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<blockquote data-quote="cbwjm" data-source="post: 8975140" data-attributes="member: 6788732">As much as I like the schools of magic, I think they were better in 2e/3e where you specialised gaining bonus spells and losing access to others. For 5e, I think it would be much better to go with strongly themed archetypes. I'm not sure exactly what these subclasses should be, but something like:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Dark Mage, a wizard who deals with the dark arts or necromancy and demon summoning (perhaps not the best for a PHB handbook, but a great villainous option). Since subclasses are fairly small, this might also need to be split between necromancer and demon summoner.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The classic Illusionist.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Elementalist. A wizard skilled with destructive elemental magic, perhaps focused on a single element, but skilled with all.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Arcanist. A wizard that really gets a lot out of their arcane implements. They might be the best ritualists or maybe they gain additional powers from using their arcane focus depending on if it is a wand, a staff, an orb, or a spellbook.</li>
</ul>These might not be the best ones to start, but specifically focused around a strong theme I think would be a good idea. I'm interested to see what WotC go with, I wouldn't be surprised to see the specialist still in, but a single subclass where you choose a school for bonuses for that school.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cbwjm, post: 8975140, member: 6788732"] As much as I like the schools of magic, I think they were better in 2e/3e where you specialised gaining bonus spells and losing access to others. For 5e, I think it would be much better to go with strongly themed archetypes. I'm not sure exactly what these subclasses should be, but something like: [LIST] [*]The Dark Mage, a wizard who deals with the dark arts or necromancy and demon summoning (perhaps not the best for a PHB handbook, but a great villainous option). Since subclasses are fairly small, this might also need to be split between necromancer and demon summoner. [*]The classic Illusionist. [*]The Elementalist. A wizard skilled with destructive elemental magic, perhaps focused on a single element, but skilled with all. [*]The Arcanist. A wizard that really gets a lot out of their arcane implements. They might be the best ritualists or maybe they gain additional powers from using their arcane focus depending on if it is a wand, a staff, an orb, or a spellbook. [/LIST] These might not be the best ones to start, but specifically focused around a strong theme I think would be a good idea. I'm interested to see what WotC go with, I wouldn't be surprised to see the specialist still in, but a single subclass where you choose a school for bonuses for that school. [/QUOTE]

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