Comments on: UA: Revised Subclasses Breakdown

By: Brandes Stoddard

Brandes Stoddard — Sat, 27 May 2017 19:02:00 +0000

In reply to Andrew Creach. I am 100% behind this change. We'll see where the final release lands. =)

By: Andrew Creach

Andrew Creach — Sat, 27 May 2017 18:14:00 +0000

I’m soooo close to being in love with the new version of the Arcane Archer. The +1 arrows at level 3 just seems like a bit much; +5% chance to hit on every attack is nothing to sneeze at, especially when you consider an Arcane Archer probably took the archery fighting style, which I can tell you from experience is already very strong. AND considering they stack with +X bows, that just breaks bounded accuracy too much in my book. My fix would be to just have the arrows count as magical for overcoming resistance/immunity. To make up for this (and to reduce “down time”) I’d give them an extra use of Arcane Shot at 7th and 15th. That still puts them 2 uses behind the Battle Master, which balances their higher damage.

By: Brandes Stoddard

Brandes Stoddard — Mon, 08 May 2017 03:40:00 +0000

In reply to Sporelord0179. My first name dot my last name at Google's infamous email service.

By: Sporelord0179

Sporelord0179 — Sun, 07 May 2017 15:37:00 +0000

In reply to Brandes Stoddard. What e-mail address should I send it to?

By: Dakota Graves

Dakota Graves — Fri, 05 May 2017 19:06:00 +0000

In reply to Colin McLaughlin. I'm very interested. I'll take a look!

By: Dakota Graves

Dakota Graves — Fri, 05 May 2017 19:05:00 +0000

In reply to Unexpected Dave. The new elemental sorcerers from the previous UAs are edging toward the elemental arcane/martial concept themselves!

By: Dakota Graves

Dakota Graves — Fri, 05 May 2017 19:04:00 +0000

In reply to Colin McLaughlin. Great! I'll take a look!

By: Colin McLaughlin

Colin McLaughlin — Fri, 05 May 2017 18:43:00 +0000

In reply to Unexpected Dave.

I…have thought about this a lot, myself:

https://standsinthefire.com/2017/03/14/building-the-arcane-hybrid/

I’m still a little ways away from the full class write-up, but this (and the comments) lays out my general plan.

By: Unexpected Dave

Unexpected Dave — Fri, 05 May 2017 18:28:00 +0000

In reply to Colin McLaughlin.

I’ve decided to take the plunge and homebrew something. I’m thinking of making them half-casters using the Wizard spell list, with the signature ability to “Quicken” a spell once per short rest (unlimited times at level 14). I’ll give them an always-on variation of mage armor that starts at a flat 16 AC and scales up as they level. (I want to encourage them to use strength-based melee weapons but no armor, so tying their AC to Dex would make them too MAD).

For subclasses, I’m going to try an Elemental Blademaster, who can infuse their weapons with elemental attributes, and maybe something with an affinity for “magical beasts” (i.e. unaligned Monstrosities)

The biggest design problem I’m facing at the brainstorming stage is that making them half-casters doesn’t give them enough arcane flavor at first level (when they’ll have no spells). I could give them one free spell at first level that they can cast once per rest without using a spell slot, though that would make things needlessly complicated. Alternatively, I could just give them a free cantrip or two. (Or both?)

By: Colin McLaughlin

Colin McLaughlin — Fri, 05 May 2017 17:16:00 +0000

In reply to Dakota Graves.

Funny you should mention that. This week I posted this as a homebrew:
https://standsinthefire.com/2017/05/01/the-displaced-hand/

Traveling carnival freedom-fighters is a specific niche, but it worked well in the original setting they are derived from.