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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TorgoTheWhite" data-source="post: 9648365" data-attributes="member: 7051716">It is not totally fair to say champion's "subclass feature(s) kick in randomly" - some do, a good chunk of them are just solid & reliable though. Yes, if you hone in on the crit bonus to the exclusion of the others. But that initiative advantage is reliable, also, in my corner case I use that athletics advantage alot. That second fighting style is such an afterthought too, but it should be taken into account as an "unsexy" but useful & reliable class feature, which raises the champion's floor in a "non-randomized" way. I originally used protection as a throwaway fighting style at Lv.7, now I am hard-pressed to think of much else I would want to use my reaction on (sometimes dmg I guess). Really, most of their subclass skills are consistent & reliable excluding the one that everyone focuses on.To me, I think it just depends on if you like stability vs dynamics & floor vs ceiling. Also, if you play any grind-out low-rest campaigns. The Champion has a high floor, but less ceiling than some others. It is base warrior ++ with much less expendable resources than other subclasses. I happen to be playing a campaign where combat is frequent, rests are hard to come by, exhaustion is common, it is a (cursed steppes). The Champion is indeed fun in this setting where I spend very little time rationing limited skills & more time being impossible to kill <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.... Also, my list of quips is pretty amazing when I have such minimal resource management to worry about. It is perfect for having your few: (bonus act., reactions) & just not needing much else... So Capt. America (who can do everything he needs to with that 1 shield) vs Batman that does everything with a swiss army belt & more.</blockquote>

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