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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6538030" data-attributes="member: 2011">The low level offensive fighter is purposely using lower AC to get NPCs to attack him instead of other PCs. It's the 5E equivalent of stickiness (since the rest of stickiness mostly disappeared in 5E shy of a feat). It's also why fighters get Second Wind so that they can fight up front more. As for it being lesser AC, the difference between a Shield and no Shield is one attack on the fighter in 10. The difference in the fighter's DPR for offensive vs. defensive is 50%. You do the math as to which is typically better since 5E has a lot fewer riders in addition to damage than 4E did.Oh, I get it. The wizard is only good in combat if he picks certain specific spells. Got it.PS. My wizard did have Burning Hands, he just didn't have Sleep. His effectiveness without Sleep says a lot about that spell.The DMG Arcana rule did not exist when I was playing the wizard and we didn't exactly run into a lot of magical traps as is. Water Breathing is a 3rd level spell. Hardly the spell du jour for most low level wizards. I mean, you are really stretching here.I have already stated that the Wizard can do a host of things out of combat, but my issue is with combat. So if you repeat that wizards can do things other PCs cannot do out of combat, I will yet again agree with you.</blockquote>