Listen, I’m not an idiot. I see what Larion is doing. They want to set Lae’Zel up to be able to wield that Githyanki Silver sword toward the end of the game. So they give her the great weapon fighting style to set up for that.
But y’know what is more important than setup for a future plot point? Surviving to get to that plot point. With her only 13 dex, and no plate mail in the first 5 levels of the game, I find Lae’Zel gets murc’ed constantly. Three shots from a gnoll? Dead. Four attacks from her rival gith? Dead. Man my dragon-blooded sorcerer has the same AC as Lae’Zel does.
Whenever I play Lae’Zel I end up equipping her with a shield, using an 1-hander, and just ignoring the great weapon fighting thing.
My thought is, and hear me out, give her the fighting style that gives you +1 to AC if you are wearing armor. That’s the best of both worlds. If you want to equip a greatsword, great! Shield? Also great! Any build for Lae’Zel can make use of the AC boost.
I know I’m gonna get a lot of toxic board members yelling at me for even daring to say she should have a different fighting style and YES, I get it, it make sense from a story perspective for her to be aiming to fight with a gith silver sword, but like I said, this way anyway you wanna play Lae’Zel you can without sacrificing one of her abilities
