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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 7673325" data-attributes="member: 7635">But that's not how 9 out of 12 subclasses in the PHB work. You never get the features of your sublcass before you are of the level to get those powers. You can plan ahead (in the case of role-playing to a paladin oath or putting a high score in Int for an EK), but nothing changes about your character before you pick that level. Which is why Valor Bards get their martial weapon and armor proficiency at THIRD and not FIRST level, or why Assassin's learn disguise and poisoner's kits automatically at third, rather than first, or why a ranger spontaneously summons his animal buddy at third and doesn't have a dog before that.  You're asking (effectively) to rewrite the PHB classes to allow your subclass choice to effect you at first level (which raises all sorts of questions about things like multi-classing) and that changes the dynamic of sublcass and class (which currently augments base classes, not changes anything about them), which seems like a HELL OF A LOT more work than adding a simple new base class and being done with it. So no, I didn't skim your post, I assumed you knew how the D&D 5th edition rules actually worked, opposed to how you want them too.</blockquote>