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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6663271" data-attributes="member: 22779">Alright, here's an idea.&nbsp; 4e had the idea of Stances, and I believe 3e had it as well.&nbsp; The fighter enters a stance, can only have 1 (possibly more at higher level, i can't remember) stance going at a time.&nbsp; The stance would give different options depending on the stance - bonuses to hit possibly, status effects, damage mitigation, whatever.&nbsp; AIR, the stances were combat only.&nbsp; Why not expand on that?A Fighter subclass that uses stances gains X number of stances at 3rd level, and then adds a stance every level from a list.&nbsp; The list could be divided out by level, similar to spells, with higher level stances being more powerful than lower level ones.&nbsp; Stances are mentally and physically taxing, so, you can only use a limited number of stances per day, similar to how spells work.&nbsp; You have your stances known, perhaps you could elevate a stance by using it at a higher level, I dunno, just spitballing.&nbsp; Add in stances for social interaction - Leadership stance, rally the troops stance, I'm just freaking awesome and you should do what I say stance - and exploration - Drawing upon my awesomeness to climb this mountain stance - and you have a fighter which has just as many levers and dials as a caster without worrying about power creep.Create stances that are non-magical and don't have obvious magical effects, so, no, you don't get a &quot;I shoot laser beams from my eyes stance&quot; and we're done.Heck, it even satisfies the idea of dissociation.&nbsp; Why would this be problematic?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6663271, member: 22779"] Alright, here's an idea. 4e had the idea of Stances, and I believe 3e had it as well. The fighter enters a stance, can only have 1 (possibly more at higher level, i can't remember) stance going at a time. The stance would give different options depending on the stance - bonuses to hit possibly, status effects, damage mitigation, whatever. AIR, the stances were combat only. Why not expand on that? A Fighter subclass that uses stances gains X number of stances at 3rd level, and then adds a stance every level from a list. The list could be divided out by level, similar to spells, with higher level stances being more powerful than lower level ones. Stances are mentally and physically taxing, so, you can only use a limited number of stances per day, similar to how spells work. You have your stances known, perhaps you could elevate a stance by using it at a higher level, I dunno, just spitballing. Add in stances for social interaction - Leadership stance, rally the troops stance, I'm just freaking awesome and you should do what I say stance - and exploration - Drawing upon my awesomeness to climb this mountain stance - and you have a fighter which has just as many levers and dials as a caster without worrying about power creep. Create stances that are non-magical and don't have obvious magical effects, so, no, you don't get a "I shoot laser beams from my eyes stance" and we're done. Heck, it even satisfies the idea of dissociation. Why would this be problematic? [/QUOTE]

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