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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rules.mechanic" data-source="post: 8070733" data-attributes="member: 7025773">ReactionsI liked the Legendary Actions idea but then wondered if it can be justified as exclusive to Fighters. Reactions feel "fairer", especially if simply tied to number of attacks, giving the Fighter a strong reason to have more. For every Extra Attack, you get an Extra Reaction. Reactions then become a currency for a range of martial classes' combat buffs such as the Riposte and Parry Maneuvers.Martial ExpertiseA neat addition could be a weapon Expertise (probably choose 2 weapon types, including shield or unarmed) that martial classes access. Much like skill Expertise, this is about an additional proficiency bonus but here they are Reaction-dependent and compete with Reaction-dependent Maneuvers to give players choices to make and allow some extra combat tactics crunch:1) When you are wielding a weapon with which you have expertise and hit another creature with a melee or ranged attack, you can use a reaction to add your proficiency bonus to the damage for that attack.2) When you are wielding a weapon or shield with which you have expertise and another creature attacks you with a melee, ranged or spell attack, you can use a reaction to add your proficiency bonus to your AC for that attack.Weapon Expertise could work without the mechanic of Extra Reactions but would then need to look different. Probably making you choose between using your only Reaction to: A) add your PB to one attack roll, or B) add double your PB to one damage roll, or c) add you PB to AC (once) if hit by an attack (potentially causing the attack to then miss).Grit/Hit DiceI also liked the mechanic of Grit Dice but wondered if there might be a viable way to link the resource to Hit Dice? Gives it a gritty fighter aesthetic. I feel that there is some consensus in these discussion in expanding Battle Master Maneuvers to give all fighters and perhaps other martial classes more interesting options in combat. If so, all fighters will have Superiority Dice and maybe the gritty fighter could use these instead of Grit Dice but also access their Hit Dice. Feels only right to then call that feature Maximum Effort...</blockquote>

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