D&D 5E Best out of combat class features?

[Undrave]

What do you guys think are the greatest out of combat class features among all the classes and subclasses?

I think the best is the Rogue's Reliable Talent. This really elevates their skill checks above a simple random roll of dice.

After that I think I'd say Ritual Caster, but I wish we had more rituals to play with to make it more interesting.

What do you guys think?

 

[Stalker0]

Any caster's ability to cast guidance.... that spell is crazy strong for lots of skill checks.

 

[Charlaquin]

Frankly, the best single out-of-combat feature is spellcasting. Which is also the best single in-combat feature.

Reliable talent is the runner-up. It doesn’t give you as many easy ways to avoid having to make checks as spellcasting does, but it’s incredible insurance against failure on checks, especially when combined with expertise.

Wild Shape is potentially very powerful out of combat, depending on what forms the DM will let you access.

Honorable mention to Jack of all Trades - Reliable Talent’s less successful older sibling.

 

[Undrave]

Wild Shape is potentially very powerful out of combat, depending on what forms the DM will let you access.

Oh yeah, turning into a mouse, cat or spider can let you into ALL sorts of places.

 

[Charlaquin]

Oh yeah, turning into a mouse, cat or spider can let you into ALL sorts of places.

Animals also often have special forms of movement or senses that can be useful in all sorts of situations.

 

[Fenris-77]

An extra Crafting skill for the Battlemaster! .... Wait...

 

[Mind of tempest]

An extra Crafting skill for the Battlemaster! .... Wait...

that would only matter if they ever let you make cool stuff so never going to happen.

 

[Fenris-77]

Yes. Was joke. Not cool at all.

Edit: One of my actual personal favorites is Mask of Many Faces

 

[jmartkdr2]

Most of the warlock invocations that grant an at-will spell.

At-will disguise self? Amazing. At-will invisibility (in shadows)? The rogue is jealous. At-will detect magic? Find answers to traps and hazards quickly and easily. Read all writing is great when it comes up. And so on.

 

[Shiroiken]

Reliable Talent is amazing. In my first 5E campaign, our rogue had it with a huge modifier to stealth. I stopped asking for rolls, since I'd check to see if it was even possible for enemies to succeed on a 20. If they could, I'd roll first, and if it was possible I'd have them roll. They failed exactly once after they got that feature. He was also really good at everything else, but I recall his use of stealth to be extraordinarily useful in avoiding unnecessary combats.

Ritual Casting is also great for the game, but I've found some of their choices odd. Some spells seem like they should be rituals, while others are really strong because they are.

My own addition would be Expertise, since it quickly pushes the character into higher probabilities of success. It's nice at levels 1-4, but the +4 isn't significantly better than +2. It gets a lot better at level 5, then extremely good at level 9.