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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrozenNorth" data-source="post: 8769177" data-attributes="member: 7020832">It is an error that is both really pervasive and that WotC has been slow to walk away from.In the PHB, the only justification to restrict Eldritch Knights to the evocation and abjuration schools is that they are the schools that have the least impact outside combat.Tsha’s had a few non-combat maneuvers for battlemasters and nothing for other subclasses, and even the later designed subclasses tend to emphasize combat.By way of contrast…<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wizards get TWO combat subclasses with War wizards and Bladesingers (and Bladesingers are focussed on melee combat);</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bards get Valor Bards and Swords Bards;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Warlocks get Hexblades;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sorcerers can play discount clerics with divine souls;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mercy monks also broaden the traditional role of monks, as do kensei and sun soul monks;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There are enough cleric domains that clerics can branch out into skill monkey, damage and tank;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Newer druid subclasses are all about different uses for their Wildshape ability.</li> </ul>Meanwhile, each new fighter subclass continues to be “here are a bunch of combat abilities, plus a ribbon that you can use out of combat”.</blockquote>