Gradine
The Elephant in the Room (she/her)
My last 3.5 character was a dwarven transmuter who hulked out (Enlarge) and waded into melee. Not the most efficient or optimized character by far but fun as hell.
5e ironically makes that character both easier (+2 Con/+2 Str! Free equipment proficiencies! Shame about shields though) and harder (Concentration; only have one buff spell active at a time) to run. On balance I think 5e build wins; that character could stack absurd numbers of spells (Enlarge/Haste/Impr. Invis. was a fun combo, never got high enough for Tenser's) but the piss poor BAB really held it back.
5e ironically makes that character both easier (+2 Con/+2 Str! Free equipment proficiencies! Shame about shields though) and harder (Concentration; only have one buff spell active at a time) to run. On balance I think 5e build wins; that character could stack absurd numbers of spells (Enlarge/Haste/Impr. Invis. was a fun combo, never got high enough for Tenser's) but the piss poor BAB really held it back.
