D&D 5E How many classess/subclasses is too much?

[gyor]

It was also a fighter.

Refresh my memory, when was it a fighter?

 

[Ashrym]

I'm still waiting for a "Lord of the Dance" for the Bard, a "Ghost Buster" for the Ranger, and a "Smooth Criminal" for the Rouge...

I can already dance as a bard and be effective. It part of the fluff behind swords bard iirc. It's the desire to add more abilities justify making it a subclass I question.

Same with being a smooth criminal. What does that really mean? I take social skills and invest expertise in them already on a rogue. My idea of a smooth criminal is expertise in persuasion, deception, and insight.

 

[Parmandur]

I'm somewhat ambivalent about the artificer... I'd also like an arcane halfcaster.

The Artificer is an Arcane half-caster..?

 

[ad_hoc]

I can already dance as a bard and be effective. It part of the fluff behind swords bard iirc. It's the desire to add more abilities justify making it a subclass I question.

Same with being a smooth criminal. What does that really mean? I take social skills and invest expertise in them already on a rogue. My idea of a smooth criminal is expertise in persuasion, deception, and insight.

Ashrym, are you okay?

 

[Ashrym]

Ashrym, are you okay?

I'm over-worked, under-appreciated, and deserve free money, IMO. Why do you ask, lol?

 

[Zardnaar]

Refresh my memory, when was it a fighter?

2E it was a fighter/mage kit.

 

[MichaelSomething]

I can already dance as a bard and be effective. It part of the fluff behind swords bard iirc. It's the desire to add more abilities justify making it a subclass I question.

Same with being a smooth criminal. What does that really mean? I take social skills and invest expertise in them already on a rogue. My idea of a smooth criminal is expertise in persuasion, deception, and insight.

I don't suppose you know which Bard college goes best with the Blues and which background best fits with, "I'm on a mission from God" ?

 

[Ashrym]

I don't suppose you know which Bard college goes best with the Blues and which background best fits with, "I'm on a mission from God" ?

Acolyte or custom for "I'm on a mission from God". The blues is a music style. I'm thinking glamour if the focus is on any music but I don't know what else you want out of the bard.

You could take shadow monk with the entertainer background if you want to think outside the box.

EDIT; making a paladin or cleric with a music theme should fit this concept pretty well, tbh. Not all musicians are bards.

 

[cbwjm]

The Artificer is an Arcane half-caster..?

I know, I probably should have clarified that I'd like an arcane half-caster that is a fighter/mage class, not an artificer class.

 

[Parmandur]

I know, I probably should have clarified that I'd like an arcane half-caster that is a fighter/mage class, not an artificer class.

Like a Swordmage, OK. Thing is, between the Artificer and maybe an Arcanish Paladin Subclass (Mearls floated one in the Happy Fun Hour), I'm not sure what the mechanical space would be?