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<blockquote data-quote="plecostomus" data-source="post: 9571021" data-attributes="member: 7040041">I wrote this before I read further down and saw OP's comment clarifying that this question is really about combat scenarios:I think in situations that suit my class's specialties, it is important that my character feels powerful. &quot;Shoot your monks&quot; I guess, but it's more than just combat. I love when my cleric is especially useful for finding and warding off fiends and ghosts. On the other hand, I get annoyed if the DM says my cleric can't heal a sick person because it's some extra-horrible plot disease. So yes, I absolutely have a cleric-themed power fantasy. It just doesn't involve any of the things listed in the OP.That said, about the focus on combat and combat prep:My party has entered 75% of fights with zero prep. We don't often know what we will be fighting. We always have high expectations of success regardless. This is not because we have a vision of our powerful heroes that must be maintained, but because the combat has never been especially challenging in our group. We don't know what being the underdogs in a fight looks like.I will account for one time the DM pitted us in a spar against a mock party with PC character sheets. We got destroyed. He let us choose the arena, and gave a bunch of options with cover, but we chose the option with a giant pit, because we wanted to kick them into the pit. As it turns out the mock party was full of ranged characters, and at the time we were mostly melee. Did I enjoy getting bricked as much as winning like we usually do? Um, I guess not.My monk, the only party member at the time with a movement speed higher than 30, did get to bully a couple enemies and interrupt some nasty spells. She was the only one who could even reach those attackers. So that was cool. But maybe I'm taking back &quot;shoot your monks&quot;...I don't have enough reactions for this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="plecostomus, post: 9571021, member: 7040041"] I wrote this before I read further down and saw OP's comment clarifying that this question is really about combat scenarios: I think in situations that suit my class's specialties, it is important that my character feels powerful. "Shoot your monks" I guess, but it's more than just combat. I love when my cleric is especially useful for finding and warding off fiends and ghosts. On the other hand, I get annoyed if the DM says my cleric can't heal a sick person because it's some extra-horrible plot disease. So yes, I absolutely have a cleric-themed power fantasy. It just doesn't involve any of the things listed in the OP. That said, about the focus on combat and combat prep: My party has entered 75% of fights with zero prep. We don't often know what we will be fighting. We always have high expectations of success regardless. This is not because we have a vision of our powerful heroes that must be maintained, but because the combat has never been especially challenging in our group. We don't know what being the underdogs in a fight looks like. I will account for one time the DM pitted us in a spar against a mock party with PC character sheets. We got destroyed. He let us choose the arena, and gave a bunch of options with cover, but we chose the option with a giant pit, because we wanted to kick them into the pit. As it turns out the mock party was full of ranged characters, and at the time we were mostly melee. Did I enjoy getting bricked as much as winning like we usually do? Um, I guess not. My monk, the only party member at the time with a movement speed higher than 30, did get to bully a couple enemies and interrupt some nasty spells. She was the only one who could even reach those attackers. So that was cool. But maybe I'm taking back "shoot your monks"...I don't have enough reactions for this. [/QUOTE]

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