D&D General Which 3.0/3.5 Prestige classes would make good 5e subclasses? (+)

[Horwath]

Tempest for fighters so we can have TWF that actually works for a fighter.

 

[Zardnaar]

Tempest for fighters so we can have TWF that actually works for a fighter.

TWF is quite good atm.

 

[smetzger]

Keep in mind that in 3.5, PCs and NPCs used the exact same rules.
So, it naturally followed that any organization would have it's own prestige class like Red Wizard of Thay or Harper. Many were thus not very suitable for PCs but more for NPCs that had a specific niche to fill. Same way with Feats.

 

[Horwath]

TWF is quite good atm.

not for fighters

 

[Corinnguard]

TWF is quite good atm.

Laser Llama's take on the Dual Wielding fighting style is slightly better than WoTC's version IMO.

 

[Zardnaar]

not for fighters

Disagree but it depends ds on build I suppose and how DMs do magic items or if you dip a level.

It's better on Paladins and Rangers.

 

[J-H]

My wife's 5.14 PDK dual wielder is working out fine. She's level 11 and currently dual wielding a Mace of Disruption and a +2 Trident in Castle Dracula. hit hit hit and then either a 4th hit or 1d10+44 healing spread amongst the party as a BA.
Simple and effective enough!

 

[Quickleaf]

Justice of the Weald and Woe is one I was adapting for a villain that could make an interesting ranger subclass. A stealth-focused, bow-specialized, poison-using, tree striding (like a dryad?), unusual magic using ranger seems like a niche apart from the Arcane Archer and distinct enough from the Gloom Stalker.

 

[Zardnaar]

My wife's 5.14 PDK dual wielder is working out fine. She's level 11 and currently dual wielding a Mace of Disruption and a +2 Trident in Castle Dracula. hit hit hit and then either a 4th hit or 1d10+44 healing spread amongst the party as a BA.
Simple and effective enough!

Still a fighter with two good magic weapons.

 

[Horwath]

Disagree but it depends ds on build I suppose and how DMs do magic items or if you dip a level.

It's better on Paladins and Rangers.

it's better while you still have one attack.
at level 5 it falls of for fighter
at level 11 is way worse and at lvl17 it's awful compared to 2Hander
and you don't get off hand attack on your second Action with action surge, even with Nick mastery.

for ranger's it's better while you can have HM on and you are having Elven accuracy

and you need 2 good magic weapons vs. only one magic weapon