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IMHO, a lot of the Marshal's value shows up in the social and exploration pillars; it's spread more evenly across the three than something like the fighter. They start getting followers for free at level 5. Their knacks can let their companions march further or carry more than they could...

Ooh, that is a fascinating thought. Yeah, I probably could do something with that basic concept...

My personal top 5: Cosmopolitan: If you've read my third-party material, you probably won't find it too shocking that I like the culture that's good at carrying concealed weapons. I rarely play actual rogues, but I like some covert skills in my PCs, and everything about Cosmopolitan does that...

So there's been some fun discussion of favorite heritages, which class is most improved, etc. And I've participated in several of those discussions and enjoyed them, but for my money, I think cultures are where things get really cool in A5E character creation; the design team came up with so...

That answer varies depending on the parameters of the question. First-Party Content Only: Favorite: Orcs. I want to live next to an orcish neighborhood IRL. I love how much their lore has been changed from the D&D baseline and how it's been changed. Making them into passionate creatives is so...

The new massive damage rules - it's significantly easier to just die in a fight, and players should know that up front, rather than being surprised by it.

Yeah, I've always considered improvised weapon users to be the masters of fighting when a fight isn't expected, or at least a really serious fight isn't expected. Bar brawls are usually assumed to be non-lethal affairs, but a broken bottle or pool cue can raise the stakes to life-and death. Most...

It's not; the 6th-level feature is where the real "juice" is.

Ack, I meant in addition to your savant idea, but boy did I ever flub the way I presented it.

Oh, I definitely agree. I'd go so far as to say it would be both easy and fitting to do such an archetype for no less than four different classes: adept, artificer, fighter, and rogue. Heck, I could see it as a minor focus for an archetype for berserker or ranger for sure, and maybe even herald.

Improvised weapons are basically never as good as purpose-built ones IRL, either. In a fight, which would you rather have: a pipe wrench, or a flanged mace? A box cutter or a tanto? A zip gun or a Beretta M92? But the improvised weapons are still better than nothing. If your opponent has a...

"When will you have support for the artificer?" RIGHT NOW! :cool: The Field Engineer is based on the "technician" or "engineer" characters seen in spy movies and tactical games. All the things you'd usually expect from an artificer, plus stealth, combat maneuvers, and eventually the ability to...

I never did, no. I'm old enough (44) to have consumed those, but thanks to some parental concerns around "occult themes" at the time, I really didn't have access to much fantasy/horror anything until I was in high school, and I didn't start playing TTRPGs until I was in my early 20s. To my...

I want to make this a thing now. They're all in a big city and tasked with dealing with magical crime.

Also, the theoretical party as a balanced tank/arcanist/healer/sneaky party.. Guard: Watchman fighter (MoAR Intrigue) Lawyer: Adjudicator warlock (TT: JJ&E) Judge: Judge cleric (MoAR Intrigue) Hangman: Cutthroat rogue (Adventurer's Guide) Alternate mix: Guard: Sentinel adept (TT: Scrapper)...

That's the Guard from the Adventurer's Guide.

Also: I'm with you herald/warlock. That can go one of three ways, IMHO, and all of them are really interesting. The first is that you match the flavor of both classes up in a way that's complimentary (so for example a Holy Champion herald and a Glorified warlock (kind of a celestial warrior...

Ah, yep. I'll throw that in a revisions document. "on your turn" was originally in front of the bit about hitting with an attack ... which I fixed for clarity ... and missed a word when I did so. Whoops!

Definitely write more! I'd love to see that design thread pulled on. :)