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Sun Wukong is a sweet unique NPC in Mythological Figures and Malevolent Monsters. He’s a very cool legendary figure from Chinese mythology. Also, being a monkey, he is classified as a beast. Polymorph provides: “The target’s body is transformed into a beast with a Challenge Rating equal to or...

I think it’s design-wise a great subclass. Pretty balanced with interesting, unique, and flavorful mechanics.

You’re right—the claws should be treated as a ribbon. I’m still inclined to think the half-cover aura of the tempest is better, but you’ve made a good case. Reducing the cost of those 2 and 3 point exertion Tooth and Claw maneuvers is pretty nice.

I think Tempest is the best A5e zerker subclass. Troll Slayer would be competitive if it the claws could be used for Furious Critical, but without that house rule, it’s decent but not great.

Berserkers are really, really good. But just like 5e, martials have to put their feat selection to good use: Powerful Attacker (GWM) got a big buff in A5e. If you have advantage, you can make a straight roll with +10 damage that doubles on a crit. Excellent stuff. Two weapon fighting with a...

True, but there’s a specific rule about that: “When two versions of the same spells overlap, the most powerful effect applies.”

I don’t see anything that prohibits a Berserker from refreshing the duration of their rage before it expires. It would also be an odd restriction in my opinion.

I agree with this analysis. I’d rule that creatures that can already hold more than two weapons get to wield an additional dual-wielding weapon without using a hand.

Sounds like some grist for the GPG.

One thing I’d like to see that’s not on this list is more options for existing class features. More exploration features for each classes, more furious critical, bardic battle hymns, herald smite options, sorcerer metamagic, warlock invocations, etc.

Sorry if I wasn’t clear. In O5e, a net is a ranged weapon because it is on the ranged weapons table. As far as I can tell, every other weapon with the thrown property in A5e is a melee weapon. The net in A5e was moved to the “miscellaneous table,” along with two melee weapons, the garrote...

Is the net a melee weapon in A5e? It was moved from being a ranged martial weapon in O5e to the miscellaneous table. It has the thrown weapon property, but on melee weapons, thrown is merely an option. The lance is a melee weapon on the same table. Can you make melee weapon attacks with a net?

By RAW, any maneuver that lets you take the attack action, then allows you to replace a weapon attack with eldritch scythe. Of course, eldritch scythe is a melee spell attack, and most maneuvers only benefit weapon attacks. So the scythe won’t get any riders from the maneuver, which is often...

Level 7 adepts can select Maneuver Rush, which lets you use two maneuvers in one action once per short rest. The wording is keyed to an old version of maneuvers, so I’m not really sure how it’s supposed to work though.

Point him to the Dread Knight in GPG #8. It has what he needs.

There is a Savant subclass, the Vanguard, that allows the use of melee tricks with ranger weapon attacks within 30 feet. Something similar could work as a house rule with some traditions, or as future subclass features or magic items. Edit: An additional thought I had is that many melee...

The real advice here is work it out with your DM. But I’ll give my opinion: 1. The cipher sword seems fair game for an infusion. 2. If the artificer doesn’t maintain the infusion, “any infusion [they] fail to maintain vanishes and reverts to a mundane item.” I don’t think you can be...

Thanks for clarifying. Just wanted to say thank you for designing the most interesting 5e martial class, period. The berserker rules, and in my opinion sets the standard for martial class design.

A berserker can have a 17-20 crit range at level 5 pretty easily, so a berserker should be getting crits more than an O5e barbarian. Zealous stance helps a lot with accuracy and stacks with advantage. And there are maneuvers and crit effects that help generate advantage, so the berserker can...

The Adept’s Brawler also lets you spend an exertion to use a basic maneuver. That’s a pretty decent action economy leg up, but I’m not convinced it’s actually that good.