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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 9154323" data-attributes="member: 53980">I said that it would be a challenging fight for casters with no magic items, but a winnable one. Not a guaranteed win. Beatable. Whereas for martials with no magic items, it's pretty much a guaranteed loss without fiat (a conveniently placed cliff for them to shove the creature over, for example).A fighter without magic weapons is far more likely than an anti magic zone. The DM doesn't give out magic items. Or gives out random items and a weapon never rolls. A thief steals the fighters weapon. The party is defeated, captured, and stripped of their gear.I'm not trying to say that this is a realistic example. I would hope that any DM that pits martials against a Rakshasa would make sure they first had a magic weapon (or at least an alternate draw condition, such as the Rakshasa doesn't want to fight but instead wants to make a deal).The point is to illustrate that martials are far more dependent on magic items than casters, and to advocate for the idea that they should either have inherent access to such items via their class, or that the reliance on such be mitigated by making them inherently supernatural/extraordinary/whatever-floats-your-boat-as-long-as-it-reduces-their-reliance-on-finding-the-right-magical-gear.Much like casters aren't reliant on finding spells to have a fully functional character that can take on level appropriate challenges, I strongly believe that martials shouldn't be reliant on finding gear to take on the same. There are multiple ways to implement it, but I do believe it to be worthy of implementation.Just for example, let's say that at 11th level the fighter gains the Legendary feature. Tales of your exploits have spread far and wide. The common folks' belief in you imbues you with folk magic, enabling you to accomplish extraordinary feats. When you make a weapon attack, it is treated as magical. When you throw a weapon, double its range.Would this break the game? Would it ruin your fun?</blockquote>

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