And rolling a charisma check with a 10 Charisma and no proficiency is perfectly fine too. A 10 Charisma with proficiency is not considered "good" at the social pillar though. Similarly your character is not good at the combat pillar.
To take this further, the guy making a Charisma check with a 10 is more likely to have a bigger impact on a social encounter than someone doing 3 DPR is going to have on a fight at 3rd level. A 10 Charisma with no proficiency is closer to the best possible high Charisma build than Ray of Frost is to the best possible DPR build.
What is the equivalent to out-ranging and slowing your opponent in a charisma check?
Rolling with a 40% of success on a single roll challenge is equivalent to anything I could do with Ray of Frost in a fight? Gibbering Mouther, CR 2, speed of 10 fight, low AC. Ray of Frost reduces their speed by... 10 ft. That single cantrip turns that from a fight into target practice.
You are only looking at the narrowest possible interpretation, and refusing anything else.
Yes, just like those fighters could be good if they do not insist on investing in strength. That is the whole point.
Ah yes, just like Clerics and Warlocks could be so much better if they did not insist on investing in Wisdom and Charisma respectively, right?
A front line fighter is not going to take as much damage as a Wizard with no armor, no defensive spells and a 10 dexterity. Armor class matters a lot in terms of damage taken.
Positioning matters a whole lot more. Ranged characters are often not even targeted by attacks, compared to melee characters.
I have played numerous front line fighters with a 12 or below Constitution, I have played them at all kinds of levels, I have played them all the way to 20th level. I have only ever played one fighter with a 14 Constitution on point buy, and never any higher than that. I have never had a fighter die in 5E. I have had other classes, including a Wizard die.
For example if an enemy has a +4 attack bonus and the front line fighter has a 18 (mediocre for a front liner) and the Wizard a 10, the Wizard will take 2.5 times more damage per time he is attacked. That is without even dodging. The fighter will presumably be attacked more, but not that much more.
And there is your assumption. First, 18 is the best possible for them until well-beyond level 3. Secondly, per time attacked is the key and thirdly... you just decide to assume that the wizard will be targeted almost as often. For no other reason than it supports your argument.
The moment you cast a spell yes. They will even take AOOs to do this if needed.
You are in no armor and you are casting spells and concentrating fire is the right tac
And here it is. "Yes, of course your wizard isn't going to do as well. The moment you cast a single spell you are such a massive threat that every single enemy on the entire battlefield will immediately rush towards you, taking free attacks from the fighters and rogues, all to kill you as soon as possible."
With that as you position... remind me again why spellcasters aren't just as, if not more powerful than martials in combat? I don't tend to suicide rush weak, ineffectual targets in a combat.
Frankly, do we even need to discuss further? This just PROVES the point, so much more effectively than anything I could say.
RAW no you can't. Making a skill check is an action.
Using passive nature you may know what it is.
What about making a skill check requires me to be actively looking at the flower? If someone says a name, and I roll to see if I know the name, does RAW state I need to be actively looking at the name written out on paper to make the check?
Rules Lawyering against the Wizard I will point out .... but RAW none the less.
There is a reason the eyesight on Find Familiar only lasts a turn unless you are a Warlock with an invocation and it is explicitly to prevent this.
Also as you pointed out you don't need a check to do something simple, but if it is there is a plant over by door, exampling a plant to see if you knew what it was would require an action concentrating on it, not something you just notice just by walking by. TBH if you were looking at it through an Arcane Eye where you could do the check I still might pose disadvantage because you can't touch it, smell it or taste it as you might otherwise do on such a check, unless there was a specific visual cue that would give it away.
Man, you should tell all those people with field guides on plants and animals how it is nearly impossible to identify something from memory, and really really hard if you can't touch or taste it. I mean, they only have pictures in a book, and you might not even have the book with you when you see the thing! Utterly useless to anyone, right?
Yes I think he would slaughter the goblins with little problem ... even with a 10 constitution.
You are forgetting about second wind and action surge.
And you are trying to hit an AC 17 with disadvantage. Good thing for your fighter someone might cast a spell so that every single enemy ignores him until the real threats are dealt with.
