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I'm done replying tit for tat with you because it's not productive. But on this one, I encourage you to read the entry in the MM, and then apologize for claiming I had no reason to mention it. If I didn't mention it, people would have said why I ignored a stated ability of there. Which is why...

They start with enough gold for a Scale Mail, Shield, Battle Axe, and some other equipment. You don't get to make defensive assumptions for the Fighter but not the Barbarian to prove your point. Let's put this issue to bed: Barbarian starts with 18 AC. Obviously they can take another feat but...

Agreed it's meaningful. 13 hit points under this analysis. Which would be offset by 4.33 normal blows from a goblin warrior, or 3 blows from a goblin warrior with advantage (see below*) from damage resistance. And that's not counting the Barbarian has 2 more hit points to begin with. In my...

It's spin though. Fighters usually don't take it. But OK. Fighters have 1 more AC, and d10 healing every short rest, vs Rage resistance to damage and 2 more hit points. Seems a push on defense, with lower offense.

Barbarians usually have a +2 dex. Too much depends on it. And why would Fighter be taking Defense?

It's not "good" though and I assumed chain in my next sentence! They have the same AC. They start with the same cash to buy it. They have the same AC, if they want. The Barbarian can afford medium armor, shield, and Dex +2 for the same AC. I spelled it out. +2 Dex is pretty standard for...

ONLY if they chose Defense as their fighting style, which is unlikley. That's silly. Barbarian could do the same thing. They both get the same feat at level 1. Not at level 1 they don't. Why would the fighter get the benefit of racial choice and not the barbarian? And why is the barbarian...

You cannot reckless attack at level 1, and we're only talking about level 1, so irrelevant. Literally ONLY applicable after level 1. Versus no damage reduction for the fighter.

Why would the barbarian get hit twice as often with the same AC, same weapon, and same shield? Where is this misnomer that the Barbarian has a lower AC at level 1 coming from? Unless the fighter is choosing the Defense fighting style, they likely both have 17 or 18 AC.

You cannot afford good heavy armor at level 1 though and the best you can afford provides the same AC as medium armor with a +2 dex modifier, or no armor with a 16 con and 16 dex. You're not getting Splint Mail at level 1. So Chain and Shield is 18. And Scale + Dex + Shield is 18, and Unarmored...

He likely has the same AC as the fighter at level 1 though so why would they take more hits before rage happens? They will probably both be AC 17 though both could be AC 18 at level 1 if they push it.

Barbarian. D12 hit die and max at level 1 means you will have the most hit points. Rage means you will be taking only half damage (or less) from attacks, while dishing out more damage than anyone. Your AC will be the same as the Fighter. You will likely both be AC 17 at level 1. Barbarian...

I'd be concerned about any DM doing that in the first place because it would be a sure sign they don't have enough experience with the game and are not understanding the severe ramifications of such a rules change. The entire basis of spellcasters is predicated on certain assumptions about...

I think a true striking rogue has a decent shot at this.

That sounds great thank you for the recommendation I will pass it along

Yes I am a player so no spoilers for the Astral Sea suggestions (please), just something I am passing on to our DM to check out. Thank you those are great suggestions!

We are about to end Tomb of Annihilation, which has been a fantastic adventure. Likely we're ending (spoilers ahead): We're going to intentionally put a bag of holding in a portable hole, create a gate to the Astral plane, and intentionally get sucked into the Astral Sea to escape certain...

I don't see how you can read the original post and conclude that's the perspective you're responding to.

1) I didn't read anything in his post that was "insisting" 2) I didn't read anything in his post that ranked a segment as mattering more, just that it mattered.

Why not adopt the weapon mastery rules for a 2014 game? I think they're great. Very nice option that fits well in a 2014 game. I mean, you literally replicated one of them in your options list.