- There is no ammount of whup-ass a "fighter" can pull out of his ass to ever get past a 17th level wizard in a prismatic sphere
There is no ammount of whup-ass a "fighter" can pull out of his ass to ever stop a 15th level wizard's telekintetic sphere
There is no ammount of whup-ass a "fighter" can pull out of his ass to ever find a 13th level wizard's magnificent mansion. to say nothing about getting out of an enclosed force cage and yet another cas after he expends his cloak of the montebank.
There is no ammount of whup-ass a "fighter" can pull out of his ass to ever survive 2 castings a 11th level wizard's acid fog, to say nothing of the fact that without an 11th level wizird, there is no way for a "fighter" to enter the wish economy.
There is no ammount of whup-ass a "fighter" can pull out of his ass to ever survive a single casting a 9th level wizard's telekinesis, tossing around 9 ranged touch attacks woth of colossal acid/alchemist fire flasks currently under the effect of greater magic weapon, and shrink item.
There is no ammount of whup-ass a "fighter" can pull out of his ass to stop a 7th level wizard with 2 prepared solid fog spells and a wand of fireball.
There is no ammount of whup-ass a "fighter" can pull out of his ass to stop a 5th level wizard from casting web followed by stinking cloud .
There is no ammount of whup-ass a "fighter" can pull out of his ass to stop a 3ed level wizard from casting command undead on the first Zombie Ogre he sees and then casting invisibility.
There is no ammount of whup-ass a "fighter" can pull out of his ass to not fail his will save against a 1st level wizard's sleep, cast from the other side of an opaque silent image.
1. Charge up to it and stab it in the face
2. Stay put and shoot an arrow at it
3. Run the fvck away
If a fighter is prevented from doing any of those 3 things, he just fvckin' dies. Against monsters with "options", he just fvckin' dies. Against monsters with bonuses, he just fvckin' dies. There is no ammount of whup-ass a "fighter" can pull out of his ass, he just fvckin' dies.