D&D 5E (2014) Fixing the fighter (I know...)

[Phion]

Extra reactions seem perfect honestly. The indomitable feature is a bit lacklustre, personally I would have made it so it could be used 3 times from the start or make it so it can be used after a short rest instead of long rest.

 

[Undrave]

Extra reactions seem perfect honestly. The indomitable feature is a bit lacklustre, personally I would have made it so it could be used 3 times from the start or make it so it can be used after a short rest instead of long rest.

Extra reactions, especially with a caveat like "You can only make 1 opportunity attack per turn", would also make the Protection fighting style less inferior. If you can only make 1 opportunity attack, but you have extra reactions, and an enemy makes multiple attack on your ally, you can just decide to attack once thanks to Sentinel, then use Protection for another.

 

[Phion]

Extra reactions, especially with a caveat like "You can only make 1 opportunity attack per turn", would also make the Protection fighting style less inferior. If you can only make 1 opportunity attack, but you have extra reactions, and an enemy makes multiple attack on your ally, you can just decide to attack once thanks to Sentinel, then use Protection for another.

That would possibly be the more balanced version, oddly enough sentinel feat can still be used and opportunity attack still open for use

 

[Garthanos]

Nyeh I would allow opportunity attacks if you have a reaction available its not like being able to make more than 1 is some horror story.

 

[Tony Vargas]

Nyeh I would allow opportunity attacks if you have a reaction available its not like being able to make more than 1 is some horror story.

....a limit of 1/enemy would help head off bag-o-rats style silliness....

...but, yeah, apart from mechanical artifacts, part of the point is probably to take multiple OAs, or the like, so the threat the fighter poses remains credible.

 

[Garthanos]

....a limit of 1/enemy would help head off bag-o-rats style silliness....

Sure

...but, yeah, apart from mechanical artifacts, part of the point is probably to take multiple OAs, or the like, so the threat the fighter poses remains credible.

As opposed to a minor speed bump... yeah

 

[Undrave]

....a limit of 1/enemy would help head off bag-o-rats style silliness....

that's what 'once per turn' mean, not 'once per round'.

 

[Tony Vargas]

that's what 'once per turn' mean, not 'once per round'.

I figured that was the intent.

 

[Manbearcat]

I'll going to put an addendum to my post upthread and since this is 5th edition that is being talked about here, I'll use that system to express the concept.

One of the most impactful aspects of an athlete who is the apex predator, the absolute pinnacle of the dominance hierarchy (the proverbial king, or queen, of the jungle), is how the rest of the members of that hierarchy are either emboldened by their presence (if they share cause) or they absolutely wilt in their presence (if they are opposed).

Tiger Woods overwhelmingly won on Friday and Saturday. What happened on Sunday? Being caught in his orbit, his competition wilted under that overwhelming task (playing below, often well below, their natural capabilities) time_after time_after time_after time. Tiger wasn't a comeback king. He was an absolute front-runner with his ability to just hit clutch shots when he needed to just completely debilitating his opponents who were absolutely top of the food chain...if not for one Tiger Woods.

Michael Jordan and the Bulls?

Exact same thing. Teams were beaten before they took the court. Overwhelmingly, opposition (guys who, again, were absolute far, far, far end of the distribution of human capability) spoke in reverential, fearful tones of him (while they were in the freaking league together)...never wanting to draw his ire and give him (and through him, his teammates) cause to grind them into absolute dust.

The weight of his presence, the specter of inevitability through him looming:

1) Moralized allies to heights they would be not be capable of otherwise.

2) Demoralized opposition to depths that they otherwise had no business falling to.

How do you accomplish this in 5e?

Simple,

Reskin the Diviner Subclass ability Portent and have it work mechanically in exactly the same way (because that is effectively what happens in our world).

 

[TheCosmicKid]

Reskin the Diviner Subclass ability Portent and have it work mechanically in exactly the same way (because that is effectively what happens in our world).

Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan normally play against humans.

Fighters often find themselves in battle against black puddings.

I'm not sure the same psychological rules apply.