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Then ignore that point instead of derailing this thread with off-topic comments. Edit: I actually agree with the previous commenter who found that bit slightly mean spirited, and removed it from the OP.

How is it not constructive? Who are you to say it isn't? I have at minimum two other people who seem to agree it is constructive.

Should non-constructive replies be reported? I'm not familiar with how this forum deals with thread derailments.

I got the idea after seeing a few people arguing strongly against unrealistic abilities at a high level because they see martial characters as, like, action heroes from Die Hard and whatever. But yes it's quite fuzzy this whole thing. I agree with allowing casters this flexibility is a problem...

Yes this very subject annoys me, so I have to fight against my own tendency to write stuff that might be consider deliberately provocative. I lost that battle in the OP :P That's a good solution too. I just think it's essential that whatever solution is provided is something that is separate...

You can have entirely functional non-magical healing, since hit points are not meat points.

There are people here who argue that the martial classes must remain strictly "realistic" even at absurd levels of play. While I strongly disagree with their arguments, I agree with one particular thing: The future "potential" of a class colours the play experience. I believe this is why the...

This is exactly what fighters need, though. At high tiers they need more than just the ability to hit harder.

He needs AoE stuff too. Mihawk can sink a ship by himself with a single cut.

This doesn't solve the problem because all it does is give underpowered classes the option to pick spells in order to suck less, but that has nothing to do with the problem. The problem IS that you have to pick a spellcaster to not suck.

While this is slightly off topic and i'll remove this if I break any rules: What issue are people having with the recent MtG releases? I haven't followed magic since like 2010 or smth.

It is obvious that W > F. It is also obvious that W > M. But W > M is much less discussed because the monk is a much less popular class. The monk is too niche. Fighter being too weak is a bigger problem because the class itself is conceptually popular.

We know that the fighter in 4e was as popular as the fighter in 3e and that the 3e fighter was famously crap. The druid has never been popular, but the druid in 3e was famously overpowered. The metrics show this. Given this we can assume that the popularity of a class has to do with things...

The expected value for a d6 (reroll every 1 or 2 once) can be calculated something like this: E of a d6 = (1+2+3+4+5+6)/6 = 3.5 E of a d6 reroll 1 or 2 once = (E+E+3+4+5+6)/6 = (3.5+3.5+3+4+5+6)/6 = 4.17 The argument is that you replace the occurences of 1 and 2 in the calculation of the...

The Duke of Waiting, The Prince of Emptiness and the Viscount/Viscountess of Rebirth are chilling in their Chancel (demi plane for you dnd folks) when their Imperator, Sorghum, unexpectedly calls on them to carry out a number of small missions. Most of them are simple: Bring a particular person...

I'm not saying they chose fighters because they don't know better. I'm saying that those players believe fighters fit their idea of their character better. The fighter is the class with the most flexible flavour, because it isn't strongly tied to some particular concept except fighting.

That fantasy is wizards only!

Point taken. Flavour is such an individual thing. To me it seems like something that would vary a lot from person to person what their impression is of a particular class.

You're kinda missing my point. I'm not saying you can't fit any particular character idea to any particular class. I've done it myself. I play a barbarian right now that in flavour isn't actually a barbarian (fighter + barb) but in flavour more like an eladrin-trained warrior / gladiator. I'm...

The way 5e is currently designed fighter is essentially the only way you can play a martial character that isn't weighted down by excessively specific flavour. Assume for a second that you don't know too much of the specifics of the system and you only hear the names of the classes and you want...