Zardnaar
Legend
As the title say. What classes from previous editions are obsolete in 5E. This is not a I don't like this class thread but what classes are already covered in 5E.
For example the Battle Master is a good 5E class but a poor warlord so you could make a 5E warlord as concepually it's not covered.
The following 3 classes IMHO are obsolete.
1. Healer. The healer was a bad 3.5 class and in 5E you have the life cleric which obsoletes the class. I suppose you could thematically have a non religious class that heals but it's kind of pointless mechanically.
2. Beguiler. Another 3.5 class from the PHB 2. I liked this class a lot in 3.5 but the lore bard basically covers it. It's not an exact match but they both cast illusion and enchantment type spells and wear light armor and you could build a lore bard that conceptually duplicates the Beguiler.
3. Crusader (2E). The crusader was a priest in 2E with different spells than the cleric, fighter THACO and better weapons plus a few granted abilities. The war cleric does everything the crusader did and then some it just lacks equivalent s of the crusaders granted abilities. It's very very close otherwise.
For example the Battle Master is a good 5E class but a poor warlord so you could make a 5E warlord as concepually it's not covered.
The following 3 classes IMHO are obsolete.
1. Healer. The healer was a bad 3.5 class and in 5E you have the life cleric which obsoletes the class. I suppose you could thematically have a non religious class that heals but it's kind of pointless mechanically.
2. Beguiler. Another 3.5 class from the PHB 2. I liked this class a lot in 3.5 but the lore bard basically covers it. It's not an exact match but they both cast illusion and enchantment type spells and wear light armor and you could build a lore bard that conceptually duplicates the Beguiler.
3. Crusader (2E). The crusader was a priest in 2E with different spells than the cleric, fighter THACO and better weapons plus a few granted abilities. The war cleric does everything the crusader did and then some it just lacks equivalent s of the crusaders granted abilities. It's very very close otherwise.
