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<blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 8492167" data-attributes="member: 7019027">Y'know why there were no complaints?Either your players didn't really care or they were playing within a playstyle they consider fun. Because players usually already know what they're getting into.Actually, that's another point I could make. People forget D&amp;D 5e is not a pure fantasy TTRPG. It's a dungeon-crawl JRPG.There's actually very few examples of a dungeon-crawling fighter in fiction outside of the specific niche of dungeon-crawling fantasy, which is a very niche genre.People say Fighters should be herculean...but Hercules isn't a dungeon delver. He's really a taskmaster, as are other mythical heroes. So Hercules' abilities wouldn't be all that consistent in a dungeon-crawl environment. Helpful, yes. But it's not a consistent fiction.High-level D&amp;D basically means high-level magic. But it's magic all players can really interact with. The fantasy of high-level D&amp;D is magic being flung everywhere. If your character isn't inherently magical, they'll have some magic items in their toolbelt as well.But why is this the flavor? Because the designers decided that's what they want. It's not actually bad, either. It's all subjective. With anything subjective, it's a matter of taste.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Asisreo, post: 8492167, member: 7019027"] Y'know why there were no complaints? Either your players didn't really care or they were playing within a playstyle they consider fun. Because players usually already know what they're getting into. Actually, that's another point I could make. People forget D&D 5e is [I]not[/I] a pure fantasy TTRPG. It's a dungeon-crawl JRPG. There's actually very few examples of a dungeon-crawling fighter in fiction outside of the specific niche of dungeon-crawling fantasy, which is a very niche genre. People say Fighters should be herculean...but Hercules isn't a dungeon delver. He's really a taskmaster, as are other mythical heroes. So Hercules' abilities wouldn't be all that consistent in a dungeon-crawl environment. Helpful, yes. But it's not a consistent fiction. High-level D&D basically means high-level magic. But it's magic all players can really interact with. The fantasy of high-level D&D is magic being flung everywhere. If your character isn't inherently magical, they'll have some magic items in their toolbelt as well. But why is this the flavor? Because the designers decided that's what they want. It's not actually bad, either. It's all subjective. With anything subjective, it's a matter of taste. [/QUOTE]

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