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I hated Skills and Powers and wasn't terribly fond of Spells and Magic. But I loved Combat and Tactics, that was the one Player's Option book that I felt kept the core largely intact while expanding on it in a brilliant way. 2e with C&T and the Complete class books was my favorite edition until...

It's by far the edition I dislike the most. Sure, it had its advancements in comparison to AD&D, so I guess I can say it was the first to make those advancements. Yay? But the system was so fundamentally broken, and class balance so out of whack in part because of said fundamental brokenness...

Started with 2e and also played some 1e back in the day. Liked them both a lot and would play a game using those rules, though I have to acknowledge their flaws. Couldn't stand to play much of 3e (3.0 and 3.5) and gave up on 4e about a year and a half in. 5e got me back playing consistently...

I don't see any way this would be acceptable. Not for balance of power, not for role-playing, nothing.

I thought the original version of the spell was a joke, and not in a good way.

So it wasn't an April Fools joke. [emoji6]

The Warblade, Crusader and Swordsage were corrected versions of the Fighter, Paladin and Monk, respectively. 5e doesn't need corrected versions of those classes.

Just the Marshal, and even then I'm not gung-ho about it. The rest of them, good riddance. 5e can handle all of them conceptually with subclasses.

1. That 14 points can be split between allies, making it more versatile and generally useful. 2. Cure Wounds takes an action. Healing Spirit is still a bonus action, making it still a lot more useful in combat. 3. Upscale both spells to a 3rd-level slot, Cure Wounds heals 3d8+3 (16.5), while...

And other than the Druid, only the Ranger was healing 10d6 to each character with a 2nd-level slot. You can go on and on about all that other stuff, but only those two classes were healing to nearly that much effect with a 2nd-level slot. Even Prayer of Healing, explicitly designed to be the...

Where do you rank Charm Person, by the way? Didn't see it anywhere.

Yeah A is fine. Since you'll only do it against a boss.

I just think Wrathful Smite's rewards are much greater than its risks, especially in a boss battle. Also, if you're playing with feats (as most tables do IMX), Paladins can get their CON saves higher than anyone. Resilient (CON) and the Aura often results in auto-saving vs. DC 10 and pretty...

Problem with Bane is that you'll never cast it over Bless if you have a choice.

They get Lesser Restoration at 2nd level, as well. There's your status effect removal right there. 3rd level: Conjure Animals. You don't need anything else. 4th level: Guardian of Nature, Freedom of Movement 5th level: Conjure Volley, Swift Quiver, Wrath of Nature All good spells. You know...

I wouldn't put Divine Favor at B-tier, but C is fine. It's useful in enough common-types of battles to not be "a bad time." And unlike Hex/Hunter's Mark, Divine Favor also doesn't require you to use a bonus action to switch targets after they die. And disadvantage on ability checks, which...

They have enough good spells at each spell level that they don't need to feel like they're just filling out a list when learning them. That's all that really matters.

Amazing. I just gave you a list of Ranger spells that are actually good, and you want to say they don't have good spells. You are arguing in bad faith.

Someone who could heal each party member 10d6 with one 2nd-level spell slot was in no way "one of the worst classes at healing." The damn spell was overpowered pre-errata. End of.

Whatever the problem with Rangers in 5e, 2nd-level spells are not one of them. Rangers have the amazing Pass without Trace, as well as the very good Spike Growth, Silence and Lesser Restoration.