D&D 5E Legends and Lore July 28: Keeping it Classy

[thalmin]

The new Legends & Lore is up. "Keeping it Classy" talks about class options in the PHB.

 

[thalmin]

Barbarian: Path of the Berserker and Path of the Totem Warrior

Bard: College of Lore and College of Valor

Cleric: Domains of Knowledge, Life, Light, Nature, Tempest, Trickery, and War

Druid: Circle of the Land and Circle of the Moon

Fighter: Champion, Battle Master, and Eldritch Knight

Monk: Way of the Open Hand, Way of Shadow, and Way of the Four Elements

Paladin: Oath of Devotion, Oath of the Ancients, and Oath of Vengeance

Ranger: Hunter and Beastmaster

Rogue: Thief, Assassin, and Arcane Trickster

Sorcerer: Draconic Bloodline and Wild Mage

Warlock: Archfey, Fiend, and Great Old One

Wizard: Schools of Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy, and Transmutation

 

[Agamon]

Must...have...Player's...Handbook...Gah!

 

[hbarsquared]

Extremely excited. Although I could have guessed the individual subclasses, the half-sentence depictions were actually... Inspiring. Whoever wrote/edited/refined this PH(B) did an amazing job.

My one sad thought: a diplomatic, fast-talking merchant rogue subclass. Who remembers Silk, from the Belgariad? To me, Silk is the quintessential rogue, thoigh I rarely see his character expressed mechanically...

But, hey, kudos to the fifth edition design team. I'm excited!

 

[Plaguescarred]

I like the way the classes and subclasses shaped up!

 

[Syunsuke]

You cannot be a generalist (non-specialist) wizard?

One of Warlock's pacts is "Great Old One". Star pact in 4e is mostly Cthulhu-like being, so I guess this is cosmetic change. Still, I prefer the title "Star pact". I hope it's easy enough to refluf.

 

[doctorhook]

How spoiled am I that after days of feeling excited about just how damn many subclasses are in this new system, when I see the final list I feel disappointed that there aren't even more?

This fall is gonna be fuuunnn!

You cannot be a generalist (non-specialist) wizard?

I had been wondering about this too, although apparently the answer is no. Anyway, a generalist would be pretty pointless now without prohibited schools.

One of Warlock's pacts is "Great Old One". Star pact in 4e is mostly Cthulhu-like being, so I guess this is cosmetic change. Still, I prefer the title "Star pact". I hope it's easy enough to refluf.

I read that bit of the article as referring to the types of patrons. When you're referring to your warlock character, "star-pact", "fey-pact", and "infernal-pact" are probably fully acceptable.

 

[mips42]

Extremely excited. Although I could have guessed the individual subclasses, the half-sentence depictions were actually... Inspiring. Whoever wrote/edited/refined this PH(B) did an amazing job.

My one sad thought: a diplomatic, fast-talking merchant rogue subclass. Who remembers Silk, from the Belgariad? To me, Silk is the quintessential rogue, thoigh I rarely see his character expressed mechanically...

But, hey, kudos to the fifth edition design team. I'm excited!

Ah, Silk, now there's a rogue with a noble background if ever I saw one. Trained in Acrobatics, Deception, Insight and Slight of hand.
Dangit, now I need to read those books again.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

It looks like all the subclasses mentioned in another thread have been confirmed now.

Now it's time to think more about concepts and stuff. I wonder how good would an Oath of the Ancients Paladin with levels in Archfey Warlock synergize together.

I never felt that generalist wizard was a strong concept, schools of magic are like University majors, you got to pick one eventually. But I still think that Abjurer and Diviner would be a hard sell to most players. Diviner could have things like lots of advantage rolls and automatic 20's on dice rolls, and even then I still think they won't get picked by most players.

 

[GravyFingerz]

But I still think that Abjurer and Diviner would be a hard sell to most players. Diviner could have things like lots of advantage rolls and automatic 20's on dice rolls, and even then I still think they won't get picked by most players.

I had an earth genasi diviner back in 3.X; the 5e diviner has to be better than being a 3.X specialist wizard was without splats.