D&D 5E No Bladesinger?

[Yaarel]

So, Xanathars Guide leaves out the Bladesinger Wizard. Any thoughts on why?

 

[Yaarel]

The Bladesinger Wizard tradition is balanced. Are they rethinking what ‘Warrior Mage’ looks like? Are they capitulating to the envy of Fighter players? Is some other factor in play?

 

[DEFCON 1]

My guess would be that since it theoretically only serves a single race, choosing a couple of the broader subclasses that more characters could take made more sense for them to re-release.

Not that it matters anyway. Those that want to play bladesingers already have the SCAG so they can do so.

 

[pukunui]

WotC's stated reason is that they only reprinted the four most popular subclasses from SCAG in Xanathar's. Whether or not there are additional reasons is not known at this time.

 

[flametitan]

Perhaps they didn't want to pair the bladesinger with stuff like Shadow Blade?

 

[MonsterEnvy]

The reason is pretty clear to me. The classes they did not bring over, were the ones that are generally forgotten realms ones. Bladesinger, Battlerager, Long Death are all stuff that is pretty heavily associated with the FR. Unlike stuff like the swashbuckler and Storm Sorcerer.

 

[pukunui]

The reason is pretty clear to me. The classes they did not bring over, were the ones that are generally forgotten realms ones. Bladesinger, Battlerager, Long Death are all stuff that is pretty heavily associated with the FR. Unlike stuff like the swashbuckler and Storm Sorcerer.

The Sun Soul monk was pretty heavily tied to the Realms as well, but they managed to make that one generic with no issues. They could have easily done the same with the others.

Also, there's nothing particularly FR-specific about the Arcana cleric.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

The Sun Soul monk was pretty heavily tied to the Realms as well, but they managed to make that one generic with no issues. They could have easily have done the same with the others.

Also, there's nothing particularly FR-specific about the Arcana cleric.

Forgot that one was not ported over.

 

[Kobold Stew]

It also keeps bladesinger focussed cantrips (e.g. Green flame, booming blades) out of XG, which will impact those who play PHB+1.

I cannot explain the absence of the Arcana cleric.

 

[cbwjm]

Why do people keep thinking that the bladesinger is heavily associated with FR, is it based on when they started playing DnD? 2e and 3e it was a generic kit/prestige class the only reason I can think of that people would associate it with FR is due to 4e when it showed up in the Neverwinter book.

In general, I'm taking it at face value that he designers picked the most popular subclasses and the bladesinger simply didn't make the cut. Based on my own favourite subclasses from SCAG, I'm not surprised the storm sorcerer and swashbuckler made it in.