But as the "Volo's Guide to All Things Magic" incident proves, that isn't the case.
D&D 5E Are Wizards really all that?
Bill Zebub
“It’s probably Matt Mercer’s fault.”
I don’t understand that reference.
The Actual encounter system is not useful, not used and/or not appreciated.
So a change would be fine.
Sort of.
It's not properly explained, nor is properly how to customize/change it. That's one of the big problems with the current DMG - it is extremely user unfriendly (for the stuff that truly matters) especially to new DMs.
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D&D 5E - Are Wizards really all that?
Farmers cottages, no. Castles, yes. Or not, and let Wizards be all that. It’s a simple equation. This requires you to go beyond the rules and create additional content to "balance" spellcasters, however. If these things were the default, then they would be presented in the game. Before I...
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Bill Zebub
“It’s probably Matt Mercer’s fault.”
D&D 5E - Are Wizards really all that?
Farmers cottages, no. Castles, yes. Or not, and let Wizards be all that. It’s a simple equation. This requires you to go beyond the rules and create additional content to "balance" spellcasters, however. If these things were the default, then they would be presented in the game. Before I...
Ah, now I got it. Not sure if lore from a previous edition is relevant, but if it is then what it “proves” is that there is in fact demand for such information.
Demand, yes. An active Wizard mafia that will hunt you down to the ends of Faerun to prevent the supply? Also yes.
Bill Zebub
“It’s probably Matt Mercer’s fault.”
Ok, and if in your campaign they are successfully able to do that, not just to Volo but to anybody who dares to challenge their power, then I guess your world has a problem with Wizards being too powerful.
It’s an incredibly easy problem to fix, but that’s a choice.
Well the Dungeon Dudes finished a video series about the party role tier rankings of every class. They rated the capability of each class in each of the 7 party roles that they decided before subclasses and purposeful building into a direction.
Now I think there are more than 7 roles in traditional D&D.
Granted this is the view of just 2 guys. However it kinda supports my point. The Wizard isn't all that but it can get into many party roles at a high strength. Then with builds and subclasses, the Wizard could bump up their tier. In the stereotypical party, the Wizard is owns 2 roles and has major contribution in 3 more.
In Contrast, the Fighter is only good in 2 roles (best in one). However they are so far behind at base at everything else, they are the worse at getting into other roles. The Fighter own combat bu is mostly shut out of every other role due to the cost.
One observation they made and I mentioned is that Skills is less a factor as everyone can get proficiency.. You need expertise, proper ability score, or magic to really take over a role your class wasn't built for.
Now I think there are more than 7 roles in traditional D&D.
| Class | Frontline | Damage | Investigator | Explorer | Utility | Negotiator | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleric | B | B | B/C | D | B | B | S/A |
| Fighter | A | S | D | D | D | D | D |
| Rogue | C/D | AB | B | A | A/B | A | D |
| Wizard | D | B | S/A | B | S | C | A/B |
Granted this is the view of just 2 guys. However it kinda supports my point. The Wizard isn't all that but it can get into many party roles at a high strength. Then with builds and subclasses, the Wizard could bump up their tier. In the stereotypical party, the Wizard is owns 2 roles and has major contribution in 3 more.
In Contrast, the Fighter is only good in 2 roles (best in one). However they are so far behind at base at everything else, they are the worse at getting into other roles. The Fighter own combat bu is mostly shut out of every other role due to the cost.
One observation they made and I mentioned is that Skills is less a factor as everyone can get proficiency.. You need expertise, proper ability score, or magic to really take over a role your class wasn't built for.
Cap'n Kobold
Hero
I'm not sure I see that. The Paladin is still swinging the same weapon, with the same Fighting Style and damage bonus as the Fighter.
Even looking at the Battlemaster and assuming the apparently rather unusual full two-short-rest adventuring day, the point at which a Paladin gets more d8s through smites as the battlemaster gets d8s through superiority dice is only 5th level.
The actual damage potential will vary with level. Depending on Action Surge and the extra ASI that the Fighter gets or the Paladin levelling into new spell slots. I don't see an equivalent Fighter "easily outpace" a Paladin.
