D&D 5E New class niche?

[Scribe]

I legitimately think the Wielder is the best concept for an arcane fish, and not just because I helped conceptualize it. DriveThruRPG

The Wielder is the class for the likes of King Arthur, He-Man/She-Ra, and other heroes who gain their power from a magic weapon or armor. It's akin to the Warlock in that it gets power from something else, but instead of a powerful creature it's an artifact.

So like Elric and his Sword?

 

[Xeviat]

So like Elric and his Sword?

Yup!

 

[cbwjm]

I think this is difficult because dnd has this "casters cannot be melee" thing they cannot get over. Clerics can walk around in full plate and cast spells, but wizards must wear pajamas and cannot use weapons, because logic.
As well, the action economy of 5th ed makes it harder. You'd imagine that the gish would cast a buff, but with combat only lasting 3ish rounds, thats 2/3 of the fight not attacking. Add to that concentration is poorly designed, and you can easily loose your buff before you even use it.

You can easily make class features to deal with buffing an arcane warrior, call it quicken defences and just use a bonus action to cast abjurations targeting you. Let's you put up a defence while still wading into combat.

the current game doesn't care if a caster is in full plate, they only care if they're proficient. Even clerics can't cast in full plate if they're not proficient, they just have an easier time getting that proficiency. If a dedicated arcane warrior class was created by WotC (though I don't really see that happening) then it'd likely have armour proficiencies baked into the main class and/or the subclass.

 

[Shardstone]

So like Elric and his Sword?

Thats legit what my Pendragon class is as well.