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<blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 8958615" data-attributes="member: 63508"><p>You can't have Action Surge + Second Wind + Fighting Style and Rage + Reckless Attack.</p><p></p><p>That's it.</p><p></p><p>Just like the cleric and druid are 2 different classes because of Channel Divinity + Wildshape, fighter and barbarian (and monk because of Martial Arts + ki). because of mechanics. That's literally it. Mechanics. The classic classes flavor doesn't match the mechanics of the archetype. So you have to make a whole new class.</p><p></p><p>You can't make a Rage mechanics with the fighter: so we made a barbarian class.</p><p>You can't make a Martial Arts mechanics with the fighter: so we made a monk class.</p><p></p><p>And before you say "Make it a subclass", you can't with the "So simple and easy designed to be playable when your brain is shut off" Champion is a Fighter subclass. You can't balance Rage with "Improved Critical". We can't even balance it with Eldritch Knight's spells and Battlemaster's maneuvers.</p><p></p><p>This is why I predict the Barbraian will actually get bigger number to have more design space.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Minigiant, post: 8958615, member: 63508"] You can't have Action Surge + Second Wind + Fighting Style and Rage + Reckless Attack. That's it. Just like the cleric and druid are 2 different classes because of Channel Divinity + Wildshape, fighter and barbarian (and monk because of Martial Arts + ki). because of mechanics. That's literally it. Mechanics. The classic classes flavor doesn't match the mechanics of the archetype. So you have to make a whole new class. You can't make a Rage mechanics with the fighter: so we made a barbarian class. You can't make a Martial Arts mechanics with the fighter: so we made a monk class. And before you say "Make it a subclass", you can't with the "So simple and easy designed to be playable when your brain is shut off" Champion is a Fighter subclass. You can't balance Rage with "Improved Critical". We can't even balance it with Eldritch Knight's spells and Battlemaster's maneuvers. This is why I predict the Barbraian will actually get bigger number to have more design space. [/QUOTE]
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