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    D&D 5E (2014) Guidance...

    We dont do anything. If its cast before a roll, it gets used as described. That's it. No problem. If it's an extended effort that would take longer than the duration from start to stop, the caster has to be with them for most of the effort for it to count (ruling). Other than that it's not a...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

    I like a bit of what you have here but it seems to me to be a lot more busy and a bit too much. Simpler bits along these lines. I agree with allowing spending HD on Second Wind. This reinforces your tough guy fighter bit. At 7th as an alternative - You are exceptionally resilient and may...
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    D&D 5E (2014) The "everyone at full fighting ability at 1 hp" conundrum

    Die Hard... he bleeds including pilling shards of glass out of his feet, he moans, he moves slowly limping, he seems barely able to stand, looks like needs an ambulance but... When he needs to go one-on-one with blonde teutonic giant merc, he does. When he needs to do a one shot quick draw...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

    "Out of curiosity, why are you quoting me??? With Remarkable Athlete you can already do this RAW, so what is your point? In my post I said "While it might seem underwhelming..." I don't consider it that way at all but many players do." Uhhh... you had made a comment about the feature and I...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What are your biggest immersion breakers, rules wise?

    Unless you run out in the open is the key part. A small cat in the center of the coffee table is not hard to spot. Nor is a tiny ladybug sitting in the middle of a wall. In 5e nobody stealthy in the open, unless special circumstances. So, your steslth issue is handled by the cover rules. The...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What are your biggest immersion breakers, rules wise?

    Actually, we just count sessions. Tier x 3-4 sessions is our current pacing. The 3--4 gives us a three session window from 6-8 to get yo a decent dramatic point for the level change. Thisxsets our pace of vhsnge in our primary play tier-2 at about two levels every 3-4 months or going from...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

    In no particular order... proficiency required - for the dex based skills acrobatics, stealth, sleight of hand, some performance - proficiency is not normally required. For some tools, it may be, but if those fit the character you can get that tool thru background. Thieves tool come to mind and...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

    One use of this shows with a dex based fighter - high dex, no prof spent on dex skills. Focus on DeX, Con, Wisdom scores - highest DeX of course. Then devote proficiencies to survival, animals, insight etc. Now you have good skill scores in all the dex skill from the half-bonus plus high dex and...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Requiring players to know their character

    To me, it's my job as GM to keep the pace enjoyable and that maypy mean pushing now and again but mostly helping.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

    The Champion needs (Minimum0) added to its athlete jumping ability.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

    Just pointing out the claim made was not about abpnalysis, just white room theorycrafting analysis. It was made I believe to point out the value different between that and analysis based on resukts actual play at the table in actual games. Let me point out one example... It's not at all...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

    Honestly, doesnt suck and fun to play seem to me for class design yo be damn near synonyms. Isnt the goal of game design to produce things that are fun to play?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

    Yet, your white room non-play based number crunch excel sheets eont prove it to him either, or me, so isnt that also not a reasonable position to take to try and use as proof?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

    I dont assume champions are sufficiently balanced. I know from experience that the fighter class is chosen a lot, plays well enough to meet expectations of most players who chose it and that in play as GM I have more than enough base class features to hang key moments on that I can use its...
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    D&D 5E (2014) So...resting in 5e

    Yes I follow the default resting rules but since they include GM determining if rests can be done under circumstances that seems to work fine. As for counting encounters per day, that's not as easy for me given my style of play. Also "day" in this context does not really mean "game dsy" and...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What are your biggest immersion breakers, rules wise?

    Hmmm... Maybe it's me but many of these are - perhaps its baked into the question - cases of choices that could be non-immersion breaking if different choices were made. Manifestation of play, not rules. Like multi-classing without preamble but the player can provide preamble by establishing...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

    "White room theorycrafting, at least for me, became a lot less attractive of a hobby near the end of 3e. After time, as I played the game more, I found the theorycrafting very rarely matched the actual play experience." Yup. To me, my experiences, white room excel crafting barely rises beyond...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

    Ok so I do confess, I am confused by your responses. You ask about what evidence would be enough to show extreme underpowered... but then attack the responses as if it was asking about just "underpowered". Its confusing why one would ask about an extreme case and then go after thexresponse for...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Which classes work best for what you expect?

    So for me, classes that meet their expectations Very well Barbarian Bard Cleric Druid Paladin Rogue Wizard Adequately but have problems Fighter (often a little short when looking at DPR alone, but fine when realizing it's big on defense and sustain too) Monk (just so-so for some, sum of parts...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

    Uhh.. you seem confused... the video reference bring actually used was about your claim it was an impossible evidentiary standard. It was targeting your choice to use impossible to define your position. It said nothing about requiring it in every crime before convicting. Perhaps you read some...
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