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Is the imbalance between classes in 5e accidental or by design?
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<blockquote data-quote="Warpiglet-7" data-source="post: 8761996" data-attributes="member: 7025282"><p>So I am now thinking that there was nothing done intentionally—-one way or the other. I think they tried to balance damage to an extent but think the diversity of abilities cannot be balanced while retains differentness.</p><p></p><p>I really appreciate your example and explanation of spells etc.</p><p></p><p>My friend did much of that with his gnome diviner. We made tactical errors but he was not real effective. We played Saturday night and we’re trying to recover a meteorite. As it turned out it was in a cave complex in the side of a mountain/hill.</p><p></p><p>In any event the main creatures were a young red dragon, a fire giant and some minions. We snuck in as far as we could and sent his flying monkey ahead (alt familiar). It was clear he was spotted. It was dark around the corner but the fire giant responded to an unseen ally and was alerted to us. The dragon had blindsight and for a he time was out of sight on a pile of coins and our meteorite. The giant was faster than our slower members.</p><p></p><p>He charged, we took up defensive positions and fought. That is when the red dragon appeared.</p><p></p><p>Our diviner wizard was handing out rolls and supporting but really was not very effective.</p><p></p><p>In place of Tasha’s he had I think scorching ray? But know he had rope trick, charm person and several others you mentioned. Without the muscle we would have never won.</p><p></p><p>We also had other encounters in which he put a lot of wounded creatures to sleep…</p><p></p><p>Anyway anecdotes are like a—-aardvarks. </p><p></p><p>I suspect balance issues are just hard when there is such diversity in abilities</p><p></p><p>I am going with unintentional since some encounters highlight the “imbalance” while others don’t. </p><p></p><p>All members had a role in that fight I mention and the wizard was not top dog.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warpiglet-7, post: 8761996, member: 7025282"] So I am now thinking that there was nothing done intentionally—-one way or the other. I think they tried to balance damage to an extent but think the diversity of abilities cannot be balanced while retains differentness. I really appreciate your example and explanation of spells etc. My friend did much of that with his gnome diviner. We made tactical errors but he was not real effective. We played Saturday night and we’re trying to recover a meteorite. As it turned out it was in a cave complex in the side of a mountain/hill. In any event the main creatures were a young red dragon, a fire giant and some minions. We snuck in as far as we could and sent his flying monkey ahead (alt familiar). It was clear he was spotted. It was dark around the corner but the fire giant responded to an unseen ally and was alerted to us. The dragon had blindsight and for a he time was out of sight on a pile of coins and our meteorite. The giant was faster than our slower members. He charged, we took up defensive positions and fought. That is when the red dragon appeared. Our diviner wizard was handing out rolls and supporting but really was not very effective. In place of Tasha’s he had I think scorching ray? But know he had rope trick, charm person and several others you mentioned. Without the muscle we would have never won. We also had other encounters in which he put a lot of wounded creatures to sleep… Anyway anecdotes are like a—-aardvarks. I suspect balance issues are just hard when there is such diversity in abilities I am going with unintentional since some encounters highlight the “imbalance” while others don’t. All members had a role in that fight I mention and the wizard was not top dog. [/QUOTE]
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