I'm getting the idea that "bland," "flavorless," and "boring" track with "less magical" an awful lot. The scout is at least as distinctive a concept as any other D&D "nonmagical" class – of which there are very very few, of course. Fighter and rogue are basic, of course. Scout is about as good as barbarian, I think. Barbarian is stronger, of course, but kind of problematic. Overall, not a bad level to be at. None of the other non-core nonmagical classes come close.