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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7235608" data-attributes="member: 996">Someone brought up the 'power of melee' in genre, I was thinking out loud about what that power was.&nbsp; &quot;It's a display of courage, an ability to stand up to danger that most cannot. The hero gets others to rally around him and fight on. The hero draws the ire of the greatest enemies.&nbsp; The hero breaks the morale or coordination of the enemy.&quot;That's not exhaustive, either, and it seems a lot for even D&amp;D to squeeze into just making more attacks/round for a faster race to 0 hps.&nbsp;Very abstractly, sure.&nbsp; That doesn't mean it's the only way it could be done, or that the only way for a melee character to do so is in subtracting hps from the enemy on his turn.But, that's all theoretical.&nbsp; It might be nice to have a more fantasy-genre depiction of 'melee power,' but D&amp;D didn't got there in general, and 5e in particular, even less so than the other WotC eds....&nbsp;Clearly it's not, or they'd've felt comfortable putting forth a more balanced design.&nbsp; &nbsp;It doesn't match my preference, but I understand that I'm distinctly in the minority in many of my preferences.&nbsp; &nbsp;D&amp;D has not always done a lot to model this 'power of melee' we see in the fantasy genre (even if it may have done more at times than it is now with 5e), but it really deviates from genre a great deal, anyway.&nbsp; Maybe the design this time around just didn't prioritize making melee an optimal choice?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7235608, member: 996"] Someone brought up the 'power of melee' in genre, I was thinking out loud about what that power was. "It's a display of courage, an ability to stand up to danger that most cannot. The hero gets others to rally around him and fight on. The hero draws the ire of the greatest enemies. The hero breaks the morale or coordination of the enemy." That's not exhaustive, either, and it seems a lot for even D&D to squeeze into just making more attacks/round for a faster race to 0 hps. Very abstractly, sure. That doesn't mean it's the only way it could be done, or that the only way for a melee character to do so is in subtracting hps from the enemy on his turn. But, that's all theoretical. It might be nice to have a more fantasy-genre depiction of 'melee power,' but D&D didn't got there in general, and 5e in particular, even less so than the other WotC eds.... Clearly it's not, or they'd've felt comfortable putting forth a more balanced design. It doesn't match my preference, but I understand that I'm distinctly in the minority in many of my preferences. D&D has not always done a lot to model this 'power of melee' we see in the fantasy genre (even if it may have done more at times than it is now with 5e), but it really deviates from genre a great deal, anyway. Maybe the design this time around just didn't prioritize making melee an optimal choice? [/QUOTE]

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