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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8688034" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>Which was my point. We don't avoid rolling skills "whenever possible." Sure, it's better if you don't need to. But it's not like people are fearful about it in most cases.</p><p></p><p>People <em>should</em> be fearful about combat in the proposed environment. Yet there is a class which is designed to offer essentially nothing beyond an incredibly anemic baseline) to any task other than combat. That seems to produce rather a contradiction for that specific class: you can either play that class, and thus constantly be afraid of situations where you might actually need to use literally ANY of your class features, or avoid playing it, because the rules have soft-banned it. "Oh sure, you COULD play a <s>dragonborn</s> Fighter, but <s>everyone will be racist to you</s> every fight will will punish you severely for trying to make use of the only things your class is designed to contribute. Have 'fun'!"</p><p></p><p>Also, "try to keep above zero" is essentially impossible in 5e. Healing output is piddly-nothing compared to damage input from opponents. The only way to "try to keep above zero," especially if you're a melee character, is to never fight in the first place. You WILL drop. It is not a debate. It's just a matter of how long it takes to happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8688034, member: 6790260"] Which was my point. We don't avoid rolling skills "whenever possible." Sure, it's better if you don't need to. But it's not like people are fearful about it in most cases. People [I]should[/I] be fearful about combat in the proposed environment. Yet there is a class which is designed to offer essentially nothing beyond an incredibly anemic baseline) to any task other than combat. That seems to produce rather a contradiction for that specific class: you can either play that class, and thus constantly be afraid of situations where you might actually need to use literally ANY of your class features, or avoid playing it, because the rules have soft-banned it. "Oh sure, you COULD play a [S]dragonborn[/S] Fighter, but [S]everyone will be racist to you[/S] every fight will will punish you severely for trying to make use of the only things your class is designed to contribute. Have 'fun'!" Also, "try to keep above zero" is essentially impossible in 5e. Healing output is piddly-nothing compared to damage input from opponents. The only way to "try to keep above zero," especially if you're a melee character, is to never fight in the first place. You WILL drop. It is not a debate. It's just a matter of how long it takes to happen. [/QUOTE]
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