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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 7265206" data-attributes="member: 2629"><p>I feel like we're overthinking a lot of details here - No model will accurately reflect an adventuring career, so it is best to think in more generalized terms. Otherwise you'll end up posting long diatribe posts that bicker over minute details that are not always applicable or accurate.</p><p></p><p>Offense almost always is more important in 5E than defense. The best way to avoid damage from an attack is to kill the enemy before they attack. So, yes, the damage dealt differential is more important than the AC, generally speaking. Per the above, this is not always going to be true, but it is most often true. </p><p></p><p>Regarding the 'good' bard: Any character that gets Multi-attack, can have GWM, and has access to Haste or 'some per strike damage boosts' is at least good. Good is not great, afterall. If you rank the expected damage of all of the melee classes, there is generally a gap between big weapon fighters and one handed weapon melee characters - and the valor bard sits above that gap when using a big weapon, and thus is at least good. That is all good means.</p><p></p><p>EK, Valor Bard and Bladelock: All can have GWM and Multiattack by 5th (or 6th level). So can paladin, but it has no Arcane elements at that point, so not a Gish. All also do a bit better at damage dealing the valor bard, so I put all of them a bit above the valor bard in offensive melee.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 7265206, member: 2629"] I feel like we're overthinking a lot of details here - No model will accurately reflect an adventuring career, so it is best to think in more generalized terms. Otherwise you'll end up posting long diatribe posts that bicker over minute details that are not always applicable or accurate. Offense almost always is more important in 5E than defense. The best way to avoid damage from an attack is to kill the enemy before they attack. So, yes, the damage dealt differential is more important than the AC, generally speaking. Per the above, this is not always going to be true, but it is most often true. Regarding the 'good' bard: Any character that gets Multi-attack, can have GWM, and has access to Haste or 'some per strike damage boosts' is at least good. Good is not great, afterall. If you rank the expected damage of all of the melee classes, there is generally a gap between big weapon fighters and one handed weapon melee characters - and the valor bard sits above that gap when using a big weapon, and thus is at least good. That is all good means. EK, Valor Bard and Bladelock: All can have GWM and Multiattack by 5th (or 6th level). So can paladin, but it has no Arcane elements at that point, so not a Gish. All also do a bit better at damage dealing the valor bard, so I put all of them a bit above the valor bard in offensive melee. [/QUOTE]
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