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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 8116790" data-attributes="member: 926">So... people have been saying that they are changing the number of times that Bladesingers can use the Bladesong each day because there was a "problem" with some players using the Bladesong just to increase their AC and Concentration check bonus for them just to cast spells, rather than wading into melee combat to attack with their weapons.  Is that right?OK then, I just have to ask... what is the problem here?  That was exactly what the Bladesong was created for.  The Bladesong was supposed to be a defensive martial art that allows spellcasters to defend themselves with their weapons as they cast spells in combat.  Isn't that exactly what these players are doing?  I'm afraid I just don't see at all what the problem is. This entire situation smacks of some writers wanting to try to force a certain playstyle on players, which was one of the main problems with 4th Edition, with the writers forcing every PC of each class to play in a certain playstyle and not allowing for any deviations from that style or your character was completely ineffective. This is bad design. Let players play their own PCs however they wish to.  I play my own Bladesinger by going into melee combat and mixing weapon attacks with spells, and I think it is a boring waste to do otherwise, but there is no reason to try to force everyone into playing that way, and trying to enforce a certain playstyle on players is absolutely not the place of the game designers.</blockquote>

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