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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 3744178" data-attributes="member: 19857">I'd be disappointed if they go with the "druid-as-controller" route - it's a natural fit for one type of druid character, but not for the shapeshifting druid (which is more of a defender type, at least at my table).  I'd like to see a beefed up druid focusing more on the shapeshifting than the area-of-effect spellcasting myself.Also, I'd like to see a martial controller.  I have no idea what that would look like, but I would like to see it.  Of course, I'm assuming that a "controller" means "able to affect large groups and/or the terrain of the battlefield" and that may not be what Wizards means by it.  But if it is, I'm not sure how you do a martial controller without adding gunpowder or something to the mix <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />One of them might be a prestige class (though I doubt it - and have they said anything about prestige classes in this edition yet?).  I wouldn't mind it if the ranger became an arcane class instead of a divine one - the only reason he's really been a "divine" class in the past is because of the nature connection, and because he shared that nature connection with the divine druid class.  Heck, I wouldn't mind seeing the ranger lose the divine powers and become a martial class, except that would mean that we would end up with two martial strikers (since rogue is also a martial class).My guess is that there will be a sorcerer or a warlock class as an "arcane striker" class and we'll only get the one controller class in the PHB.  No real reason for the guess, just a hunch on my part.</blockquote>

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