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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8992075" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Okay, I'm still missing what paladin smite rules have to do with this, but I don't actually like those. I am fine with it being once per turn instead of every attack, but I actually want them to additionally be able to use the bonus action smites (and find that, compared to the raw damage of the non-action Divine Smite, the bonus action spells are a little on the weak side) on the same turn as the Divine Smite. But the limitations of not allowing a Fighter to stack slow effects has NOTHING to do with preventing multi-class cheese or the paladin's nova ability. It has to do with not allowing a character to simply declare victory in every single fight with an easily accessible combo. As mentioned, the Longbow alone already can cause the same effect, it was simply that the Rogue or the Mobile feat was the best way to achieve that complete immunity from enemy action in the same way that just simply having a longbow under these rules would have. And I imagine most of the fighter mastery abilities will activate on every single attack, it is just specific abilities that will work exactly like similar abilities will work. Because as much as I want the fighter to do cool and epic things, I don't want ANYONE to be able to at-will lockdown a target who then has no chance of escape until their hp hits zero or the PC gets unlucky and misses enough times.</blockquote>