D&D 5E (2024) Do you see Full Casters played at your Table?
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Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Every class and its mother can cast spells in 5e. Even fighters and rogues have partial casters. Monk maybe not. Barbarian I don't think so, but has that wild magic subclass that's magical. It would be nice to have more non-casters and even parties of non-casters.
James Gasik
We don't talk about Pun-Pun
To support non-caster parties, however, the game has to massively chance it's model where certain problems can only be dealt with magically. From spell design to monster design, there are always scenarios where not having magic makes a scenario massively more difficult to impossible.
The classic fix has always been more common magic items, but with them being optional and artificially limited by attunement and rarity, the default game doesn't make this viable. Thus the DM has to step in and avoid using certain challenges and offering alternate solutions beyond "player casts spell".
I mean, ask yourself this. Is a campaign where no one plays a Fighter more or less difficult than one where no one plays a Wizard? Is a campaign where no one plays a Rogue more or less difficult than one where no one plays a Cleric? Is a campaign where no one plays a Barbarian more or less difficult than one where no one plays a Bard? Is a campaign where no one plays a Monk more or less difficult than one where no one plays a Druid?
Ideally, it shouldn't matter. But it does. And even if all of these classes I just mentioned were somehow banned from the game, you'd still have Rangers, Paladins, Artificers, Warlocks, and Sorcerers!
The classic fix has always been more common magic items, but with them being optional and artificially limited by attunement and rarity, the default game doesn't make this viable. Thus the DM has to step in and avoid using certain challenges and offering alternate solutions beyond "player casts spell".
I mean, ask yourself this. Is a campaign where no one plays a Fighter more or less difficult than one where no one plays a Wizard? Is a campaign where no one plays a Rogue more or less difficult than one where no one plays a Cleric? Is a campaign where no one plays a Barbarian more or less difficult than one where no one plays a Bard? Is a campaign where no one plays a Monk more or less difficult than one where no one plays a Druid?
Ideally, it shouldn't matter. But it does. And even if all of these classes I just mentioned were somehow banned from the game, you'd still have Rangers, Paladins, Artificers, Warlocks, and Sorcerers!
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