I played as the Fighter during a PAX East playtest and had an absolute blast. I usually play a magic based class like Wizard and Warlock, so it was a nice change of pace. Sure, combat originally was mostly me charging and slicing in combat (how else were we going to kill that troll?) but the little touches that allowed for real role playing made it fantastic. Knocking over a barrel of javelins as an opponent charged at me to create an obstacle or realizing I couldn't reach my opponent thanks to a table in the way so I just kicked the table into him, pinning the wretched goblin against the wall!

Or there was the time when I had a torch and a cask of brandy while these giant bugs flew overhead. I could have tried to knock them out of the sky with my throwing axes, but instead I smoked them out by igniting the brandy and they got woozy and fell to the ground stunned.

And there is nothing like pulling a throwing axe out of your own arm to then chuck it right back at the damn goblin.

And we did all of this without a grid or minis.

If you think the fighter is boring, you're doing it wrong.