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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 9452885" data-attributes="member: 87792">The PHB is mostly a player side supplement - although there are numerous QoL changes. Balance is better than ever before while the new feats lead to greater build diversity (+2 ASI is boring). In general:For players or DMs of the following classes it's an almost complete win other than maybe one niggle:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Barbarian</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Druid (moon druids: you were broken from 2-4 and you know it. You now scale better)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fighter (melee)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Monk</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sorcerer (other than non-tentacle "psion" Aberrant minds)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Warlock</li> </ul>High end melee DPR is now better than ranged (as it should be) - mostly through getting rid of power attack on sharpshooter. And martial melee is a lot more satisfying.The following classes have had meta-shifts<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Clerics are slightly improved but the biggest change is decoupling the armour and the weapon Vs cantrip from the subclass for more flexibility</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ranger archers got nerfed hard - but two weapon fighting is making monster cuisine art (two attacks with each weapon at L5 is possible). But the ranger is otherwise little changed from Tasha's</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Paladins are no longer the same smite-bots; smite takes a bonus action but other things like basic weapon combat were improved (and lay on hands is also a bonus action). Also "pure charisma paladins" are no longer so dominant</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rogues are significantly improved (and much closer to archer rangers) but monks and even fighters got improved way more leaving rogues trailing the pack</li> </ul>Wizards got very little; they were at the front of the pack before and only get the same four PHB subclasses as everyone else. So everyone caught up a lot.I haven't forgotten bards - I'm just not sure where they have landed</blockquote>

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