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<blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 5288761" data-attributes="member: 65637">I'm not sure why it's not viable under 4e mechanics.&nbsp; Make a fighter, give him a scythe or papa's longsword.&nbsp; Say he's a former turnip farmer.&nbsp; Hell, make him the open off-hand style character to accentuate his rustic and more instinctual style of fighting, grabbing enemies and punching them in the face along with swinging his weapon.The idea that &quot;his power isn't related to his equipment&quot; is absurd.&nbsp; Fighters have always need magical equipment, in every edition of D&amp;D.&nbsp; Go ahead, attack the dragon with a nonmagical weapon and nonmagical armor.&nbsp; Fight the werewolf without a silvered weapon.&nbsp; See what happens.I disasgree completely here - &quot;mental energy&quot; dedicated to doing the rules is different from mental energy used to think of a backstory.&nbsp; For that matter, the character building &quot;mental energy&quot; isn't always there.&nbsp; When you're fighting orcs or talking to the princess, you aren't thinking in the back of your mind about what feat to take, you do that when you level.&nbsp; You're committing a gigantic logical fallacy if you think you can't roleplay or be good at mechanics at the same time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ProfessorCirno, post: 5288761, member: 65637"] I'm not sure why it's not viable under 4e mechanics. Make a fighter, give him a scythe or papa's longsword. Say he's a former turnip farmer. Hell, make him the open off-hand style character to accentuate his rustic and more instinctual style of fighting, grabbing enemies and punching them in the face along with swinging his weapon. The idea that "his power isn't related to his equipment" is absurd. Fighters have always need magical equipment, in [I]every[/I] edition of D&D. Go ahead, attack the dragon with a nonmagical weapon and nonmagical armor. Fight the werewolf without a silvered weapon. See what happens. I disasgree completely here - "mental energy" dedicated to doing the rules is [I]different[/I] from mental energy used to think of a backstory. For that matter, the character building "mental energy" isn't always there. When you're fighting orcs or talking to the princess, you aren't thinking in the back of your mind about what feat to take, you do that [I]when you level[/I]. You're committing a gigantic logical fallacy if you think you can't roleplay or be good at mechanics at the same time. [/QUOTE]

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