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Wow, that’s a lot of words to say . . . I’m not really sure what, to be honest. I’m not certain that bringing up your own D&D knockoff contributes much to our One D&D discussion. Also, I’ve never played Breath of the Wind, so that segment didn’t really land with me. But I do know it’s a 1...

Wait, what? Cooperation in a party stems from characters being specialists in their own field, working together to achieve a common goal. If everyone can do everything, nobody needs to rely on anyone else to achieve that goal and cooperation is not necessary . Thus, niche abilities lead to it...

Maybe you should change the title of the thread to "My proposed new ability for Rangers . . . " I read the title and thought I had missed a new UA or something.

Huh. I would have considered these three for the Feywild, not the Shadowfel. See, this is why I need this nonexistent 5e Manual of the Planes!

I'd love to have a separate Manual of the Planes if it had some handy dandy encounter tables. For my daughter and her friend, I was considering sending them to the Shadowfel, but I had to scour the internet to find out what creatures I could expect them to find there other than Shadar-Kai...

I'd go: Fighter, Rogue, Cleric, Wizard, Bard, and Monk aka the choices available in the original Final Fantasy for the NES (Warrior, Thief, White Mage, Black Mage, Red Mage, and Ninja).

I guess. But if it gives the Fighter something unique that they can call their own . . . I know, I know, Niche Protection is evil.

Here is Wiktionary's definition of the work Abjure: Verb[edit] abjure (third-person singular simple present abjures, present participle abjuring, simple past and past participle abjured) (transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]...

I still plant my flag on the hill that WotC should: 1) Get rid of Weapon Mastery 2) Get rid of the Battle Master subclass 3) Make the Battle Master's Maneuvers a base Fighter ability. But, based on this thread, I think I'll add a 4th suggestion: Either 4a) Make all Maneuvers available from...

Hide also requires that you have something to hide behind. Steady Aim works perfectly even when in the middle of a wide open field.

What concerns me is that WotC saw that the Necromancer subclass doesn't get played much and concluded that the player base wasn't interested in playing Necromancers, rather than concluding that the subclass was poorly implemented and, perhaps, a better implemented Necromancer might actually see...

I said yes, but with the caveat that the damage die gets reduced down from a d12. Maybe a d8 or so. D12 is fine for a single target cantrip, but if it potentially targets multiple creatures, the damage should be reduced. Otherwise, it’s too good for a cantrip.

Well, there was only one way to know for sure. But they took a "one and done" approach instead before giving up completely.

That's strange. I swear I read somewhere (maybe on DDB) exactly what was going to be in the next UA. But now I'm looking for it and can't find it anywhere. EDIT: I must have been thinking of this post by @Parmandur which only lists a few definite UA9 items.

The problem with the templates was that people found it too inflexible and pointed out the flaws with it. But WotC decided to revert back to the stat blocks in the ensuing Druid UA, rather than giving the templates another pass with people's suggested changes. Then, if it still didn't score...

I was leaning towards Taran's explanation: Thief (steals objects)/Assassin (steals lives) That's the closest I can come to a contrast. Trickster and Swashbuckler are much more obvious as the Wizard/Fighter contrast.

The only ones I can remember from way back then are Imoen and Minsc. I thought, in BG2, you created all of your party members - or am I mixing it up with Icewind Dale 1 & 2?

@Mirrorrorrim , for the record, I originally just had Alterationist. But the other three schools were all 2 words long, so I felt the need to make it the same. I know Necromancy spells are about more than just summoning, but that's how the 2014 PHB subclass was designed, so I paired it up with...

I took my own little stab at something like this, except I consolidated the 8 schools down into 4 subclasses. I wound up with: War Mage (Abjuration & Evocation) - Evocation for offensive magic and Abjuration for defensive magic. Dark Summoner (Conjuration & Necromancy) - Necromancy to summon...

Are you kidding me!?!?! Lemon curry sounds absolutely disgusting