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A bonus action knockdown isn't terrible if your opponent is weak.

They are options in the DMG but as they are options, none of the subclasses really do anything with them.

Yeah I'm not sure I agree with your assumptions. Rogue subclasses include investigators, there is even a courtier subclass in Level Up. Fighter subclasses have very few acrobatic builds unless you build a Battlemaster one. It seems to me that what you are suggesting is something more suited...

While I can see why you are frustrated by the current set-up, and I agree that my players do get frustrated that one skill doesn't cover everything, I'm not 100% convinced. You seem to be assuming that this particular fantasy trope didn't invest in strength, dexterity, and both skills purely...

It was more that level based inflation meant that you were tied to boosting your attack stat and you started to feel it quickly if you deviated from the treadmill due to multiclassing or being MAD.

Hmm does that mean you aren't looking ahead to high level imbalance? Because I am playing at level 17 for the next few years so I do care! Girdles should be +4 Str capped at the type of belt and treat wearer as huge for the purpose of lifting, carrying, shoving, tripping, overrun, grappling...

That's tricky thing though. If you choose one thing and that prevents you from choosing another thing, is that really a penalty or just a choice? That said, I do think there should be ways for strength based characters to run faster, jump further, overrun more than once per round, push...

No flavour to YOU. It's a terrible argument to YOU. I've been playing the game for 41 years. It's fine if you want to think I've been playing wrong for all that time. But your argument isn't going to sway me any more than mine is going to sway you. The stats have meaning to me in addition...

There are multiple ways to get over Str20 that mess way more with the game than more flavourful uses for strength.

You should try it. It's not ability dependent and it lets you swashbuckle without levels in the swashbuckler subclass. The main gap appears to be that while it adds 10 feet to the distance you can move, and it effectively lets you jump over obstacles in difficult terrain, it doesn't expressly...

I thought that was the mobility feat?

Not to you, perhaps. The stats are the blueprint that embody the mental image of my character. It matters to me whether their intelligence is 17 or 13 regardless of what bonus I get in any new edition. I appreciate that to many people it's all about what mechanical benefits the stats provide...

In my case, it was that it was impossible port characters across from 3e to 4e without changing their stats. The flavour of the character was diluted in favour of mechanics. Personally, I have never really felt that Dex overpowered all other abilities, in our group at least, but so many...

I always wondered if removing Dexterity bonuses from weapon damage would be enough to rebalance the stats. Most of rogues' damage comes from sneak attack anyway. You can add a flat bonus to crossbows based on size. It would make a fighter using light melee weapons less viable if they dump...

Education gives no hard indication of how clever a player can be. That much is true. You can play 4e if you want every stat to be equally relevant. You can't achieve that without stripping out quite a lot of flavour from the game. I prefer the classes and the way they synergise to be more...

Our group includes two lawyers, a university professor, carers, supermarket workers, a computer expert, and a financial crime investigator. One size doesn't fit all whether talking about players or characters. The DM just has to work with players and characters alike so that stats do matter...

Yeah I wonder if that leaves too high an average given that the new feats all add +1 to a stat now.

True, it's not really a dump stat for him. He was converted from being rolled in 3e when dump stats were less of a thing so int is his third highest stat same as strength. If built in 5e from scratch it might be different. But he's a rogue so hasn't really committed to any knowledge skills and...

My current group has dumped intelligence and they suck at research. It makes life harder for them, and for me, when I have to limit the information I give them. It would be easier for us all if just ignored that and fed them the maximum info but I feel that somewhere out there is a character...

It's not a punishment, it's a choice. Is your character strong or not? If not, then don't put points into strength. If s/he is, put points into strength. But don't complain that the game punishes you for not putting points into strength. If you are complaining that strength doesn't give...