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The PHB is a big, pretty book that took a lot of talented people a lot of work to make. Artists, designers, writers, editors. I'm sure most of them love their jobs, but they also love food on the table. So you might want to hold off on your demands that everything is free forever until after the...

I think to evaluate the saving throw situation you need to look at each save individually. Strength: Not a problem. If you fail a Str saving throw, usually the worst that'll happen is you'll get tossed around a bit. Dex: Dex saves are awesome if you have Evasion, but then I believe every class...

I definitely see the appeal, but this approach risks locking you into a pattern of one cool turn followed by one boring turn. Losing the ability to "stockpile" or "nova" those resources, at least to some degree, can be restrictive. Anyway, what about adding a feat that lets you spend an action...

Seems to me the "improvised vs codified stunts" argument is a bit beside the point: most of the powers this class gets are things very few DMs would allow you to improvise, like dealing area damage in a cone or bonuses on saves.

So I like the creativity involved in creating this class, but I think you're reinventing the wheel a bit. I understand the design goal to be the creation of a more tactically interesting fighter with resource management. But the binary (on or off) design of the focus actually ensures LESS...

Yeah, I'm ambivalent about the head size, but I definitely think the tiny feet were a... Wait for it... Misstep. That said, the attitude, clothes, etc. are right on. Every halfling in the PHB looks cheerful and cocky, which I love.

The point isn't always for them to pose an immediate survival threat; sometimes they exist to create a tense atmosphere by letting the party know they're never safe. And perhaps making the barbarian question whether he should use rage every single encounter. Anyway, maybe those encounter are so...

I hope that the MM will have a quick reference page with one-line mechanics for common monster spells. ("Fireball: 20ft radius within 150ft, 8d6 fire damage, Dex save for half")

Sounds fine, if you don't mind being a level behind getting maneuvers, feats, second and third attack, etc. compared to a straight fighter.

I think you're overstating the problem. When I look at the fighter or rogue, for example, the abilities gained at levels 1, 2 and 3 look at least as juicy as the feat at 4. I could see an argument for being a rogue2/fighter2 rather than a rogue4 or fighter4. I certainly don't think that 2/2...

Yeah, I meant the 3e dragons had crazy AC, although I was speaking from memory. Looking at the SRD, they're around AC 40 for the level 20 versions. So I was right the first time: it was almost impossible for a fighter to hit them reliably (let alone a few times per full attack) without a...

Once per round, with your highest BAB, and if I recall doing zero damage because DR, right?

Obviously we're not all going to agree whether a level 20 martial character should be Beowulf or Odysseus or Robin Hood. That's a matter if preference. But I think we certainly CAN agree that a level 20 fighter should be exceptional when he's in his element on the battlefield. That, I would...

During the playtest process, Mike Mearls and the rest of the team often offered clarifications on the intent of various rules. They've been much more quiet on that front since the official PHB release. This is probably partly because they've been busy as hell, and maybe partly because they don't...

I'll write the wizard one for you. Round 1: Forcecage. Done. ;) My point was that the classes aren't balanced around solo combat. The fighter gains much more damage and survivability from the presence of his party than does the wizard. That's why you cast jump (or Haste or Magic Weapon or...

I know you're responding to someone here, but you could make a similarly one-sided simulation of a wizard trying to solo a dragon. The fighter can have it chopped in half before the wizard gets through its auto-saves. (Yes, if the wizard is smart he'll use forcecage or something, but by the same...

Sorry for the tone - I was feeling a bit snarky at that point. But there's an honest question in there: warlocks and sorcerers have spells known restricted enough that it seems to me that they ought not be very problematic in terms of "utility" spells. Anyway, I won't go point by point back...

It might be hard to anecdotally confirm that this isn't an issue now, because there are a good number of people who didn't even see it as an issue in 3.5, and there are plenty more who will see anything short of 4e's broad mechanical equality as unplayable.

Just for clarity, which are the overpowered classes and which are the hopelessly underpowered ones? Wizards, bards, and clerics are overpowered, while fighters are underpowered. I guess rogues, rangers, monks, barbarians, and paladins are all trash too? How about sorcerers, who certainly aren't...

There's a feat for that, Inspiring Leader. You can scare people with a battle master maneuver too. We could certainly use more, but they're not nonexistent.