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Yeah, I would certainly agree with that possibility. All I'm saying is that the black arrow is not itself an arrow of slaying. Everything in Tolkien's passage suggests that Bard made an extremely skilled shot to the heart (possibly aided by the arrow), rather than the arrow having somehow...

A one class party isn't impossible. It's just more challenging (both for the DM and players). I believe all of the 2e Complete Handbooks had advice for running mono-classed parties. I played in a 2e campaign with no casters that went to a fairly high level (I want to say 9th?). My forum handle...

If it was a magical arrow that always landed a kill shot, then why did Bard save it for last? Was he some kind of psycho who enjoyed seeing how high a body count Smaug could rack up? He certainly doesn't across as such in the book. It seems it was his trump card that he was saving, and had the...

I see. So you're okay with a party of fighters stabbing the Tarrasque in the toe until it dies, as long as they're armed with +1 swords? That seems like an arbitrary distinction to me, but to each their own. No. That's not a use of plot armor that I've heard before, though I believe I follow...

I think you missed something. I said that the black arrow is magical but that I don't think it was an arrow of slaying (or at least there's no evidence to suggest that it was). Smaug was killed by a called shot to the heart. Had Bard opted to shoot Smaug in the big toe, it seems unlikely that...

You've also got a major influence of D&D in Tolkien, wherein a (relatively) mundane man (Bard) slays a gargantuan dragon with a called shot to the heart. I think the most magical thing about Bard was that he knew the language of birds? The black arrow was magical, but there's nothing to suggest...

It should require a party. It doesn't require that that party include non-"mundane" classes to slay the titanic monsters. D&D has always allowed one or more party members to be fighters and other "mundane" classes. D&D has always allowed for the all fighter party (even if it isn't necessarily...

IMO, if a group of fighters couldn't slay the Tarrasque or an Ancient Wyrm (without resorting to some extraordinary measures), that would definitely too mundane for high level D&D. The dragon slaying knight is iconic fantasy.

Since we're discussing mundane fighters, you might be right. Although that begs the question of how a group of T4 mundane fighters could slay a Tarrasque (or other beast of similar titanic stature)? Assuming they have a Wish in their back pocket, do they just stab it in the toe until it bleeds...

I mean, who would realistically want to adventure with someone that barks hysterically at every stranger they meet, chases every wagon they see, and has an irrational hatred of town criers? ;)

This is nothing new. As far back as 3e, clerics could gain power from a philosophy rather than a deity. Might even go back earlier, since I played a 2e specialty cleric that followed a philosophy (maybe my DM was just being nice, I don't recall). Even back in the early days of the game you...

Devastating Strike If you only make one attack on a turn, deal +[W] damage for each Extra Attack you have. I'm using the 4e parlance for simplicity. Basically, if the fighter could make 3 attacks with a longbow normally, they could instead make a single attack for 3d8 damage. This isn't...

PHB 72 (emphasis mine) Extra Attack Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take an attack action on your turn. A readied action is typically triggered on another creature's turn, not your own. So extra attack doesn't apply. If you don't play it that way...

I'm on the fence about it. I kind of think there ought to be some means of counterspelling, but I also think the Counterspell is simultaneously too broad and too niche a spell. When it's applicable, it's basically your best option, and when it's not, it's utterly useless. The closest I've come...

The wizard focusing exclusively on fire spells is a super edge case. Wizards get plenty of spells, and t is not hard for a high level wizard to slot in one spell of a differing damage type (or even a control spell, which tend to be stronger anyway) so that if you encounter something fire immune...

What were those enemies, that the high level wizard was ill equipped to deal with, exactly? Did the wizard have to face them regularly? Might they be an edge case? There are plenty of creatures in the higher CRs with flight, and/or abilities that can only be countered by magic.

Have you ever seen a high level martial that isn't well suited to dealing with flying enemies? Have you ever seen a high level martial that doesn't have easy access to remove curse for dealing with mummy rot and similar effects?

Those are 2 completely different things as far as I'm concerned. I've rarely seen an anti-magic zone in my many years of playing. Most campaigns have exactly zero. I've regularly seen plenty of flying, or resistant/immune creatures, as well as creatures with abilities that can only be dealt...

Sure, you can't run faster than a human can run while in your car, but you can certainly move faster. I'm looking at it from the perspective of the end result. If you don't want to think of a magic item using fighter as supernatural, that's fine. However, let's consider an explicitly...

That has not been my experience. This is assuming a strength based fighter (as I've said, Dex based martials don't run up against these issues nearly as often). Typically, you won't invest heavily into Dexterity, due to heavy armor proficiency, so you're probably around a 12 in Dexterity...