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<blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6741876" data-attributes="member: 6701872"><p>It is also important to remember to consider sub-classes not on a feature by feature basis expecting equal amounts of "cool" from each at every level features are gained at, but on a sub-class by sub-class basis expecting roughly equal amounts of "cool" from the combined set of features gained over the entire level range.</p><p></p><p>So you can't compare rallying cry to combat superiority and expect them to be equal, but you can compare the battlemaster to the purple dragon knight and should find them within the same ballpark - even though one gains a huge feature at 3rd level and the other doesn't, because the former doesn't get much else at later levels (all the other features are small bumps at best) while the later gets another couple of pretty noteworthy features at those later levels (inspiring surge and bulwark).</p><p></p><p>Edit to add: and as far as "social pillar" features go, the fighter sub-classes other than champion already have that covered in the way of student of war/know your enemy, royal envoy, and the option to get non-combat spells at certain levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AaronOfBarbaria, post: 6741876, member: 6701872"] It is also important to remember to consider sub-classes not on a feature by feature basis expecting equal amounts of "cool" from each at every level features are gained at, but on a sub-class by sub-class basis expecting roughly equal amounts of "cool" from the combined set of features gained over the entire level range. So you can't compare rallying cry to combat superiority and expect them to be equal, but you can compare the battlemaster to the purple dragon knight and should find them within the same ballpark - even though one gains a huge feature at 3rd level and the other doesn't, because the former doesn't get much else at later levels (all the other features are small bumps at best) while the later gets another couple of pretty noteworthy features at those later levels (inspiring surge and bulwark). Edit to add: and as far as "social pillar" features go, the fighter sub-classes other than champion already have that covered in the way of student of war/know your enemy, royal envoy, and the option to get non-combat spells at certain levels. [/QUOTE]
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