Fanatics come fight here! ( 20th level gladiator arena )

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true, the power creep is a big thing here, but it still feels unfair how he gets to have all 18s.

 Allowing characters that can one turn kill another doesn't seem slightly unfair? A wizard with 29 defense and infinite reaction shields? Purple worm poison?

Think about it this way, allowing smokehorn to have all 18s allows the fight to be more balanced when versing a OP character.

the problem is that all of these combos are within the realm of probability, and have counters. all 18s is improbable to the point of impossible, and has no counter. spells are far less effective, their AC is higher, it's just broken.

Well... I mean... Yeah. 

if smokehorn can roll all 18s in stats in 5 rolls, 4d6 drop lowest reroll 1s, I will be willing to let it slide, both for now and until I forget I posted this comment.

I am that confident in the impossibility

here's my character, I act on initiative 12

https://ddb.ac/characters/40336804/KMXxaJ.

does anyone want to fight my warlock?

sure. I'll be using the character in my post, same initiative.

any distance you want to start at?

initiative: 13

how about 60 feet? I dont really care.

sheet: https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/WarlockThatSlaysDragons/characters/40370208

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initiative: 13

how about 60 feet? I dont really care.

Care or he'll start miles away with an archer.

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Yup, perfectly legal.

Well, I have +4 dex, and I'm proficient in Dex saves (4 + 6), and I have +1 in saves due to luck blade (4 + 6 + 1), plus a class feature gives me +5 in dex saves (4 + 6 + 1 + 5)

 you do, however, have a base 18 in each score. roll here or use point buy. you have demonstrated you are capable of doing so, but you still have all 18s in your stats. also, we voted and roll for stats is 3d6 no rerolls.

 By the way, those 18s arent natural, their actually mostly 16s, increased by ability score improvements 

action: reality break

DC 22 wis save, or bad stuff happens.

7

ok, so 8 is 84 force damage and knocked prone.

Ranger, just thought I'd let you know it's your turn in the Tiamat battle

first wisdom doesn't matter that much, as it only removes reactions, but after that the saves are to end the spell. save: 13

I stand up, move 15 feet back and cast heightened meteor swarm (out of counterspell range), roll a dex save at disadvantage or take 75 bludgeoning damage and 72 fire damage. I'm not going to roll a save against reality break yet because you'll have to roll a concentration save against the damage. bonus action: umbral form

so how are you feeling about rolling a dc 59 con save? (to maintain concentration)

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Yup, perfectly legal.

Well, I have +4 dex, and I'm proficient in Dex saves (4 + 6), and I have +1 in saves due to luck blade (4 + 6 + 1), plus a class feature gives me +5 in dex saves (4 + 6 + 1 + 5)

 you do, however, have a base 18 in each score. roll here or use point buy. you have demonstrated you are capable of doing so, but you still have all 18s in your stats. also, we voted and roll for stats is 3d6 no rerolls.

 By the way, those 18s arent natural, their actually mostly 16s, increased by ability score improvements 

 you have a base of 18 in every stat except for 2 which still have higher scores than point buy (16 and 17). either you legitimately roll these stats where everyone can see them, or you use point buy.