Quote Originally Posted by MwaO View Post
Eh. Kind of. I've found it basically is just '1-2 times per combat, do something possibly interesting' - but the rest of it is just do some damage.

That's compounded by the two pairs of feats that are the way to get strong damage boosts.
Which is (when taken with the post you replied to) a beautiful illustration of what I meant!

You have a situation where, it can be observed and quantified to be very repetitive, but, for many, it won't feel repetitive.

I've found there's a good deal of this in 5e : there are a great many people that will swear up and down that X isn't X. It is, but, to them, it doesn't feel like it - and since impressions are the important part here, it kinda actually isn't.

5e is quantum D&D.