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In regards to the tone of the guide, I do see your point. I normally write a guide with a glass (or a few) of wine, and, if I recall, that glass was sadly absent when I wrote my Bladesinger evaluation, and there's no question some of that cocky self-assured attitude comes in liquid form :blush...

Depends what you mean by "early". I woudl consider Fighter 1 early on. Fighter 1-4 I woudl consider at levels 8-11.

If you aren't getting to 9th level spells anyways, pick up that ASI. Not a tough call at all.

As a Wizard levels up, the Cantrips get used less and less though. At low, or even mid levels, I completely agree. Hopefully more now realize that there is also the option of giving up full casting. In 2nd edition, when the Bladesinger was introduced, elves needed to Multiclass Wiz/Fighter...

This is an excellent point. I made it work because my DM relaxed the multiclassing requirement. With stat array it's a nightmare to qualify, can be done with point buy, not it's still not pretty. If he hadn't relaxed the requirement, I would have dipped a single fighter level (which I did...

I think if they added in the description of Bladesinger that most Bladesingers are multiclassed Wizard/Something martial, no mechanical fix is required. My primary concern with the class, isn't that it doesn't provide some excellent abilities, it's that, without multiclassing, those abilities...

I don't have a hang-up on the Bladesinger, I think it's pretty good. I'm playing one in a campaign right now and am pretty happy with it. I say that I think the Bladesinger is "pretty good" in the document, and rate it's abilities highly. I'm assuming you are specifically referring to my...

I was wondering when they would announce another campaign path. Ravenloft sounds like a terrific choice.

Thank you! I've updated my FF description with the links.

Any chance you still have a link to the relevant tweet? That would be very useful for a lot of players I expect. I would post a link under the Find Familiar spell in my guide for easy-access.

It is a matter of some long standing debate whether a familiar, which is unable to take the attack action, but can deliver touch spells can in fact provide advantage on attack rolls. You are likely to get different arbitration from different DM's.

Yep, you can have up any one of those buffs (except Faerie Fire of course not a wiz spell), but you can only have up 1 (until Foresight, but that's level 17+ only) I would point out that lots of other classes have great melee self buffs, in addition to other offensive capabilities. Many of...

I agree, and I saw a similarity between the schools immediately. Again, I think the Bladesinger is a pretty good subclass, I just don't think it's a subclass that does a lot for your melee offense (which the name "bladesinger" as well as the tradition of that title imply). Defensively, it's...

I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head. If they hadn't called this character option the "bladesinger" and put in the fluff about melee in the description, I would have no problem with the subclass at all. The title "Bladesinger" to me suggests an elven wizard fighter hybrid with a...

issues I have with this comparison: 1) It assumes the secondary effect is always triggered (my biggest issue) 2) It does not take "to hit" into account (the effect of MAD is seen here right from 4th level) 3) This is a very small one, but technically the FB benefits more from crits, which also...

I think you are equating my advice not to expect the Bladesinger to be effective in melee with me not being satisfied. I'm not upset or anything, nor do I think the Bladesinger is a weak choice. I don't recommend making a Wizard with a sword and throwing Bladesinger on and thinking you won't...

I'm going to start with a disclaimer, because the rest of my post is going to sound like I think the Bladesinger should be more powerful, but understand I am talking about offensive capability. They gave the Bladesinger lots of great abilities, my concern is not that they didn't give the...

This is indeed a good question. Extra attack is the only offensive boost a Bladesinger gets until level 14, and if they use one of the melee cantrips, they lose it. Since you mention it, giving the Bladesinger War Casting (like the Eldritch Knight) would be WAY more effective AND interesting...

You think the Bladesinger compares decently to the Cleric for offense? I would be interested to know why. Keep in mind that you can use magic weapon OR elemental weapon OR haste. A Cleric can have Spiritual weapon plus the ultra potent Spirit guardians at once in addition to weapon attacks...

I guess if I were to design the class option myself, I would have given it less defense and more offense. There needs to be some offensive ability at the 2nd level bladesong abilities. I'm not a game designer, but since you put me on the spot, I guess I would remove the 2nd level AC bonus...