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I think it was just a consequence of the game's design. Scenario 1: your 7th level Fighter with 50 hit points goes on an adventure, after a couple fights, he's looking at hoping he doesn't run into a random encounter so he can make it back to town and relax in the Inn for a couple of weeks...

You can't really count on high Dexterity though, so most of the time, those items aren't going to drop you that low in AC. And using a magic shield can have it's own concerns (plus, unless it's a 2e only thing, you can only use your shield against a set number of attacks each turn). Modules...

There's a few from the infamous Castle Greyhawk I like: Drider-Man Cretin (like an Ettin, but not as bright) Minitaurs

Yeah, I mean, what, Fighters at high level adding a large bonus to ad20 roll is bad, but a level 2 Cleric doing it is ok? Channel Divinity: Guided Strike Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to strike with supernatural accuracy. When you make an attack roll, you can use your...

Ok, so I went over Bone Hill. No Gauntlets of Ogre Power, but wow, is this adventure stacked with magic items! Granted, I don't think the players are supposed to get most of the NPC's items (but at least one item is hidden behind a secret door, so I have to assume that some of them are...

Caveat: if you play official adventures instead of using the tables, Rings of Protection are all over the place.

I want to know what happened to sunrods.

I probably shouldn't have said 3.e was the turning point because it was a new edition...it was more that a lot more players were in contact with one another at that time thanks to the internet. Suddenly people were sharing notes about, well, everything. Just one example of what this brought...

I'm saying that putting yourself in extreme danger to save others without any protection is something people would maybe not be inclined to play in a fantasy game. Micah said he wanted touch only healing, I pointed out the problems that brings with it in D&D combat, he disagreed that it was...

My vote (even though I'm not a fan of it's 5e art):

Yeah, so? I wouldn't want to be one, would you?

While being in just as much danger as the person you're healing, if not more? Knowing that nobody has any ability to protect you from monsters, arrows, and fireballs? Seems like you'd end up spending most of your time healing yourself, or laying on the ground dying hoping there's a medic who...

Don't forget the mutant white dragon...

Because we actually want people to play medics?

Man I hope the average 0-level character doesn't have more hit points than a 1st-level Wizard. That's just embarrassing.

I'm a heretic. I'd rather have AC be a function of your class and not even have armor rules. I mean, how many fictional heroes (the ones D&D tries to emulate, that is) are running around out there with no or limited armor? And increases to AC come from class levels, so a Fighter is going to...

Yeah, but then every support class that heals has to be highly mobile to get close enough to heal and tanky enough to survive inevitably becoming the target of incoming monster damage, becoming some sort of inverse defender*, since abilities to protect your healer aren't built-in to any class...

Honestly, the idea that someone with 10 Str and 20 Dex is an ideal archer bugs me. I know why the concept has been streamlined. I actually prefer a game where you don't need to invest in multiple ability scores to be good at archery (at least, if everyone is going to insist on point-buy). But...

I have no idea how many bad DM's there are out there. I might be a statistical outlier because I've met far more bad to mediocre DM's than good ones, lol. I will say though, that while I do let my players vote on things, especially my houserules, and I listen to their input, the times I've...