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<blockquote data-quote="Mathilda" data-source="post: 6858269" data-attributes="member: 6836566"><p>Sir...</p><p></p><p>I am going to have to disagree with your observations.... 5E is not as random as you may have witnessed. In fact, a well built character should hit its target practically 100% of the time due to the enormous amount of tools available to characters. Advantage, Precision from the Battle Master Class, the spell Bless are just a few of the ways a character can almost guaranteeing hitting each round.</p><p></p><p>As for your other points.... game mechanic mastery is your friend, item knowledge is a trusted ally, that will enable you to make that kick ass character.</p><p></p><p>Disclaimer: I play normally in adventure league (Organized Play).</p><p></p><p>Having said that... knowledge of what magic items are available is a tremendous boon when building a character.... I also plan out my characters from level 1 to 20 normally</p><p></p><p>As far as kick ass characters... in AL it is very likely to see a character do 100 points of damage in a round, spell casters are not weak not by a long shot. I have character with a base 25 AC that does 3d8 auto damage every round and scales up and its not my favorite character.</p><p></p><p>If you are looking for a 4E defender in 5E then you are going to get your feelings hurt because there isn't an equivalent feature like "mark" in 5E but it is still very possible to have a decent AC character that controls and deals damage.... a well built monk with some nice items can fill that role due to the stunning feature it has.</p><p></p><p>Again game mechanic expertise is your friend.... what you need to do is have an open mind, be specific in what you want to do in play and find options that fills those requirements.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mathilda, post: 6858269, member: 6836566"] Sir... I am going to have to disagree with your observations.... 5E is not as random as you may have witnessed. In fact, a well built character should hit its target practically 100% of the time due to the enormous amount of tools available to characters. Advantage, Precision from the Battle Master Class, the spell Bless are just a few of the ways a character can almost guaranteeing hitting each round. As for your other points.... game mechanic mastery is your friend, item knowledge is a trusted ally, that will enable you to make that kick ass character. Disclaimer: I play normally in adventure league (Organized Play). Having said that... knowledge of what magic items are available is a tremendous boon when building a character.... I also plan out my characters from level 1 to 20 normally As far as kick ass characters... in AL it is very likely to see a character do 100 points of damage in a round, spell casters are not weak not by a long shot. I have character with a base 25 AC that does 3d8 auto damage every round and scales up and its not my favorite character. If you are looking for a 4E defender in 5E then you are going to get your feelings hurt because there isn't an equivalent feature like "mark" in 5E but it is still very possible to have a decent AC character that controls and deals damage.... a well built monk with some nice items can fill that role due to the stunning feature it has. Again game mechanic expertise is your friend.... what you need to do is have an open mind, be specific in what you want to do in play and find options that fills those requirements. [/QUOTE]
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