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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8526082" data-attributes="member: 7023887">I listed three. The Eldritch Knight, the Arcane Trickster, and the Bladesinger.A single class can easily cover all of those archetypes. If the class were as bland as possible (which I'm not advocating for, I'm just saying that it is possible), they could easily copy the Wizard and have the theme be largely determined by which subclass, and heavily link each subclass to at least one school of magic. There could be a Loki-themed Arcane Trickster subclass for the base class that stabs people with blades that create illusions. There could be an Evocation-themed Eldritch Knight/Duskblade that spell strikes purely using evocation magic. There could be a Conjuration-magic Swordmage that hops around the battlefield using teleportation spells and locks down enemies. There could be a Necromancy-based Death Knight that uses spells like Inflict Wounds, Vampiric Touch, and Enervation to drain the lives of their enemies and heal themselves with that life force. All of these could be a part of the same class, just like the Rune Knight, Psi Warrior, Echo Knight, and Samurai are all a part of the same base class in 5e.The class doesn't even have to be that bland to fit all of those ideas in it. If it just has the same thematic identity in its core as, say, a Sorcerer (born with magic, warps spellcasting using metamagic, gets more powers based on their source of magic as they get higher level), it can still easily fulfill a vast variety of different playstyles and characters (Divine Soul Sorcerers, Draconic Bloodline, Aberrant Mind, Clockwork Soul, and Shadow Magic are all a part of the same base class).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8526082, member: 7023887"] I listed three. The Eldritch Knight, the Arcane Trickster, and the Bladesinger. A single class can [I]easily [/I]cover all of those archetypes. If the class were as bland as possible (which I'm not advocating for, I'm just saying that it [I]is[/I] possible), they could easily copy the Wizard and have the theme be largely determined by which subclass, and heavily link each subclass to at least one school of magic. There could be a Loki-themed Arcane Trickster subclass for the base class that stabs people with blades that create illusions. There could be an Evocation-themed Eldritch Knight/Duskblade that spell strikes purely using evocation magic. There could be a Conjuration-magic Swordmage that hops around the battlefield using teleportation spells and locks down enemies. There could be a Necromancy-based Death Knight that uses spells like Inflict Wounds, Vampiric Touch, and Enervation to drain the lives of their enemies and heal themselves with that life force. All of these could be a part of the same class, just like the Rune Knight, Psi Warrior, Echo Knight, and Samurai are all a part of the same base class in 5e. The class doesn't even have to be that bland to fit all of those ideas in it. If it just has the same thematic identity in its core as, say, a Sorcerer (born with magic, warps spellcasting using metamagic, gets more powers based on their source of magic as they get higher level), it can still easily fulfill a vast variety of different playstyles and characters (Divine Soul Sorcerers, Draconic Bloodline, Aberrant Mind, Clockwork Soul, and Shadow Magic are all a part of the same base class). [/QUOTE]

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