Xeviat
Dungeon Mistress, she/her
5E multiclassing works, and a plus side is that it fits a narrative, and story is more important than mechanics fans like myself give it credit for. But so much of 5Es power scaling is tied into class level, like ability score bonuses being part of class progression and the power jumps at 5th, 11th, and 17th built into most classes. Outside of specific OP builds, multiclassing can really hurt your character.
But what if there's another way? Pathfinder 2 offers multiclassing as feats, spending your class feats on multiclassing instead of spending your levels. 5E doesn't have class feats (and I don't think it should, I think class choices should be limited to subclass, style, and some fun little things: the warlock is the best example of this). What 5E does have is Subclasses. So what if Subclasses could fill the roll of multiclassing for some characters? We already have the Eldritch Knight, Arcane Trickster, and Bladesinger that kind of do this. Arcana cleric and War cleric kind of do too, nature cleric and trickery cleric also.
My purpose here is to get ideas for what the Subclasses could be if you looked at the 121 combos of the PHB classes. I'll post an empty list, copy and paste and then fill in your ideas:
Barbarian
Barbarian/Bard:
Barbarian/Cleric:
Barbarian/Druid:
Barbarian/Fighter:
Barbarian/Monk:
Barbarian/Paladin:
Barbarian/Ranger:
Barbarian/Rogue:
Barbarian/Sorcerer:
Barbarian/Warlock:
Barbarian/Wizard:
Bard
Bard/Barbarian:
Bard/Cleric:
Bard/Druid:
Bard/Fighter:
Bard/Monk:
Bard/Paladin:
Bard/Ranger:
Bard/Rogue:
Bard/Sorcerer:
Bard/Warlock:
Bard/Wizard:
Cleric
Cleric/Barbarian:
Cleric/Bard:
Cleric/Druid: (Nature?)
Cleric/Fighter: (War?)
Cleric/Monk:
Cleric/Paladin:
Cleric/Ranger:
Cleric/Rogue: (Trickery?)
Cleric/Sorcerer:
Cleric/Warlock:
Cleric/Wizard: (Arcana?)
Druid
Druid/Barbarian:
Druid/Bard:
Druid/Cleric:
Druid/Fighter:
Druid/Monk:
Druid/Paladin:
Druid/Ranger:
Druid/Rogue:
Druid/Sorcerer:
Druid/Warlock:
Druid/Wizard:
Fighter
Fighter/Barbarian:
Fighter/Bard:
Fighter/Cleric:
Fighter/Druid:
Fighter/Monk:
Fighter/Paladin:
Fighter/Ranger:
Fighter/Rogue:
Fighter/Sorcerer:
Fighter/Warlock:
Fighter/Wizard: (Eldritch Knight?)
Monk
Monk/Barbarian:
Monk/Bard:
Monk/Cleric:
Monk/Druid:
Monk/Fighter:
Monk/Paladin:
Monk/Ranger:
Monk/Rogue:
Monk/Sorcerer:
Monk/Warlock:
Monk/Wizard:
Paladin
Paladin/Barbarian:
Paladin/Bard:
Paladin/Cleric:
Paladin/Druid:
Paladin/Fighter:
Paladin/Monk:
Paladin/Ranger:
Paladin/Rogue:
Paladin/Sorcerer:
Paladin/Warlock:
Paladin/Wizard:
Ranger
Ranger/Barbarian:
Ranger/Bard:
Ranger/Cleric:
Ranger/Druid:
Ranger/Fighter:
Ranger/Monk:
Ranger/Paladin:
Ranger/Rogue:
Ranger/Sorcerer:
Ranger/Warlock:
Ranger/Wizard:
Rogue
Rogue/Barbarian:
Rogue/Bard:
Rogue/Cleric:
Rogue/Druid:
Rogue/Fighter:
Rogue/Monk:
Rogue/Paladin:
Rogue/Ranger:
Rogue/Sorcerer:
Rogue/Warlock:
Rogue/Wizard: (Arcane Trickster?)
Sorcerer
Sorcerer/Barbarian:
Sorcerer/Bard:
Sorcerer/Cleric:
Sorcerer/Druid:
Sorcerer/Fighter:
Sorcerer/Monk:
Sorcerer/Paladin:
Sorcerer/Ranger:
Sorcerer/Rogue:
Sorcerer/Warlock:
Sorcerer/Wizard:
Warlock
Warlock/Barbarian:
Warlock/Bard:
Warlock/Cleric:
Warlock/Druid:
Warlock/Fighter:
Warlock/Monk:
Warlock/Paladin:
Warlock/Ranger:
Warlock/Rogue:
Warlock/Sorcerer:
Warlock/Wizard:
Wizard
Wizard/Barbarian:
Wizard/Bard:
Wizard/Cleric:
Wizard/Druid:
Wizard/Fighter: (Bladesinger?)
Wizard/Monk:
Wizard/Paladin:
Wizard/Ranger:
Wizard/Rogue:
Wizard/Sorcerer:
Wizard/Warlock:
But what if there's another way? Pathfinder 2 offers multiclassing as feats, spending your class feats on multiclassing instead of spending your levels. 5E doesn't have class feats (and I don't think it should, I think class choices should be limited to subclass, style, and some fun little things: the warlock is the best example of this). What 5E does have is Subclasses. So what if Subclasses could fill the roll of multiclassing for some characters? We already have the Eldritch Knight, Arcane Trickster, and Bladesinger that kind of do this. Arcana cleric and War cleric kind of do too, nature cleric and trickery cleric also.
My purpose here is to get ideas for what the Subclasses could be if you looked at the 121 combos of the PHB classes. I'll post an empty list, copy and paste and then fill in your ideas:
Barbarian
Barbarian/Bard:
Barbarian/Cleric:
Barbarian/Druid:
Barbarian/Fighter:
Barbarian/Monk:
Barbarian/Paladin:
Barbarian/Ranger:
Barbarian/Rogue:
Barbarian/Sorcerer:
Barbarian/Warlock:
Barbarian/Wizard:
Bard
Bard/Barbarian:
Bard/Cleric:
Bard/Druid:
Bard/Fighter:
Bard/Monk:
Bard/Paladin:
Bard/Ranger:
Bard/Rogue:
Bard/Sorcerer:
Bard/Warlock:
Bard/Wizard:
Cleric
Cleric/Barbarian:
Cleric/Bard:
Cleric/Druid: (Nature?)
Cleric/Fighter: (War?)
Cleric/Monk:
Cleric/Paladin:
Cleric/Ranger:
Cleric/Rogue: (Trickery?)
Cleric/Sorcerer:
Cleric/Warlock:
Cleric/Wizard: (Arcana?)
Druid
Druid/Barbarian:
Druid/Bard:
Druid/Cleric:
Druid/Fighter:
Druid/Monk:
Druid/Paladin:
Druid/Ranger:
Druid/Rogue:
Druid/Sorcerer:
Druid/Warlock:
Druid/Wizard:
Fighter
Fighter/Barbarian:
Fighter/Bard:
Fighter/Cleric:
Fighter/Druid:
Fighter/Monk:
Fighter/Paladin:
Fighter/Ranger:
Fighter/Rogue:
Fighter/Sorcerer:
Fighter/Warlock:
Fighter/Wizard: (Eldritch Knight?)
Monk
Monk/Barbarian:
Monk/Bard:
Monk/Cleric:
Monk/Druid:
Monk/Fighter:
Monk/Paladin:
Monk/Ranger:
Monk/Rogue:
Monk/Sorcerer:
Monk/Warlock:
Monk/Wizard:
Paladin
Paladin/Barbarian:
Paladin/Bard:
Paladin/Cleric:
Paladin/Druid:
Paladin/Fighter:
Paladin/Monk:
Paladin/Ranger:
Paladin/Rogue:
Paladin/Sorcerer:
Paladin/Warlock:
Paladin/Wizard:
Ranger
Ranger/Barbarian:
Ranger/Bard:
Ranger/Cleric:
Ranger/Druid:
Ranger/Fighter:
Ranger/Monk:
Ranger/Paladin:
Ranger/Rogue:
Ranger/Sorcerer:
Ranger/Warlock:
Ranger/Wizard:
Rogue
Rogue/Barbarian:
Rogue/Bard:
Rogue/Cleric:
Rogue/Druid:
Rogue/Fighter:
Rogue/Monk:
Rogue/Paladin:
Rogue/Ranger:
Rogue/Sorcerer:
Rogue/Warlock:
Rogue/Wizard: (Arcane Trickster?)
Sorcerer
Sorcerer/Barbarian:
Sorcerer/Bard:
Sorcerer/Cleric:
Sorcerer/Druid:
Sorcerer/Fighter:
Sorcerer/Monk:
Sorcerer/Paladin:
Sorcerer/Ranger:
Sorcerer/Rogue:
Sorcerer/Warlock:
Sorcerer/Wizard:
Warlock
Warlock/Barbarian:
Warlock/Bard:
Warlock/Cleric:
Warlock/Druid:
Warlock/Fighter:
Warlock/Monk:
Warlock/Paladin:
Warlock/Ranger:
Warlock/Rogue:
Warlock/Sorcerer:
Warlock/Wizard:
Wizard
Wizard/Barbarian:
Wizard/Bard:
Wizard/Cleric:
Wizard/Druid:
Wizard/Fighter: (Bladesinger?)
Wizard/Monk:
Wizard/Paladin:
Wizard/Ranger:
Wizard/Rogue:
Wizard/Sorcerer:
Wizard/Warlock: