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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gladius Legis" data-source="post: 7034932" data-attributes="member: 68748">That's even MORE dishonest than what you wrote last time. "Especially" in that context meant "in light of" the fact that I established the Ranger's connection to the beast as magical, which it clearly is on some level.You didn't rebut anything.Fireball is established as a spell from the very start of 5e. Bypassing DR/magical is established as a class feature from the very start of 5e. Your equivalency is false.Then the Beast Ranger as written clearly does a poor job of making a Jon Snow-type Ranger. The new Beast Conclave Ranger doesn't even get Extra Attack, which would signify Jon Snow's ability to actually, you know, fight with his weapon.*(*That's not even considering that in the ASOIAF books at least, notably A Dance With Dragons, that some sort of magical connection between Jon Snow and Ghost is pretty heavily implied, but that's another can of worms altogether.)And then said spellcaster uses another spell that's just as good for a different situation. They can do that. The Beast Ranger has ... what exactly?And what I meant was that because Barbarians/Fighters/non-Beast Rangers/Paladins/etc. make ALL their attacks with their weapon, then if they find a magic weapon, they're breaking DR/magical with their entire offensive capability. I've made that pretty clear the whole time, you've just chosen not to acknowledge it.The Beast Ranger, even if it FINDS a magical weapon, is only going to have it benefit one of the attacks Ranger + Beast make on their turn. Because said Beast Ranger only makes 1 attack/turn. The rest of the attacks go to the beast. So DR/magical hurts the Beast Ranger (w/ a magical weapon) far more than it hurts any other weapon-wielding character.So what makes a decision meaningful? And does Beast Master as written have the capacity to make meaningful decisions?I can tell you that second question's answer is no.But why?Hey, a conclusion I just might agree with.I've been proposing since forever to replace the proficiency bonus to damage with bypassing DR/magical in the page-long Companion's Bond entry.</blockquote>

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