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Actually it is very different. A wounded soldier in real life could not run a marathon, jump a 20 foot chasm, or otherwise perform physical activities unimpeded. A D&D character with 1 HP is far from having his body on the verge of quitting. All 1 HP means is that the PC is basically out of...

IMHO second wind should have given you temp HP equal to 25% of your Mac HP, but is only usable while below half your max HP. The alternative to second wind should simply be the toughness feat.

I think that it would be really great to see a ToB style fighter where you can learn various Martisl Disciplines, each giving you a stance and a few maneuvers that go with it (boosts, strikes, and counters). Perhaps require you to be in that disciplines stance to use its maneuvers. As you level...

People really seem to have a hard time grasping the fact that those of us who are dissatisfied with the fighter don't want it to be more powerful or for it to deal more damage. What we want is the ability to make interesting choices in combat that have a visible impact on the battle in ways that...

Never underestimate the power of willful ignorance by those who neither read the rules nor played the game.

The fighter doesn't really "shine" at being better at fighting than others until level 11. Barbarians, paladins, and rangers all have the same number of attacks from levels 1-10. The fighter gets action surge once per short rest, but the other classes get abilities that have a much greater...

Actually, the smart way to do it is Paladin (Oathbreaker) 12, Sorcerer 8. Elemental Weapon gives you elemental damage to your weapon attacks, which then gets increased your charisma modifier from dragon magic. The oathbreaker already gets to add Charisma to damage as well. Greatweapon fighting...

A few things to note: 1. You can bypass resistance to your elemental damage spells with a single feat. 2. If you are trying to deal damage as a spellcaster, you are doing something wrong. AoE spells are good for clearing away mooks, but against single targets or powerful enemies, spells like...

Also, using a greatsword significantly boosts damage. This is because Great Weapon Fighting style increases the average of each d8 from 4.5 to 5.25.

You can only concentrate on 1 thing period. There are no concentration slots. You cannot concentrate on both a spell and a psionic discipline. If the designers wanted to allow this stacking, they could have used a different term than concentration, such as psionic focus from 3e.

I was not talking about replicating the mechanic identically. Far from it. If the points recharged on a crit or or kill, I would also want a certain number to be regained whenever you roll for initiative (ie every encounter). I would also want the abilities you would spend your points on to be...

I feel like trying to keep dice is just overly complicating things. I think there are quite a few ways to give the class resource management and interesting combat capabilities without using dice. For example 13th Age has both variable maneuvers for the fighter, and binary on-off momentum for...

DO note that it is really hard to have more than 6-8 encounters per day. Your HP is a limited daily resource, and you only regain half your max HD per long rest. Most games I have been in have seen the fighter types running out of HP by 3-5 encounters per day. It is a myth that the fighter can...

I've always been partial to the term "Esper" for psionic characters.

I would love for martial warriors to have interesting capabilities in combat, but I hate superiority dice. First off, as a short rest resource, it is far too easy to blow through all your maneuvers and be left with boring old basic attacks for much of the day. Second, the battlemaster has far...

That of course assumes your DM is an idiot and attacks the uber tough fighter instead of the paper thin wizard, warlock, monk, bard, sorcerer, etc. The fighter really doesn't have a means of making himself a target. I've played in games where enemies straight up ignored me, ate an OA if needed...

Here are my thoughts on a warlord-like class. 1. Call it something else. Some people will hate on it just because of the name. Call it commander, marshal, tactician, or something. 2. It can't fight as good as a fighter on its own. 2 attacks max. A d8 HD instead of a d10. Maybe no heavy armor...

Not really. There are a number of reasons for this. 1. In 5e you are limited to one reaction per round. In 4e, you had 1 reaction per round, but you could make any number of OAs per round. This allowed a melee warrior to threaten multiple enemies. 2. A fighter's OAs were extra accurate and...

Not to mention that feats really don't even give the fighter much of an edge. The most commonly touted feats for non-combat capabilities are Actor, Observant, and Skilled. Actor gives you advantage on Persuasion and Deception, but only when you are attempting to impersonate someone else. I...

Sure, CD is once per rest. So is Action Surge. You use both those abilities at the right time though. You don't waste CD on a minion for example, but you do use it on a boss fight. A smart player will get far more benefit from CD than a fighter can get from Action surge. Reckless attack means...