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<blockquote data-quote="Snof" data-source="post: 6774830" data-attributes="member: 6803481"><p>No thoughts on the new Purple Dragon Knight...?</p><p></p><p>Well here is mine:</p><p></p><p>It starts out bad compared to the other options. Rallying Cry is just decent, and nothing more than that. Both Battle Master and Eldritch Knight got better features. Royal Envy at level 7 is nice fluff, and I can imagine some players would enjoy this. Just too bad charisma has NO benefits for a PDK. Would be nice if he just had something like, Rally of the Battle Master. It feels like it is missing a feature here.</p><p></p><p> Inspiring Surge. Well finally something to truly talk about. Starts out decent, but once at 17 level, you can target two allies, and you get to use action surge twice. It means that only at level 17 does a PDK get to compete with say, Battle Master. Bulwark at level 15 is just/barely decent, since you cant use it that often.</p><p></p><p>From my perspective, Purple Dragon Knight is the complete opposite to Battle Master, in the regard that it starts out bad, but from level 17, it gets really good, thanks to some nice nova with action surge. Before that, I think the class is a bit beyond the others. All in all I would rate it black, and maybe blue from level 17 and forth. Most of its features just gives little bit less than it should, or simply cant use it enough.</p><p></p><p>An interesting archetype that many would like, but just a little bit lacking when it comes to features.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snof, post: 6774830, member: 6803481"] No thoughts on the new Purple Dragon Knight...? Well here is mine: It starts out bad compared to the other options. Rallying Cry is just decent, and nothing more than that. Both Battle Master and Eldritch Knight got better features. Royal Envy at level 7 is nice fluff, and I can imagine some players would enjoy this. Just too bad charisma has NO benefits for a PDK. Would be nice if he just had something like, Rally of the Battle Master. It feels like it is missing a feature here. Inspiring Surge. Well finally something to truly talk about. Starts out decent, but once at 17 level, you can target two allies, and you get to use action surge twice. It means that only at level 17 does a PDK get to compete with say, Battle Master. Bulwark at level 15 is just/barely decent, since you cant use it that often. From my perspective, Purple Dragon Knight is the complete opposite to Battle Master, in the regard that it starts out bad, but from level 17, it gets really good, thanks to some nice nova with action surge. Before that, I think the class is a bit beyond the others. All in all I would rate it black, and maybe blue from level 17 and forth. Most of its features just gives little bit less than it should, or simply cant use it enough. An interesting archetype that many would like, but just a little bit lacking when it comes to features. [/QUOTE]
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