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The DMG gas a guideline that has equipment for sale by gp value. DM's can deliberately place such equipment, but we might want to keep in mind that items worth more than 20gp aren't normally available in villages. This includes the following items typically unavailable... Simple Weapons...

Giving class features instead of spells works, but ignores the point. Looking only at a table ignores the context of the rest of the features of a class to create an inaccurate assessment of that class. I'm a fan of using multiclassing to create variations for the character concept. Like in...

Naw, they should start as 1st level spellcasters at 9th level just because a chart in an older edition. /sacrasm ;-)

lol, That's also how bards became full casters. Their cool and powerful song features were folded into spells.

I don't think it's that far off now. It's just level-gated with tactical master at 9th level for fighters. The choice of push, sap, slow, or the default weapon mastery trait guarantees 3-4 options on any weapon per attack, plus weapon swaps between attacks. An 11th level fighter with 3...

I just noticed dazzling footwork's unarmored defense qualifies dance bards for the war room bastion facility. At this point I would argue that even if valor bards can eek out a couple of extra points of AC from magic items that's not nearly the equivalent of an ability that eventually allows...

I thought this was in reference to valor bards and this looks like moving the goal post. I don't think you've demonstrated why sorcerers need weapon mastery at all or cleave in particular, but the sorcerer needs the martial weapon training feat before 9th level and can use a training area in...

So take the feat. All I think you're doing is validating the existence of that feat. It's also about giving something to classes that don't need it just because other classes have it. It's okay for an EK as a fighter who should have weapon mastery because they are a fighter who added magic...

It seems cinematic as I imagine it. That's conflating subclass with class abilities, and EK's gave up every ability other subclasses gained as an opportunity cost in gaining those spell in the first place. EK's being a fighter subclass as gave up everything a spellcaster gains in the base...

Bards don't use shields so they can truestrike with a great club, spear, or staff for d8 anyway too. The difference is without truestrike the bard is only really likely to use daggers and a light crossbow. It's benefitting the bard who might start with blade ward and minor illusion instead...

The idea of weapon mastery / specialization goes back a long way. Masters box set, AD&D, 2e, 3.5, 4e all used the general concept that this was a thing and generally a fighter thing. 5.24 adding effects similar to how cantrips adds effects works and correlates. Here is an easy chart to see...

That monks aren't OP. Just more fun.

One of the bard's themes is they can learn a bit of anything. It's the jack of all trades concept where they can learn several things reasonably well but don't master any of them. We can see this in their skills, spells, and subclasses. If we compare the bard to the rogue the rogue is...

Except it's not a bootleg version of every class. The only thing magical secrets does is open up the spell list to better enable selecting spells that suit that bard's flavor. When we just went through the playtest feedback that was one of the big pieces of feedback for bards. Players...

This is one of the reasons I think the current version of magical secrets works. Bard spell preparation is never going going to consume the cleric, druid, or wizard lists regardless of access because of their different spell preparation mechanics even before we look at class and subclass...

I like the general idea of "grandmasteries" but I would probably restrict it to barbarians and fighters.

The uniqueness come from their ability to mix spell lists. Over the years and editions bards have had many unique spells. WotC keeps giving them away to clerics and wizards. They don't need unique spells, however; they need a spell list that suits the flavor of the class. That's an...

Okay, do that at your table when you run it. You asked what we thought and I think it's a bad idea. So you already have what you asked for by that statement. You can already have weapon mastery and cast spells. Choose one of those classes. Or take the feat. Or multiclass. Or do it with...