D&D (2024) 4/26 Playtest: The Fighter

[mellored]

I obviously meant with one hit.

A fighter that can hit 20' in one go can hit four targets and push each of them 20' away.

They can push 4 people 20' with action surge.

 

[Incenjucar]

They can push 4 people 20' with action surge.

They can also push 1000' if they attack once every round for 100 rounds!

 

[Neonchameleon]

Survivor would disagree.

If it escaped the Champion it might. But that's a subclass not a class thing.

But it's also just been true for fighter in nearly every edition. They hit with a weapon at level one, and hit with a weapon at level 20.

And pre-3.0 there was a soft cap at level 10.

 

[Asisreo]

They can also push 1000' if they attack once every round for 100 rounds!

Smacking someone 1000' within 10 minutes with a hammer is actually pretty impressive for a first-level fighter.

 

[Stalker0]

The wizard is almost exclusively breadth over depth

No they get both in 5e, because:

1) The wizard can cast the same spells over and over again if they want.
2) Their spell DC is the same regardless of which spell.

So a wizard can focus on the exact spells to beat a specific encounter, and cast them as much as slots will allow. and then they ALSO have the breadth to do a ritual or something for a niche situation if they need to. Its the best of both worlds.

 

[Undrave]

Hard line of "No" for that. Rolling d6's for scores is essential to D&D.

People have been doing fine with standard array and point buy. We don't need random d6s.

 

[Undrave]

Fighters can push 20'. Just hit twice.
Push 40' at higher levels, 80' with action surge.

Or you can prone, cleave, slow, push all in one turn.

More attacks -> more options.

Pushing people that far isn't that useful if you have to walk 10 feet to follow them in between hits.

 

[Bluenose]

Fighters can push 20'. Just hit twice.

Presumably with a bow, or else the target is outside melee range after the first hit. It won't always be convenient or even possible to move after them for melee attacks. Although the image of driving someone back across the room with a series of strikes is very cinematic it's not obviously a great idea if you're fighting more than one enemy.

 

[HammerMan]

Presumably with a bow,

Knock back on ranger weapons sounds almost like cheating.

 

[Undrave]

Presumably with a bow, or else the target is outside melee range after the first hit. It won't always be convenient or even possible to move after them for melee attacks. Although the image of driving someone back across the room with a series of strikes is very cinematic it's not obviously a great idea if you're fighting more than one enemy.

Monks should be able to do it bare handed! That'd be even cooler to see a Monk follow and push a guy across the field with Flurry of Blows.