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The alchemist is a crap subclass. As I said, most of the artificer is in the subclass, and all the other choices are far better than alchemist.

Pretty much the whole of the artificer is in the subclass, considering them without is disingenuous. And spells are a secondary class feature. Their magic gear, with may be focused on offence, defence or support, is their main thing.

But in practical terms, the distinction is meaningless. They both go round attacking stuff with magically enhanced weapons.

Not really how it plays. It’s an expert in the same way that a ranger is an expert.

Yes.

More like people don’t know what to do with them. It’s like “omg this class is so underpowered, but omg repeating crossbows with infinite ammo are too overpowered and I’m not going to allow them”.

Humans get two, or species (e.g. githzeri) subclass, core class for warlocks. Not free, but relatively cheap. And not having to make a con save. And I’ve seen plenty of casters dieing from “just damage”. Smart enemies focus fire on them.

They are both first level spells. Neither cares about your casting stat. They are both strong spells. They can both be picked up by any caster for minimal cost.

Depends. And Wizards don’t get Bless, except when they do.

I just had a very nice Indian meal for 2 for £66 ($88) including tip. Not in London though.

Doesn’t matter if you go to bed with some slots unused. Better than not having them when needed. A Shield for when you are attacked by assassins during the night is always handy. No one is being graded on efficiency.

Often the best option is don’t bother wasting a spell slot on an easy fight.

Yeah but when has strict adherence to the facts worked!? My opinion is Bless is a good spell but is not always the best option - well balanced in fact. Although it is somewhat hampered by my players forgetting they have it.

Yes, I would say that. And a fighter who fights with magic is the same as a fighter that doesn’t use magic, aside from fluff that is easily changed. Elric fights with magic, but the magic enhances his otherwise poor strength. So it can be built into his stats. I prefer the four class model...

So the choice of new class is a) a cleric who works without magic or b) a fighter who works by magic.

You can post about about him as much as you like. But you need to explain who he is and what it’s about. Something like “I saw Mr Welsh posting about the Egg of Coot. Has anyone else seen this or used this character from the early days of D&D”. That way people will know what you are talking about.

No one is saying otherwise. But he is not sufficiently well known to quote without explanation and expect people to know what you are talking about.

Watchdis Space?

Yup, we should be bolder with what we have. The tattoo monk is ever so conventional and timid. Also, players and DMs should be more open to refluffing. If it has the mechanics you want but the lore isn’t, then change the lore, it breaks nothing.

Grief! I thought our inflation was bad!