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The core issue of the martial/caster gap is just the fundamental design of d20 fantasy casters.
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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9170114" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>Don't care. Having <em>something</em> is better than next-to-nothing--which is what we got all through 3.x and through the vast majority of 5e.</p><p></p><p>Spellcasters get spells--usually several--with every major release.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You don't see how there <em>might</em> be an ongoing problem caused by constantly pumping spellcasters full of additional options--<em>especially</em> Wizards, who almost always get access to the new spells--while leaving non-casters in the dust essentially all the time? (Edit: To back up this assertion, I checked. Of the 152 new spells added to 5e--aka more than 15 new spells every year on average!--only 39 are inaccessible to Wizards. Meaning, on average, the Wizard has gotten around 11 new spells per year <em>every year</em> since 5e was published. Of course, almost all of them were in XGtE, with 77 new spells for Wizards. But, the point stands--when spells are added, they're almost always Wizard spells.)</p><p></p><p>The one and only book that added any new Battle Master maneuvers was Tasha's. In literally a <em>decade</em> of publishing books, we got <em>one book</em> that gave Battle Masters more options. The vast majority of new feats are either race-specific or purely for spellcasters.</p><p></p><p>One side of this equation is getting the lion's share of the support here, <em>and it isn't the martial side.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9170114, member: 6790260"] Don't care. Having [I]something[/I] is better than next-to-nothing--which is what we got all through 3.x and through the vast majority of 5e. Spellcasters get spells--usually several--with every major release. You don't see how there [I]might[/I] be an ongoing problem caused by constantly pumping spellcasters full of additional options--[I]especially[/I] Wizards, who almost always get access to the new spells--while leaving non-casters in the dust essentially all the time? (Edit: To back up this assertion, I checked. Of the 152 new spells added to 5e--aka more than 15 new spells every year on average!--only 39 are inaccessible to Wizards. Meaning, on average, the Wizard has gotten around 11 new spells per year [I]every year[/I] since 5e was published. Of course, almost all of them were in XGtE, with 77 new spells for Wizards. But, the point stands--when spells are added, they're almost always Wizard spells.) The one and only book that added any new Battle Master maneuvers was Tasha's. In literally a [I]decade[/I] of publishing books, we got [I]one book[/I] that gave Battle Masters more options. The vast majority of new feats are either race-specific or purely for spellcasters. One side of this equation is getting the lion's share of the support here, [I]and it isn't the martial side.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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