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That "something else" was Ultima. Which for that to happen, Larian would have to both (a) buy the rights to the Ultima series as a whole from Electronic Arts, and (b) either get permission for or buy the rights to the certain elements of Ultima that Richard Garriott still owns. As a fan of...

More like, NO BETTER SMITES AND STEEDS THAN THE PALADIN FOR YOU! And I couldn't be happier.

They were absolute trash, though.

I'd most likely lead off with the conjure spell, but otherwise that's the general idea.

So that I can use my 5th-level spell slots for something better than simply keeping up my damage baseline. It does appear to work out that way, yes. From that D&D Beyond article, you have 6 free castings of it by level 17, which means at that point you likely won't even have to spend any...

Depending on initiative order, other melee enemies might catch up with and mob your new position before your turn and bonus-action dash come up, and you're right back in the same sticky situation you started in. And there's also the question of, if my Rogue uses mainly ranged attacks, what was...

No, it is not. The Scout Rogue's level 3 feature is a reaction that hardly ever gets used because Uncanny Dodge is better 99% of the time. You can't even move away until the enemy has finished its turn next to you (not just moved, but taken its whole turn). Which means you very likely got...

So, a feature you wouldn't have the chance to use much to begin with, and even if you had the chance to, it still likely wasn't tactically better than just using your regular attack twice on one enemy. Yeah, that was exactly the problem with 2014 Volley. It really won't be missed. And it's...

In terms of raw numbers against 3 or more targets, sure. But that doesn't tell the whole story when you consider that it's typically better in practice to focus down one enemy with multiple attacks than to spread them out, since you want to kill at least one target faster. 2014 Multiattack's...

I mean, it's better than 2014. Better in some ways than Tasha's, worse in others. Will probably be a decent mid-tier class power-wise despite itself (which even the 2014 version was, really). Spell changes will be key for this Ranger. If its "smite" equivalents lose the concentration then...

I'm so sorry that by far the most powerful and versatile class in the game remains by far the most powerful and versatile class in the game, but gained less in those departments than you wanted.

Treantmonk is actually the one who sounded the alarm on the playtest Warlock being overtuned.

They were in the most recent playtest involving the Fighter, so I would guess so.

And then on top of all that, the playtest Warlock had a better smite than the Paladin. (They'd better have turned Eldritch Smite into a bonus-action spell for the final version.)

If the playtest versions of GWM and SS hold, then the Fighter's top-end nova potential will take a large hit. (And no, weapon mastery isn't making that up; weapon mastery improves baseline damage across the board but the top-end nova will still be far less.) Also all of the revised Conjure...

So did the official write-up: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1752-2024-rogue-vs-2014-rogue-whats-new

I cannot imagine anyone preferring the 2014 Barbarian over this version. Like, the 2014 Barbarian was barely a functional class in any regard. But more power to you if you were OK with that.

I mean, to play devil's advocate, spellcasting is also a class feature.

Polearm Mastery, I'll give you, but TWF is actually better for Paladins this time around, for two big reasons: 1. The Nick Weapon Mastery, which keeps your bonus action available. 2. Paladins now get the whole range of Fighting Style feats to pick from in-class. That includes TWF. Vengeance in...

IF Magical Secrets still works like it did in 5e. That's a big if since they obviously tried to change how it, and Bard spellcasting in general, works. Of course that was back when you had the three general lists, so who knows what happened to it since. (IMO, Magical Secrets should be limited...