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Rulings ftw. I think the alternative is a semantic argument that goes against RAI.

I think a couple of check bonuses, a couple of spells prepped with free castings, and an expanded spell list is more than most origin feats. It's not broken or anything but just seems like a bit much.

Except Dragon Marks were deliberately a separate category from Origin Feats and carry a prerequisite of not already having a Dragon Mark Feat. They seem a bit OP as a replacement for an Origin Feat to me. @Zardnaar I've tried the route of excessive cantrips on a warlock before and I always...

banishment polymorph levitate heat metal steel wind strike telekinesis flesh to stone heal power word fortify maze mass heal power word heal true polymorph enlarge These are some spells I was thinking there might be room for use or creativity. The maps don't say they need to remain on the the...

Wish duplicates casting the spell simulacrum that simulacra are banned from casting per the rules. I would just tell the player "no, casting the spell and duplicating the spell is the same thing." Done. It's okay to tell no to the players. You can't rest to recover wish after spending it on...

I haven't omitted assumptions about the barbarian. The problem is I don't see an options that's as good as the fighter adding cantrips and shield. I'm not sure what you think you're arguing against here. I demonstrated that a barbarian can start with 18 AC and not much equipment. Your choice...

The premise of the thread is to make a defensive build. The typical alternative to the bonus AC is bonus damage is dueling, which would give the fighter +2 damage all the time instead of only when raging while still having the better AC from blade ward. As was mentioned, barbarians starting...

The 18 AC barbarian is doable with starting gear. Scale mail, shield, and war pick is 65 gp leaving 10 gp for other equipment. 2gp backpack 1gp bedroll 5sp blanket 4 cp bullets (20; ranged ammunition) 2gp traveler's clothes 10 sp rations (2 days) 5 sp pouch (for sling bullets) 1 sp sling...

Because the fighter has 19 AC and picks up blade ward with magic initiate. The barbarian has 18 AC and damage reduction. The fighter heals damage instead of soaking it. The difference is the fighter picks up additional defenses not available to a raging barbarian. Assuming they are either...

When it takes 9 hits to drop the barbarian and 7 hits to drop the self healing fighter but the barbarian gets hit twice as often then the fighter is more durable by avoiding (edit: avoiding thru AC) and healing damage instead of soaking it.

They can, but the fighter also starts with a fighting style. The barbarian or paladin doesn't have the fighting style for that 1 more point of AC or whatever. All three start with weapon mastery. The barbarian also cannot use blade ward and the shield spell picked up with magic initiate and...

A human warlock with the charlatan (or custom) background on a point buy can go 8 STR, 16 DEX, 16 CON, 8 INT, 8 WIS, and 16 CHA then pick up magic initiate from the bonus feat but we're getting rather specific at this point, and 3 dump stats is not what I would consider typical. They need to...

Blade ward with your 16 DEX still means 14 CON. Goblin minions and kobolds with their +4 to hit will hit that approximately 1 out of 3 attacks and approximately 1 out of 3 hits will break concentration dropping blade ward. This causes a drop in AC for subsequent attacks until the action cost...

I don't agree with this. The 1st level warlock cannot have both a 16 DEX and a 16 CON on point buy, standard spread, or average rolls spreads and still have a 16 CHA. If we're presenting 16 DEX for AC then we're looking at 14 CON. That 1st level warlock has 10 hp. Compared to the fighter who...

I wouldn't wait until I was at 1 or 2 hp to use second wind. As soon as I'm below half hit points the averages work out and I'm not creating unnecessary risk. That's anywhere from 1 to 6 hit points. We also cannot omit weapon masteries creating disadvantage on attacks. If I go with the sword...

For starting equipment the fighter is offered chainmail with no shield, studded leather with no shield, or 155gp to buy armor which is going to likely be chain mail and shield based on the premise. +1 AC for fighting style and still does d8+3 damage with a longsword plus sap via weapon mastery...

This isn't evidence to support your claims. It looks like a form of ad hom directed at other posters. I'm pointing it out because I think the conversation goes better if we avoid that type of discussion, or at least demonstrate how you think it's dismissive so some constructive criticism could...

Because the martial healing I mentioned isn't all based on hit dice and hit dice recovery during a long rest is irrelevant in a discussion where long rests aren't applicable. The parties start the day with full everything. They cannot start a long rest until at least 16 hours after the...

After a claim that casters get to rest after every encounter it's hard to take that anecdotal take seriously.

Yeah, when someone says "caster" I think of primary casters. I also think of martial classes with spellcasting subclasses as martial characters with magic options, and hybrid casters as hybrid casters. I kind of separate the main casters a bit though. Wizards and sorcerers are primary casters...