D&D 5E Analysis of character classes

[Helldritch]

Okay, I hear you but the summon spells in Tasha's are so much better for the game than the old summoning spells.

Everyone gets 1 creature. That's it. And no going through monster books looking for the best ones.

We already did the work of choosing the creatures that would be summoned by the various spells when 5ed got out with updates made when MToF and VGtM got out. It was a simple Word document given with all new casters. So that part was meh... the reprints are just that, reprints (ok, arrificer has a new subclass which we do not use but do not feel any loss over that.)

The book is not bad, but most of what it offers I already had in a better words doc format for my games. The enigma were not bad per say, but with the Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad, I have more than enough of these. A good book for young DM (save for that floating ASI stuff...) But not for the DM that has every single books so far. (And on my case, I own both the normal and the alternative cover of each. Even TCoE...)

 

[Li Shenron]

When folks debate the roles and capabilities of classes, is it “fair” to include feats in the discussion?

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just curious about where others set expectations and whether feats are assumed when comparing classes and their effectiveness in different areas

Minimally.

In theory, there should be a good enough selection of feats for every class for those who want to add extra abilities rather than ASI. In practice, the books so far have been a bit too thin with feats... on paper they seem plenty, but if you are not playing a martial-oriented PC, chances are that by your 3rd or 4th feat you feel like further additions are taking your character away from your wanted concept, rather than towards it, and you end up picking the same good old Alert or Lucky just because they're strong and not because they're interesting (which they are, but maybe not on every PC of yours).

 

[Helldritch]

Never under estimate the lucky feat. I had a group where every single character had it, two were halflings, one was a bard two were diviner and one of the melee type was a battlemaster. Players were often saying:"By Tymora! No you won't succeed but we will..." They called themselves the lucky bastards....