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i really can't comprehend why they decided to remove sub-species from some of the lineages cause then you end up having to resort to doing things like this.

they aren't the same thing, no, but i don't think the spirit of them is so different either, the only thing i would need to change in the former would be altering 'combat' to 'direct engagement' and they become pretty darn similar, and i think the former is only phrased that way by flaw of...

oh for sure, i'm not trying to calling individual EXP wrong by any measure, except perhaps as the assumed norm to compare milestone to.

what does it matter what specific percentage of encounters are combats in which specific system, they're still all encounters.

i think any disparity between the two is solved by considering the original context of @Maxperson 's quote and assuming it probably should have been stated as 'Encounter hasn't solely meant combat for decades' rather than taking it at literal word-for-word value minus context.

i mean, how much does modern EXP levelling incentivize those things either? i admit i'm a bit out of touch with how people are actually playing right now and fully admit i might be wildly wrong but i get the impression that for the most part groups are functionally treated as a single...

if you can avoid creatures by choosing to take a different path, be that a completely divergent route, a roundabout side path or sneaking past in close vicinity, how does that not make the creatures a location based event? a traffic jam involves creatures, in fact, if the creatures weren't there...

i agree with what you're saying but i think the issue most lies in that initial statement for some people, 'everything supernatural is a derivative of magic' feels like a backwards classification to us in the same way that 'the entire EM spectrum is a derivative of ultra-violet' feels backwards.

typically, it's distinct due to the standard power organizations and techniques of dealing with magic users don't include or work on psionics, this makes it a bit of an X-factor in the world, yes it's just as powerful and does most of the same things as magic and that's part of the point, but it...

i made a similar list myself for the 2014 spells, here it is if you're curious

i think the primary hits would be: telepathy and mind reading, hypnosis and mind control, psychic 'mind crushing' attacks. telekinesis (dipping into flight if used on self.) energy manipulation: ranged blasts, enhanced strikes and shields/forcefields, primarily pure energy, but pyro, cryo and...

i do think that even using the singular spellcasting system of 5e they could've done alot within it to make the different spellcasters actually feel different, like look at warlock, pact magic doesn't work fundamentally different to wizard casting, oh sure the slots it gets and it's recovery...

i believe at some point upthread it was mentioned in earlier editions the guide for earning EXP is something to the effect of 'the players gain EXP for encounters they intentionally/knowingly bypass equal to as if they had faced it directly, ones they do so by accident/unknowingly don't provide...

i have no real opposition to adding another martial subsystem, but i do wish martials shared their unique mechanics amongst themselves more, to be able to make their play experienced more layered, a warlord that utilized both battlemaster manoeuvres and bardic inspiration, a monk that rages...

minor quibble, did you mean to say 'deliberately avoiding what those hints lead to is bypassing the encounter'?

personally, the primary things i'd take from the fighter budget to convert start converting it to warlord are extra attack 2+3, the extra ASI, action surge and most of their stronger martial weapons (basically anything with the heavy property)

yep, @robertsconley is correct, i was pointing out you were subject to the flaws of a referee rather than the playstyle itself.

yeah it's basically PRO: it CAN be included anywhere CON: it doesn't NEED to be included anywhere

i mentioned in the 'what you want the psion to be' thread but while i don't REALLY want the psion to be a caster as such i'm more than happy to let it piggyback off of the massive list of existing spells, rather than redesigning a bunch of abilities that are psionic copies of existing spells.

i've definitely thought and said this before, it's not that the individual tools to create a good warlord don't exist in 5e, it's just that they're too piecemeal and scattered that's it's just not realistically possible to combine them into a greater whole on a single character.