SmokeyCriminal
Explorer
With the idea of keeping things simple, keeping the Champion player engaged between his turns, and incentivizing melee, and making the Champion the obvious DPS sub-class. Why not give him Retaliation at 3rd lvl.
It feels like it would be cool to have a sword and board Champion with protection. Eagerly waiting for someone to hit him or his friends so he can attack them back. Having a consistent but straight forward use of BA and Reaction would feel really fun. To feel like you're relevant throughout the whole fight and not just during your turn, and to feel like 'coming to the rescue' of your allies. Which should be extra important to the Champion because he basically just does one thing, so he should do it on his turn, and their turn, and your turn, and every ones turn. Or at least give the impression that he is. That feels epic and like a Champion and like more fun.
I'd love to see what the math would look like tho. I'd be ok if he blows past the BM because Champion is sorta a one trick pony and he should be the obvious best at it.
I also want him to be more competitive with the BM in terms of dipping and that's why i suggest 3rd lvl for Retaliation. But if its too overpowered then what about 5th lvl? Seeing Extra Attack AND Retaliation makes the choice between BM and Champion a lot more difficult. Which is what we want, right?
It feels like it would be cool to have a sword and board Champion with protection. Eagerly waiting for someone to hit him or his friends so he can attack them back. Having a consistent but straight forward use of BA and Reaction would feel really fun. To feel like you're relevant throughout the whole fight and not just during your turn, and to feel like 'coming to the rescue' of your allies. Which should be extra important to the Champion because he basically just does one thing, so he should do it on his turn, and their turn, and your turn, and every ones turn. Or at least give the impression that he is. That feels epic and like a Champion and like more fun.
I'd love to see what the math would look like tho. I'd be ok if he blows past the BM because Champion is sorta a one trick pony and he should be the obvious best at it.
I also want him to be more competitive with the BM in terms of dipping and that's why i suggest 3rd lvl for Retaliation. But if its too overpowered then what about 5th lvl? Seeing Extra Attack AND Retaliation makes the choice between BM and Champion a lot more difficult. Which is what we want, right?