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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7056266" data-attributes="member: 996">I owe Mike Mearls some gratitude for it.  The idea of sub- classes in 4e, of them having a different role than the main class, of at- will stances, and, from 5e, the name battlemaster and the seamless way weapon users could go STR vs DEX all contributed.Before, a stumbling block for me had been an evocative, yet baggage- free name for a martial controller. I used Soldier, for one and had ideas for a Master (In the fencing martial arts sense), but both kept ending up too focused, and designing the 100 powers for a firm foundation to a New class is daunting.Once the ideas came together, there wasn't much to design.  By being able to go either STR or DEX, and potentially controllerize any martial power, it leverages the few controller-y powers in each Martial class.Next trick would be to add a few powers, toned down to be fighter-acceptable (probably not optimal for a defender), that rise to the controller standard under at least one Battlemaster stance...</blockquote>