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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 7960326" data-attributes="member: 18">I think what you're describing is actually that the 5E classes are insufficiently generic, not "too generic". Plenty of other games have layouts more like "Fight person, Magic person, Skills person" as their classes. In such a case you'd pick Magic person and you'd be on your way. But the D&D classes aren't that generic - that's the issue here. They're too specific and thus don't cover the style of character you want, at least not to you. If there was already a Witch or Shaman subclass for some other class, you'd probably not be making this thread.That said, I suspect Druid reflavoured is really all you need. There's just about nothing about a Druid that isn't Shaman/Witch-ish. Just pick something like Shepard Druid. If you feel there's a lack of hexes, maybe just add them to the spell list.The other major approach (as I suspect you've rejected Warlock for it's mechanical specificity) is Sorcerer. You'd probably want a new subclass there, but that'd be a hell of a lot easier to handle, and mechanically safer than attempting to design a class from scratch. Designing from scratch, even with a lot of skill and experience, often ends up with a drastically underpowered or overpowered character (more often the former, in my experience), as we can see with third-party products for D&D from experienced designers.My suggested approach is thus either "Re-flavour Druid" (even the shapeshifting is totally on-theme for a Witch/Shaman) or make a Sorcerer subclass.</blockquote>

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