D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance

[Misanthrope Prime]

So you're NOT entertained?

 

[Older Beholder]

High level fighters can get multiple attacks.
Gladiators are high level fighters therefore they get multiple attacks.

I'm not sure I see the narrative dissonance.

 

[Zardnaar]

Gladiators always been tuned high in terms of damage. Use wisdom saves or better yet intelligence saves they get wrecked.

5E is default easy mode so they cranked up danage to compensate. 5.5 bloated the HP on a lot of monsters.

 

[Stalker0]

Gladiators always been tuned high in terms of damage.

Again just wanted to stress. gladiators are actually not high damage for their CR, in fact they are bottom of the normal damage range for a CR5.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Not the same thing. Medusa can do it at will. PCs cannot.

Come now. A full medusa is not a PC in my game. Neither is a dragon, or a balor. NPCs and PCs using similar rules applies when they are supposed to be fictionally similar.

 

[Micah Sweet]

High level fighters can get multiple attacks.
Gladiators are high level fighters therefore they get multiple attacks.

I'm not sure I see the narrative dissonance.

Mostly it's all the hp.