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What I would actually be after I think is something like the Bo9S Warblade. They had interesting and tactical abilities and were generally much more fun to play compared to the Fighter of 3.5 even though their damage output was generally less. This has the added advantage of enabling a...

I think maybe you're both arguing more about the semantics of the fluff rather than the actual ability. Getting a huge creature to travel a distance and smash into anything it hits on the way, dealing damage and/or knocking prone definitely sounds like something a legendary warrior hero could...

Can you just "train" PC classes in Dragonlance? I thought that magic was generally an unusual talent in that setting?

There are many other classes that can heal. Artificers, Bards, Druids, Paladins, Rangers, plus subclasses of Monk, Warlock, Sorceror. In 5e you don't have to have someone play a cleric.

I believe the intent was to help actually running adventures with them for the DM - you can hand the player guide to your players and run the adventure while using monster stats from the separate book, instead of having to rely on loads of bookmarks.

I mean a "barrier to keep out gods around a world system" does sound a bit like Eberron. . .

Indeed, but I think that it is fair to say without heavy optimisation (which I believe will favour the BM), the Champion needs to be making 80 attacks between short rests before their damage matches a very basic BM. That's eight 5-round combats at Tier 2. Most groups don't have that many between...

In the majority of games, the Battlemaster deals more damage than the Champion.

You honestly believe that there would be no outcry against a spell of the power of heat metal if there was no targeting restriction?

Where are you drawing the line between pulling out the character sheet that they used in the old game, and simply generating the same character according to the rules of your game? I'm really not seeing much of a distinction.

How would this base class differ in concept to a Fighter?

Amusingly enough, with all the kerfuffle about FR-style gods existing in the same multiverse as Eberron (even if they can't access it), and the subsequent sophistry about what the word "god" means in different settings and how we should use it, I think something significant has been missed. . ...

I don't think there is an equivalent spell that works on the light/no armour crowd. I imagine that a significant amount of screaming would ensue if one was introduced.

Homebrew nerfs like those you mention have been suggested, but most groups will run it RAW to start with at least, and none of the options you suggest apply to the spell as written.

Depends on the situation. If the party are definitely out, and no hope of intervention from others. If there were other/rival adventurers established in the game, I might run a one-shot where the group plays another party trying to recover the original party or beat the BBEG. Generally a new...

Would making all classes proficient in all saves actually keep up with the usual DCs for each level for non-primary abilities, or would it just mean that they fall behind slower?

Unless your DM just flat-out throws an effect that one-shots you (which as you note is rarer in 5e than in early editions), losing HP in much more incremental and has options that give you at least the illusion of a fighting chance over the rounds in which you take it until you go down. You are...

To me, the Monk class is the person who channels magic through themselves to achieve feats of spiritual prowess. They may do this through martial arts, religion, meditation, or other forms of spiritual growth. Purely Martial Arts is the domain of the Fighter: Striking people armed or unarmed...

Nope. I still play other systems other than D&D. And even with D&D, I play other versions as well as 5e.

I mean yes. There is always a possibility. In one of the earlier Swordmage threads I build a Swordmage as an Artificer subclass. It seemed to check the relevant boxes, and no one objected to that implementation, so it is definitely workable. I am a little confused as to why a swordmage...