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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8606787" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Yeah because I didn't see the Battlemaster as being the "damage Fighter".  So the fact that you get extra damage dice per short rest was really secondary to me.  It wasn't until later that I found out the Champion is actually terrible at dealing damage (wow, a 5% greater chance for a crit that increases to a 10% greater chance at level 15, which at most does another 2d6 damage!  Woo).And once I multiclassed to Rogue and got a few dice of Sneak Attack I really felt there was something wrong about that balance point.Especially when watching the Paladin throw around spell slots for Smite damage.  I mean, I know D&D 5e classes are like comparing apples to oranges, but it's sometimes hard to see what makes the Fighter special until very high levels when they start getting more attacks.</blockquote>