Barverak - I’m an old guy gamer, just like you. I still have my 1st edition AD&D game manuals that I got for Christmas when they first came out in 1979. My comment is not regarding flaws to overcome. From a roleplaying perspective, Laezel should be wielding a great sword as a Githyanki; Astarian should be wielding daggers or short swords; Shadowheart, as a trickery domain cleric, should be sneaking around and stabbing people in the back with a dagger; Wyll has his Blade of Frontiers persona that demands a specific weapon to fit his Folk Hero status; and Gale should be slinging spells. This doesn’t have anything to do with having a perfect or optimized character. It has to do with roleplaying the characters that are given to us staying true to their personas and backgrounds. We are missing an NPC that would have a background that would fit a sword and board type of approach, or wielding a war hammer, or using all of those good spears, etc. So if you try to adhere to roleplaying the NPCs as presented, we are short on characters to utilize all of the strength based weapons that we find. That leaves my PC as the only character to use those weapons from a roleplaying perspective. I would love to have more options.
