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On the basis of making more minor adjustments rather than actually-new-edition levels of change: Give martials a pool of non-combat abilities to choose from. The issue with feats is that players will tend to prioritise combat capabilities until they are happy that they can keep themselves and...

This particular discussion is about bringing lacking classes up to parity, not to make them superior to all others. It might be worth reading the example in the original post again. Indeed. Feats are regarded as too rare and irrevocable in most cases. However other resources that allow you a...

Is anyone else reading Brawler's Improvised specialist ability as using two mastery properties at the same time? So they could sap and vex with one swing of an improvised weapon for example. Indeed. This is why nova classes like Paladins and full spellcasters are considered more effective than...

More classes are getting abilities partially replenishing on a short rest. With most parties, a short rest every few combats probably isn't that unlikely.

We have certainly not found mental ability checks to be unusual or less useful. Perception and Insight are quite common, there is always a need for social checks, and knowledge can indeed be half the battle. I wouldn't say that any one ability check (other than Perception and initiative) is...

This is a really cool way to handle those sort of interactions, but at the end of the day, if the ability checks fail and the NPC won't tell the party the information that they need, the warlock may have the option of casting suggestion, or scrying etc. The fighter does not. At its core, this...

OK. But presumably that Warlock has their own backgrounds, interests, general world knowledge and skill modifiers, and you grant them the same benefits when investigating an aspect of the world where those are relevant? If you determine a check is needed and neither (or both) characters have...

If that is all that you have gathered from this particular discussion, you might want to read through it again. I think you might gain a better understanding of the arguments, and a less antagonistic attitude towards the participants. Most balance discussions are by their very nature subjective...

Spellcasters are often better at ability checks than martials due to their primary ability scores having more available proficiencies. Do you determine results to an ability check differently based on who rolled it?

Tetrasodium, I understand what you are suggesting, and it is seriously not what Charlaquin is talking about. You're barking up the wrong tree there. You appear to be opining that you believe that the classes are already in balance, so that any increase in the capability of one class will raise...

Bladesinger is a particularly problematic example, since that subclass grants something like 70+% of the capabilities of the fighter class, whereas the equivalent fighter subclass only grants perhaps 20% of the capabilities of the wizard class.

Almost by definition magic gets to break the demands of realism. And Monks are explicitly magical. Fighters are the warriors that are limited to what real-life martial artists are capable of. (At least at low levels).

. . . You're not required to buy every book. You didn't like that particular one - OK. How did you feel about the earlier offerings? Those themes are rather more mature than blood and boobs. Won't someone think of the children!?! :angel: OK. So what are you after? An adventure path with...

PG 13 (Despite the fact that in my current games everyone is probably over twice that age.) Fine with fight scenes, limbs and heads severed, but we don't need to know the precise pattern of arterial spray, or close-ups of a mutilation. Sex would probably be fade to black if any of the current...

Personally, No. I would be happy to see grappling get some form of Mastery, and Unarmed strikes should definitely get some masteries for Fighters, Monks etc. However, I don't think that an unarmed strike should automatically lead to a grapple, or that you need to make an unarmed strike to...

I assure you, it is entirely possible to throw or force someone onto the ground and hold them there with an arm or wrist lock while you are still standing or crouching next to them.

How so?

How does this compare with a cleric pumping all their spell slots into Cure Wounds spells?

What level is the party?

"Spellcasting" is also a class feature.