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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8669213" data-attributes="member: 6704184">The point is that the fighter has less things with which to make those story elements actually ever do anything when mechanics come up, which is unsatisfying.&nbsp; &nbsp;The wizard can use spells for it with practically no opportunity cost, the fighter can spend one of their two class granted skill profs on intimidation, and that’s it. The fighter gets less in two pillars, and doesn’t actually get more in the one pillar they have features for, compared to every other class. Even the Barbarian gets more out of combat mechanics. The point is that it matters to a very large number of players whether they have a high chance of success on attempts to do a thing that their character concept is focused on, and to have some degree of mechanical support beyond just the baseline that anyone can have. And that is a perfectly valid preference.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 8669213, member: 6704184"] The point is that the fighter has less things with which to make those story elements actually ever do anything when mechanics come up, which is unsatisfying. The wizard can use spells for it with practically no opportunity cost, the fighter can spend one of their two class granted skill profs on intimidation, and that’s it. The fighter gets less in two pillars, and doesn’t actually get more in the one pillar they have features for, compared to every other class. Even the Barbarian gets more out of combat mechanics. The point is that it matters to a very large number of players whether they have a high chance of success on attempts to do a thing that their character concept is [I]focused on[/I], and to have some degree of mechanical support beyond just the baseline that anyone can have. And that is a perfectly valid preference. [/QUOTE]

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