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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8788326" data-attributes="member: 58172">If the subclass starts at level 1, what would that look like?The current UA Bard class design space is as follows.BARDLevel 1• Spellcasting (cantrip and slot 1)• InspirationLevel 2• Skill Expertise (two)• Restoration (extra spell known)Level 3• Spellcasting (slot 2)• [Bard Subclass: Lore]LORELevel 3• Cutting Words (extra Inspiration known)• Extra Skill ProficienciesAt a glance. Level 1 is a bit frontloaded as one would expect.Level 2 focuses on skills, which is ok. Restoration uses up spell slots, so there is a boost in versatility but not really a boost in power.Level 3 is ok. A next-higher spell slot is nice. And the subclass adds to it.But the subclass features themselves are surprisingly weak. Cutting Words uses up an Inspiration slot, so there is a boost in versatility, but not really a boost in power.LORE SUBCLASS AT LEVEL 1A simple way to do the Bard subclass at level 1, is to swap the Inspiration. Have the Test Boost for every Bard, plus one more Inspiration that relates to the subclass.In this case the Lore Bard at level 1 has, both Test Boost and Cutting Words for the Inspirations.Then at level 3, every Bard gets the Heal Inspiration.There are also other ways to move features around. The point is, it is easy to choose a subclass at level 1.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8788326, member: 58172"] If the subclass starts at level 1, what would that look like? The current UA Bard class design space is as follows. BARD Level 1 • Spellcasting (cantrip and slot 1) • Inspiration Level 2 • Skill Expertise (two) • Restoration (extra spell known) Level 3 • Spellcasting (slot 2) • [Bard Subclass: Lore] LORE Level 3 • Cutting Words (extra Inspiration known) • Extra Skill Proficiencies At a glance. Level 1 is a bit frontloaded as one would expect. Level 2 focuses on skills, which is ok. Restoration uses up spell slots, so there is a boost in versatility but not really a boost in power. Level 3 is ok. A next-higher spell slot is nice. And the subclass adds to it. But the subclass features themselves are surprisingly weak. Cutting Words uses up an Inspiration slot, so there is a boost in versatility, but not really a boost in power. LORE SUBCLASS AT LEVEL 1 A simple way to do the Bard subclass at level 1, is to swap the Inspiration. Have the Test Boost for every Bard, plus one more Inspiration that relates to the subclass. In this case the Lore Bard at level 1 has, both Test Boost and Cutting Words for the Inspirations. Then at level 3, every Bard gets the Heal Inspiration. There are also other ways to move features around. The point is, it is easy to choose a subclass at level 1. [/QUOTE]

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