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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8859161" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>You didn't understand, probably because no one in their right mind would follow his and my conversation closely the way it's broken up. He said that fighters could not use feats when he started comparing how much damage the two classes could put out. Presumably because feats are optional and can't be assumed to be in play. That lead to me saying...</p><p></p><p>"You also can't use Booming Blade <strong>unless fighters can use feats</strong>. All books outside of core are also optional and can't be assumed to be in play." </p><p></p><p>...because booming blade is just as optional as fighter feats are. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Healing was sacrificed on the altar of balance around the adventuring day and resource attrition. If it had the oomph of yesteryear, it would unbalance things. </p><p></p><p>I also wish it had more oomph, but that goes hand in hand with my intense dislike of balance around the adventuring day. I wish they had never used that metric to balance the game around.</p><p></p><p>Yep. </p><p></p><p>I hated that. I actually rebelled against it when 2e came out. I told the other players straight up that my cleric was going to be a Cleric of War or Magic or whatever and would not have much healing as I would be focused on his calling when it came to spell selection. Then I let them know that if they wanted a dedicated healer, someone else would need to make one. We had like 6 or 7 of us, so 2 clerics was easily doable.</p><p></p><p>I don't think it is. I think there are ways to design the game such that spells, including healing, have more oomph without 1) sending us back to the caster dominance of yore, and 2) setting clerics up to be heal bots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8859161, member: 23751"] You didn't understand, probably because no one in their right mind would follow his and my conversation closely the way it's broken up. He said that fighters could not use feats when he started comparing how much damage the two classes could put out. Presumably because feats are optional and can't be assumed to be in play. That lead to me saying... "You also can't use Booming Blade [B]unless fighters can use feats[/B]. All books outside of core are also optional and can't be assumed to be in play." ...because booming blade is just as optional as fighter feats are. :) Healing was sacrificed on the altar of balance around the adventuring day and resource attrition. If it had the oomph of yesteryear, it would unbalance things. I also wish it had more oomph, but that goes hand in hand with my intense dislike of balance around the adventuring day. I wish they had never used that metric to balance the game around. Yep. I hated that. I actually rebelled against it when 2e came out. I told the other players straight up that my cleric was going to be a Cleric of War or Magic or whatever and would not have much healing as I would be focused on his calling when it came to spell selection. Then I let them know that if they wanted a dedicated healer, someone else would need to make one. We had like 6 or 7 of us, so 2 clerics was easily doable. I don't think it is. I think there are ways to design the game such that spells, including healing, have more oomph without 1) sending us back to the caster dominance of yore, and 2) setting clerics up to be heal bots. [/QUOTE]
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