D&D 5E Xanathar's Guide to Everything: What subclasses made the cut?

[gyor]

Ch 1: Character Options

Barbarian

Path of the Ancestral Guardian

Path of the Storm Herald

Path of the Zealot

Bard

College of Glamour

College of Swords

College of Whispers

Cleric

Forge Domain

Grave Domain

Druid

Circle of Dreams

Circle of the Shepherd

Learning Beast Shapes

Fighter

Arcane Archer

Cavalier

Samurai

Monk

Way of the Drunken Master

Way of the Kensei

Way of the Sun Soul

Paladin

Oath of Conquest

Oath of Redemption

Ranger

Gloom Stalker

Horizon Walker

Monster Slayer

Rogue

Inquisitive

Mastermind

Scout

Swashbuckler

Sorcerer

Divine Soul

Shadow Magic

Storm Sorcery

Warlock

The Celestial

The Hexblade

Eldritch Invocations

Wizard

War Magic

This Is Your Life

Origins

Personal Decisions

Life Events

Racial Feats

Ch 2: Dungeon Master's Tools

Simultaneous Effects

Falling

Rate of Falling

Flying Creatures and Falling

Sleep

Waking Someone

Sleeping in Armor

Going without a Long Rest

Adamantine Weapons

Tying Knots

Tool Proficiencies

Tools and Skills Together

Tool Descriptions

Spellcasting

Perceiving a Caster at Work

Identifying a Spell

Invalid Spell Targets

Areas of Effect on a Grid

Encounter Building

Quick Matchups

Random Encounters: A World of Possibilities

Arctic | Coastal | Desert | Forest | Grassland | Hill | Mountain | Swamp | Underdark | Underwater | Urban

Traps Revisited

Simple Traps | Designing Simple Traps

Complex Traps | Designing Complex Traps

Downtime Revisited

Rivals

Downtime Activities

Buying a Magic Item

Carousing

Crafting an Item

Crime

Gambling

Pit Fighting

Relaxation

Religious Service

Research

Scribing a Spell Scroll

Selling a Magic Item

Training

Work

Awarding Magic Items

Common Magic Items

Magic Item Tables

Ch 3: Spells

Spell Lists | Spell Descriptions

Appendix A: Shared Campaigns

Appendix B: Character Names

Nonhuman Names | Human Names

Credits

Disclaimer: No goldfish were harmed in the making of this book. Especially not Sylgar. Sylgar definitely did not die because we forgot to change his water. If you see Xanathar, make sure it knows that. Be perfectly clear Sylgar was not harmed. And we had nothing to do with it. Better yet, don’t bring it up, and don’t mention us.

 

[TwoSix]

They screwed up, Sun Soul is very much Forgotten Realms setting specific. Not that it's not easily ported, just pointing that out.

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That feels better.

 

[hejtmane]

Man I hated the Racial feats and I wanted the spear feat without the +1 to attack guess I will just use the UA one for now.

Ok I now have a compliant about the book that the only feats we got were the Racial Feats which i Hated and will open up to anyone because so many races were left out including all the Volos guide ones and EE. Hey I do not play AL and do not follow the 1+ rule. I have the core books Volo's and SCAGS; yes I already preordered this one.

Everything else in the book I am fine with

 

[GarrettKP]

So, PHB + XGtE gives the following range of archetypes:

Barbarian: 5
Bard: 5
Cleric: 9
Druid: 4
Fighter: 6
Monk: 6
Ranger: 5
Rogue: 7
Paladin: 5
Sorcerer: 5
Warlock: 5
Wizard: 9

Total: 71

Median among all Classes:5
Average per Class:5.916666667

Considering how specific the Druid is, the balance seems relatively fair at this point.

What is the math including the SCAG also? I know that isn't +1, but interested to see all official options and the average.

 

[pukunui]

I'm surprised the rogue's mastermind made it in over the cleric's arcana domain. Interesting.

 

[hejtmane]

What is the math including the SCAG also? I know that isn't +1, but interested to see all official options and the average.

From memory do not have book with me so may miss something
Barb +1 battlerager
Monk+1 monk long death
Warlock I think +2 undying & ?
Fighter +1 purple knight
Wizard +1 blade singer
Cleric +1 arcane

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[pukunui]

What is the math including the SCAG also? I know that isn't +1, but interested to see all official options and the average.

Barbarian 6
Bard 5
Cleric 10
Druid 4
Fighter 7
Monk 7
Paladin 6
Ranger 5
Rogue 7
Sorcerer 5
Warlock 6
Wizard 10

Average: 6.5

 

[Remathilis]

From memory do not have book with me so may miss something
Barb +1 battlerager
Monk+1 monk long death
Warlock I think +2 undying & ?
Fighter +1 purple knight
Wizard +1 blade singer
Cleric +1 arcane

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Just undying for warlock

 

[Remathilis]

Falling

Rate of Falling

Waking Someone

Sleeping in Armor

Going without a Long Rest

Adamantine Weapons

Tool Proficiencies

Tools and Skills Together

Tool Descriptions

Perceiving a Caster at Work

Identifying a Spell

Encounter Building

Random Encounters: A World of Possibilities

Traps Revisited

Common Magic Items

Appendix A: Shared Campaigns

You know, eff the subclasses, I want to see THIS stuff!

 

[Demetrios1453]

They screwed up, Sun Soul is very much Forgotten Realms setting specific. Not that it's not easily ported, just pointing that out.

I'm a bit surprised too (I, like many, assumed Arcana Cleric would be in), but the monk orders in SCAG, while obviously given Realms-specific flavor, aren't terribly hard to port out and re-fluff for other settings. Sun Soul monks in other settings can simply worship similar gods of light, sun, and fire like Pelor, or perhaps could be dedicated to the element of fire itself.