FireLance
Legend
I have deliberately avoided the word "Fighter" because it's way too loaded.
Let's say you are shown three possible classes which could be included in 5e:
1. The Warrior: A very basic fighter along the lines of the class prior to 3e. He has very few class abilities apart from increasing his attack bonus, his damage and his number of attacks.
2. The Weaponmaster: A maneuver-based fighter along the lines of the 4e class. Maneuvers are similar to spells in that they are more powerful abilities which can only be used a limited number of times between rests, but they are decidedly non-magical in description and in nature: they might allow the character to make impressive leaps, but not to fly. They might allow a character to push an opponent, but not to teleport him. They might grant a character temporary hit points, but they cannot heal him.
3. The Swordsage: A magical fighter along the lines of the 3e class from the Book of Nine Swords. He uses maneuvers like the Weaponmaster, but his maneuvers are explicitly magical in nature. He can use them to fly, heal, teleport, etc.
Which would you like (or could live with) and which are dealbreakers?
Let's say you are shown three possible classes which could be included in 5e:
1. The Warrior: A very basic fighter along the lines of the class prior to 3e. He has very few class abilities apart from increasing his attack bonus, his damage and his number of attacks.
2. The Weaponmaster: A maneuver-based fighter along the lines of the 4e class. Maneuvers are similar to spells in that they are more powerful abilities which can only be used a limited number of times between rests, but they are decidedly non-magical in description and in nature: they might allow the character to make impressive leaps, but not to fly. They might allow a character to push an opponent, but not to teleport him. They might grant a character temporary hit points, but they cannot heal him.
3. The Swordsage: A magical fighter along the lines of the 3e class from the Book of Nine Swords. He uses maneuvers like the Weaponmaster, but his maneuvers are explicitly magical in nature. He can use them to fly, heal, teleport, etc.
Which would you like (or could live with) and which are dealbreakers?