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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 9711486" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Not being able to choose which special trick you're going to use each turn (without weapon swapping) and being forced to use the same one over and over and over again is probably my biggest problem with the system.  I want warriors to be doing more than "I swing", but weapon masteries aren't really specialized maneuvers like the Battle Master has.  There's the strategic decision, to choose your masteries and what weapons you'll carry around, but less tactical, in the moment decision points.Every time you hit with your weapon you're going to set up your off hand attack, or force a save to maybe knock a guy down, or give yourself future advantage.  It's less boring than "I swing and do 11 damage", but only just.And of course, even the Battle Master only gets to "do the thing" a few times before he has to nap.  Something that surprises is me is that I've yet to hear complaints about Maneuver X combined with Weapon Mastery Y, but I'm sure it's happening somewhere.Of course, I get that not everyone wants the tactical, turn by turn decisions- that's why it's been a feature of spellcasting more than weapon combat for so much of D&D's history.  Some people just want to roll dice and deal damage, and not want the decision paralysis of "should I parry, disarm, or trip?"Ironically, the weapon mastery that was designed for these people, the one that let you access Versatile damage, was voted down during the playtest as being too small a benefit and "too boring".  Lol.I'm not sure what the better approach is.  You could make things like flanking, marking, and disarms optional, and most tables won't touch them.  You can make topple part of the game system, something some characters can do at will and have people annoyed they can't really opt out of it because some classes are designed around having weapon masteries, with nothing to replace them with.D&D is this chimera, multiple games occupying the same body, and not really matching anyone's ideal vision.</blockquote>

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