. A falchion is definitely not a two-handed weapon.

All classes except Clerics. I mentioned that earlier. RAW TWF in 1E is a specific and limited type of TWF using a dagger or hand axe only in the offhand, which is fundamentally different than the drow and latter Ranger ability using any weapons that I am focusing on and calling TWF in this...

No, you have the math backwards. The number of items you can use in your hand is extremely limited, the number of items you can attune to is irrelevant for the majority of games. Bracers are one of FOUR magic items you can attune to, a shield is one of TWO items you can have in your hands...

When I was a kid we used a checker board ... with chess pieces to cover the miniatures we did not own (which were most of them). Later I painted a proper-scale grid on a table. The only 1E games I played without a grid were the first few I played.

This supports what i said - before Drizzt TWF was associated more with Fighters than with Rangers.

i have played rangers, including the crap phb rangers before xanathars, and i have played paladins. IMO you have this backwards - Paladin is nowhere equal to Ranger. They are better in combat, way better before Xanathars came out, but Ranger is a better class and far more fun to play in my...

On FE: Character creation is a partnership with the DM. Most DMs will give you a recommendation on character creation if it isn't obvious from the art on the campaign, the name of the adventure or the narrative the DM uses to start. If this is not the case in your campaign, certainly don't...

You can't change your facing after movement, and you are only facing one of them. 8 of them could attack you though. You are correct that pool of radiance attacked all of them.

Yes, dark elves, not Rangers. That is the whole point of my argument - Drizzt dual wielded because he was a Drow, like every other Drow of any class. Not because he was a Ranger, yet it was associated with the Ranger when 2E was written (IMO because of Drizzt) and forever ever after has been a...

Dual wielding as we are talking about does not predate Drizzt. Dual wielding the tomahawk (hand axe) and knife (dagger) in the offhand do predate Drizzt and they are available in 1E for every character class except Cleric (who could not wield daggers or axes). They are not Ranger specific and...

The character does not have shield proficiency unless he takes moderately armored feat and without a shield I don't think the character will have the AC and hps necessary to be in melee often. You can get by without one of those, but you generally can't get by without both. I think if you do...

It is a big deal when bracers do not require any proficiencies or abilities to use. To use plate there are a ton of negatives and requirements - heavy armor proficiency, a minimum strength score and disadvantage on stealth checks. Compare that to bracers of defense which ONLY requires...

There are a few problems with this: 1. It ties you to a specific weapon type, and relatively rare one at that. Find a +3 dagger and you are still going to be rocking your hand crossbow because that is what your feats are tied to. Other builds do this too, but not with as much specifificity...

Agree. I will say though after going for a level without it, my party in TOA definitely noticed after I took the Ranger multiclass. But you are right, if I had been a 1st level Ranger they would have never known how much I was saving them from.

Mountain Dwarven warmage Rogue/Arcane trickster. This character would use strength for attacks and damages, maybe get grappler feat, fey touched/shadow touched is another feat option to boost inteligence to 18 and get more spells. The great thing about the Rogue, is the class itself is not...