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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 7240337" data-attributes="member: 6802951">. . . So you're agreeing with me?&nbsp; The presence of a longer adventuring day, with multiple short rests is going to make a big difference in the balance between some classes compared to a much shorter day with no short rests.The actual balance point is immaterial. The question I was answering was how different assumptions of the day would affect the result.In the example of the BM fighter vs the Paladin, as we have both said, more short rests and more total rounds of combat will increase the Fighter's damage capability compared to a long-rest class like the Paladin. I was looking at level 11 because that was closer to the middle of the range the OP requested and where the fighter jumped ahead a bit due to 3rd attack, but even at level 5 where the Fighter has almost all of their nova resources and the Paladin has much fewer it is borne out. Particularly if, as in your example, the fighter is trading out their on-demand nova capabilities in exchange for an overall higher damage total over a longer period.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 7240337, member: 6802951"] . . . So you're agreeing with me? The presence of a longer adventuring day, with multiple short rests is going to make a big difference in the balance between some classes compared to a much shorter day with no short rests. The actual balance point is immaterial. The question I was answering was how different assumptions of the day would affect the result. In the example of the BM fighter vs the Paladin, as we have both said, more short rests and more total rounds of combat will increase the Fighter's damage capability compared to a long-rest class like the Paladin. I was looking at level 11 because that was closer to the middle of the range the OP requested and where the fighter jumped ahead a bit due to 3rd attack, but even at level 5 where the Fighter has almost all of their nova resources and the Paladin has much fewer it is borne out. Particularly if, as in your example, the fighter is trading out their on-demand nova capabilities in exchange for an overall higher damage total over a longer period. [/QUOTE]

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