A Padlock will fix that.
A devilishly spicy pad thaï?
A Padlock will fix that.
Nah. Those are just plain good. OP even.A devilishly spicy pad thaï?
I think the gish needs to be a thing without multiclassing. That's what the EK, Arcane Trickster and Bladesinger are for. A more seamless fusion of the classes.And considering the Wizard has 8 friggin' subclass in the book, it's pretty egregious. And then the SCAG adds the Arcane Domain Cleric...
Wizard bias strikes again...
I very clearly understood what you were saying. I’m saying that your experience is directly opposite of mine. Smiting makes up less than half of spell slot use of any Paladin I’ve seen IRL, and even every Paladin I’ve observed in an actual play casts actual spells.True. They save some slots for smiting in the next fight. The point is that I don't see them casting spells with those slots.
I'm not particularly sure that having the eight traditions as eight separate subclasses really adds anything, especially since the spell choices tend to be the samey. While I once hated spell restrictions for traditions, I almost now would prefer it simply for seeing a greater variety of spell selection with wizards.And considering the Wizard has 8 friggin' subclass in the book, it's pretty egregious. And then the SCAG adds the Arcane Domain Cleric...
Wizard bias strikes again...
I mean, if you say so. I've been playing 5E for almost a decade and I've never seen a bard that wasn't a smarmy class clown with the vicious mockery cantrip and a rapier. So my perspective is going to be different.Well, that's just not true. None of the bards that've ever been in any of my games are like this at all. This is just a meme, not reality.
Just looked it up. Might work, I'll run it by the playerTry upgrading it to the Tasha's version that's a spirit companion?
This is going to come across as an attack but it really isn't. If every experience you've had with a bard in your party is that, it sounds like you've never grouped up with a competent bard.All of my experiences with having a bard in the party (witnessed as both a fellow player and the DM) can be summed up in the following meme:
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My first bard ever (AD&D 2nd) ended up becoming a harper and writing propaganda songs to sway hearts for them, he ended up marrying another PC, and even after getting widowed wasn't "that" bard. I've played a variety of bards, from the one who's performance was weapon drills (fancy sword spinning and such) who was more than a bit piratical but not "that bard" to my current halfling bard who's a silver-tongued herald and neither smarmy nor of high libido. He was described by one of the other players as "the most wholesome D&D character I've seen in a long time".Okay, okay...I'll level with you guys.
I don't have a problem with bards, at least not as big of a problem as @Snarf Zagyg has, anyway. I think that "sound magic" can work really well in a heroic fantasy setting. I imagine things like the Wishsong from the Heritage of Shannara series of books. I imagine the bells that the Abhorsen uses in Sabriel. I imagine the shouts that the Dragonborn uses in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
But nobody ever wants to play one of those. It's always the same smarmy class clown with the same stats, the same cantrip, the same proficiencies, and the same rapier. So my problem isn't necessarily with the Bard class; it's with the Bard trope. And it's not their fault; the game mechanics for the bard expect a specific way of playing it...and for all the talk about "versatility" and "jack of all trades," there are few incentives to reward deviating from that expectation.
I've created a pretty cool Wisdom based ranger beastmaster with tasha's. Got shillelagh from the cantrip fighting style and I was really fun! High wisdom on my damage and boosting the companion's stats.Just looked it up. Might work, I'll run it by the player