D&D 5E Best out of combat class features?

[Mistwell]

I'm trying to come up with a new out of combat ability for a home-brewed class and it's friggin' hard! Everything is just spell casting or a bonus to skill... and that's not even taking into account keeping it consistent with the fluff...

What's the class about?

 

[Undrave]

What's the class about?

It's for the 5th version of my Warlord class, but I think I found something neat. I'm not 100% sure about the level placement of all my features, but I'll see what people will say when I'm done.

 

[TarionzCousin]

Most of the warlock invocations that grant an at-will spell.

At-will disguise self? Amazing. At-will invisibility (in shadows)? The rogue is jealous. At-will detect magic? Find answers to traps and hazards quickly and easily. Read all writing is great when it comes up. And so on.

This. I used at will "Disguise Self" in every single session during a previous campaign. My current warlock has the at will "Detect Magic" and it has already helped significantly in our first two sessions, including one long combat.

 

[Horwath]

Prestidigitation.

 

[Mind of tempest]

It's for the 5th version of my Warlord class, but I think I found something neat. I'm not 100% sure about the level placement of all my features, but I'll see what people will say when I'm done.

will you make a thread for it?

 

[CleverNickName]

I'd say the best is "cantrips." All the others I've seen don't even come close.

 

[Necrozius]

Yeah pretty much: D&D is a spellcaster’s game, unless you make a bunch of new Feats... and even the new Dark Gifts duplicate spell effects.

Maybe they should just re-craft the game to be spell-focused? Every class gets its own spell list, I guess.

Although if that’s the way the game goes, I think I’ll be hopping over to a different game system, haha

 

[Mind of tempest]

Yeah pretty much: D&D is a spellcaster’s game, unless you make a bunch of new Feats... and even the new Dark Gifts duplicate spell effects.

Maybe they should just re-craft the game to be spell-focused? Every class gets its own spell list, I guess.

Although if that’s the way the game goes, I think I’ll be hopping over to a different game system, haha

honestly magic needs to get more grounded as it is just all over the place and overrule every other part of the game.
it needs limits.

 

[Cap'n Kobold]

It's for the 5th version of my Warlord class, but I think I found something neat. I'm not 100% sure about the level placement of all my features, but I'll see what people will say when I'm done.

When you take the Help action, the target may add your proficiency bonus to the roll.
If an ally grants you the help action for a check that they are proficient in, you may add their proficiency bonus to the roll.

Something like that?

 

[Ath-kethin]

It's not that style of Companion. Been watching too much Firefly. waggles eyebrows

Wait! Did you just find a use for a Ranger's Companion? Give it its own shuttle and let it pay rent!

Also: EWWWWW.