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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8522623" data-attributes="member: 7023887">The Blood Hunter was based at least partially off of the Witcher, from what I've heard, but it isn't official. This whole discussion is &quot;we don't need more classes&quot;, right? So why refer to an unofficial class to back up that position? Nope. They don't make pacts, aren't particularly charismatic, and are implied to have been born with their powers (at least, their powers can't be granted to Vampires). They're bound to a specific weapon that they have to specially forge to channel their powers. If anything, that's closer to the Artificer, and even then it isn't at all a good fit. Four Elements Monk? Not in a million years. It sucks mechanically, and does not fit the abilities that Zuko is shown to have in the show. Again, there are characters in the &quot;Arcane Gish&quot; theme that do not fit with an existing archetype in 5e. Those were just a few examples (I provided more in a previous comment, too). There is a niche for an Arcane Warrior class that is thematically and mechanically distinct from already existing D&amp;D 5e classes and subclasses, that has enough of a niche to have as many subclasses as the existing classes have. (Teleporting swordmage-style subclass, phantom knight, antimage, bound-weapon summoner, elementalist, etc.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8522623, member: 7023887"] The Blood Hunter was based at least partially off of the Witcher, from what I've heard, but it isn't official. This whole discussion is "we don't need more classes", right? So why refer to an unofficial class to back up that position? Nope. They don't make pacts, aren't particularly charismatic, and are implied to have been born with their powers (at least, their powers can't be granted to Vampires). They're bound to a specific weapon that they have to specially forge to channel their powers. If anything, that's closer to the Artificer, and even then it isn't at all a good fit. Four Elements Monk? Not in a million years. It sucks mechanically, and does not fit the abilities that Zuko is shown to have in the show. Again, there are characters in the "Arcane Gish" theme that do not fit with an existing archetype in 5e. Those were just a few examples (I provided more in a previous comment, too). There is a niche for an Arcane Warrior class that is thematically and mechanically distinct from already existing D&D 5e classes and subclasses, that has enough of a niche to have as many subclasses as the existing classes have. (Teleporting swordmage-style subclass, phantom knight, antimage, bound-weapon summoner, elementalist, etc.) [/QUOTE]

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