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I'm not a big fan of alternate senses. Thematically cool but becomes a pain to dm around and ultimately as long as one player has the sense in question the whole party gets the info as you tell the group what is seen. Even just darkvision i really dislike in play.

I love multiclassing in concept. I dislike 5e's implementation as it makes for weird dips and taking levels in a 2nd class way later than thematically appropriate and then continuing back in the main class and thus straining the overall thematics of the character. 4e Hybrid Classes were my...

Fictionally that would be because said fighter is worse at magic than he is at attacking normally. So it kind of makes sense if you view it as a spell attack. And regardless this interaction should really highlight that it's not simply a buff spell, because buffs improve the situation...

IMO. The bigger picture is that most casters (excluding some warlocks) are way behind at level 1 as well. So them getting more stuff than you may realize at level 2 doesn't solve the issue, unless it's enough stuff at level 2 to level the playing field. But it generally isn't. IMO, there is...

As an example. One could turn a few spells into cleric class abilities that scale with cleric level or wisdom. Especially the iconic ones. Bless/Healing Word/Prayer of Healing/Spirit Guardians/Summon Celestial/Revivify/etc. Spells would still exist. But would be more supplementary than...

Only if you want weak piddly spells.

Warlock does have 1 particularly tanky build. Fiendish Vigor Invocation. 12 temp hp per action. Couple that with Goliath Stones Endurance and Healing Word / Cure Wounds and thats a ton of hp to chew through. If one can get armor of agathys in there, then do that, but it doesn't aid in...

Strangely the Goliath Stone Endurance ability works better for Fighters than Barbarians. While raging the damage reduction from stones endurance occurs before resistance's half damage reduction, essentially making stone's endurance half as effective for the raging Barbarian. Somewhat...

Maybe. Not everyone plays with xp as the leveling option.

Hiding isn’t full proof and you only have 10hp and 14-15 ac yourself. Armor of Agathys helps some. Strong build, but ‘durable’ isn’t the descriptor I would use.

One could also forgo the shield. Use a trident and free hand to prone then grapple.

I typically stay with 2024 options only, with the exception of subclasses.

Polearm master and the reach weapon with push mastery on it make for an amazing combo. Not particularly tanky though. But may can keep enemies from wanting to approach the squishies.

I feel like sentinel is required asap. That’s the tanky feat. There’s a ton of good masteries to pair it with, mostly depending on your situation. Push to me seems like an essential option. Knocking enemies away from squishies which allows the squishy to run away helps keep enemies...

Soulknife or Swashbuckler IMO. A soulknife wizard hunter seems thematically cool. You get some skill check bonuses as well. Good for stealth to sneak up on them. Decent range. Etc. Swashbuckler get a nice initiative boost and the ability to use sneak attack in melee easily. It’s a very...

Artificers are infusions/subclasses and paladins are a combinations of channel divinity, auras and improved divine smite. You need mechanics that add magical flavor without being actual spells. Those can take about any form, but it’s harder when the classes identity is spell casting as wizards is.

While true, it doesn’t make the level 2 sorcerer good. Maybe better than the wizard, but not good.

At level 2? You’ve got 2 sorcery points…

Yea, I was just about to start a thread on the strength of Druid 1/Cleric 1. Medium Armor/Shields, tons of spells known. Tons of cantrips known. Entangle is one of the best low level concentration spells. Command is one of the best low level non-concentration spells. Plenty of room for...

I'm not seeing the sorcerer appeal at level 2. Warlocks are very good at early levels, primarily due to some invocations being really over tuned for low levels now. But Warlocks aren't what people normally mean when they say 'caster' in a generic situation. That's...