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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 6307217" data-attributes="member: 87792">This is a fundamental misunderstanding and misrepresentation of 4E style defender fighters.  4E fighters work on the basis that the best defence is a good offence and that they butcher anyone who dares take their eyes off them.  To recreate a 4e style defender fighter you'd want something more like the following ability:Mark For Death: Choose an enemy.  While you are within five feet of that enemy and able to take actions, you get a free attack against that enemy whenever they take an action that isn't either attacking you or going completely on the defensive you get a free attack against them.  If their action would normally provoke an opportunity attack the part of their action they have not taken before you attack also negated if you hit  The enemy is aware of this, and the same enemy can not be marked for death by two fighters.This is much more aggressive than the Next fighter - and a decent approximation of the 4e fighter's Combat Challenge and Combat Superiority class features.  The 5e Fighter has reverted to "Standing In Front Of People Waving Sharpened Metal 101" when the 4E fighter was "Getting in their face and being terrifying enough they don't dare take their eyes off you even for a split second 304"</blockquote>