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I'm not fine with it at all. All WotC has done is prove that they COULD make a good warlord class, but that they stubbornly refuse to do so for reasons I cannot even begin to comprehend. That's insulting, and annoying as hell. I didn't ask for pieces of the warlord spread among a half-dozen...

Yesss! Finally we got an Archtype that can be a real Defender! Way to go, WotC! You finally threw 4E fans a big, juicy bone!

I am a soldier, and I know basic first aid to the degree that I have successfully saved lives more than once, and no i am not a medic. On a battlefield, people get hurt, and if you don't know how to help them, your comrades die. So, my question is why would any adventurer, especially a warrior...

I second this! And who better than...Mouseferatu, Rodent of the Dark! *Cue dramatic music*

1.) The Warblade. A class that's all maneuvers, all the time, with maneuvers that are either at-will or have a recharge mechanic not tied to rests. Its subclasses can encompass the Warlord and Swordsage via subclass features that modify how maneuvers work.

Have you ever had the pleasure of seeing a drill servant in action? Have you never, ever met a coach who could motivate people past their limits, make them ignore pain and fight/play on? Have you never even seen a movie with such a n individual portrayed as a character?

This is bad DM'ing, mostly due to laziness on the DM's part. You mean to tell me that he couldn't spare you even a few moments to give you an interesting and relevant encounter, or think of anything else that you could have done during this time? Then he basically told you to shut up for three...

Hard enough that I don't want to do it. There was no need to change it at all to accommodate people who don't like and never used psionics. And the names and terminology in the official material are inevitably what will get used at the table. I have no desire to constantly remind people that...

I actively dislike the flavor change from the SciFi feel I know and love to just another generic fantasy caster class, to the point that as much as I love psionics I won't be able to stand playing or seeing the class. It just feels like the point of psionics was entirely missed. I love the Far...

I dunno, i have a necromancer wizard who's been using Create Bonfire and Control Flames to great effect as crowd control tools (he focuses on fire spells in addition to normal necromancy stuff for flavor reasons), spreading smokin' hot fiery death around in battle and being a very effective tool...

You mean reinforced like a whip intended for heavy duty use by an adventurer would be? Yeah, I can see how that's a stretch.

What he said. In thread after thread, I see people talk about supposedly weak/suboptimal things that I am using or have seen used in games to gerat effect, and scratching my head going 'what are you people talking about'? Number-crunching is all well and good, but let me tell you beyond a doubt...

I disagree on both Blade Ward and Ray of Sickness. Blade Ward is essential for any tanking caster, and i use it to great effect on my bladelock when he needs to stand there and absorb damage. Ray of sickness isn't about damage - it gives the very nice Poisoned condition, which is disadvantage on...

I play a Paladin of Vengeance that uses a whip. He's a dex build that dual-wields a whip+rapier, or two rapiers sometimes. Modeled after the whip-wielding holy magic-using main characters of the Castlevania games.

In my group, my Great Old One/Blade Pact warlock with the Criminal background is the chief spy, faceman, trap disarmer, party leader, and trapspringer, and magic expert. The Rogue is in sidekick territory, not because of his class but because he's bad at playing a roguem and the party's other...

Dread Necromancer is a base class, and quite possibly the only Necromancer ever in D&D to even come close to getting it right and letting you feel like a Necromancer from level 1. Let me repeat that: From level 1. If i'm making a necromancer, I want to do it from level 1 (i'll accept level 3 in...

As someone who has been a loud, vocal hater of caster supremacy in every edition of D&D ever, let me just say this: WOOOT! I CAN FINALLY MAKE A REAL NECROMANCER! I...feel bad about not feeling bad about this, but at the same time it isn't as powerful as it looks. The GM can easily make it...

I don't much care for the idea that 'D&D must be this or it isn't D&D', or that making a way for players to play monstrous races is somehow pandering to the twilight crowd. I actually see it making sense for both race and class-based options when it comes to stuff like that, jut because it gives...

I may check out C&C on your recommendation, so thanks a lot. Funny enough I like OSRIC"s simplicity, but I hate the mind-numbingly small list of options. I could even stand the imbalance if my class could at least do it's job, like an assassin that can actually successfully sneak up on someone.

My favorite D&D edition is 4e by a landslide. My favorite class is a deadlock between the 4e Fighter and Avenger. I loved playing the defender role as a fighter - being the warrior so awesome that the enemy didn't dare ignore you, no matter how many fireball-slinging finger wigglers were...