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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xeviat" data-source="post: 7960777" data-attributes="member: 57494">I like the "generic" nature of the core classes. It helps that the 5E 12 ended up being the same 12 I was going to use when I was working on a "4.5E" project for my home games (then Next was announced).I just wish the 12 classes played more distinctly from each other. I wish they all had a mechanic that strongly differentiated them and defined their play style.Barbarian: Rage offers a toggle between a defensive and offensive play style.Bard: Songs as bonuses to the party in addition to their spells and attacks would make them unique.Cleric: Domains sort of act as a 'multiclassing light', allowing fine tuning of the class.Druid: Wildshape offers a versatile toggle.Fighter: The generic warrior, but I'd like to see them having equipment mastery bonuses that make their equipment choice their big thing.Monk: 4E's action/move powers were really neat. Stances would also make monks play uniquely.Paladin: A divine challenge feature would make the paladin's thing being the ultimate duelist.Ranger: Animal companion; the ranger's thing would be managing two separate units.Rogue: Sneak attack could be designed to alternate between setup and attack round by round, doing like a 0-x2-0-x2 structure (and potentially opening with a x2 if you get the jump on your foes).Sorcerer: more at-will magic drawn from their bloodline in addition to their spells.Warlock: lean heavily into their curse mechanic. Where the paladin wants to lock down a single foe, the Warlock wants to get their curse on someone who is about to die to maximize their abilties.Wizard: The generic spellcaster.At least this is how I imagined mechanics. I was recently convinced that the Artificer needed to be it's own thing, that it didn't really fit in as a Wizard subclass, I still want a Mystic/Psion, and I'm not entirely sure if Warlord should be it's own thing.To the OP: I tend to feel like witches work well as Druids, Warlocks, or Wizards, depending on the inspiration you're drawing from. The Wizard could really use a "Hedge Wizard" subclass.</blockquote>

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