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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9153208" data-attributes="member: 7030563"><p>Not with respect to "let mundane be fun" That part is what I don't understand in your post as the rules are very generous and broad in this regard.</p><p></p><p>Further there are many, many examples of completely and utterly supernatural and "non-realistic" abilities throughout the Rogue, Barbarian, Monk and Fighter subclasses (especially Fighter and Monk) and few have a problem with those. I've never seen anyone for example say we need to ban Ascendant Dragon Monks because Monks need to be realistic and it is not realistic to have wings sprouting from your back at level 3. That is without even bringing in build options outside of the classes themselves which any non-caster can take. I reject the notion that some kind of demand for "realism" is holding back non-casters when much of what is available in the non-caster builds is so fantastical and unrealistic.</p><p></p><p>Finally, much of the discussion about the caster/non-caster divide and "realism" tends to circle around the Fighter when the Fighter is not one of the two classes most grounded in realism and is not generally the weakest class either. In terms of number of supernatural options Rogue is the class with the most "realism", and Barbarian is second, while Monk is clearly the weakest non-caster and least "realistic" of the four.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 9153208, member: 7030563"] Not with respect to "let mundane be fun" That part is what I don't understand in your post as the rules are very generous and broad in this regard. Further there are many, many examples of completely and utterly supernatural and "non-realistic" abilities throughout the Rogue, Barbarian, Monk and Fighter subclasses (especially Fighter and Monk) and few have a problem with those. I've never seen anyone for example say we need to ban Ascendant Dragon Monks because Monks need to be realistic and it is not realistic to have wings sprouting from your back at level 3. That is without even bringing in build options outside of the classes themselves which any non-caster can take. I reject the notion that some kind of demand for "realism" is holding back non-casters when much of what is available in the non-caster builds is so fantastical and unrealistic. Finally, much of the discussion about the caster/non-caster divide and "realism" tends to circle around the Fighter when the Fighter is not one of the two classes most grounded in realism and is not generally the weakest class either. In terms of number of supernatural options Rogue is the class with the most "realism", and Barbarian is second, while Monk is clearly the weakest non-caster and least "realistic" of the four. [/QUOTE]
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