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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7886155" data-attributes="member: 996">Without a new class like a warlord or sub-class/PrC like bandit-king or whatever, the biggest challenge to creating a Robin Hood in 5e is that you'd want three or four backgrounds - Outlander, Noble/Knight, (disillusioned?)Crusader, Criminal, and, of course, Folk Hero - and more skills than you could possibly have with a BM (about the only sub-class that has a shot of being that exceptional with archery).&nbsp; Like many martial heroes found in sources of inspiration, it's not really doable in D&amp;D, because of the extremely restrictive treatment martial classes get, even though even the most generous implementation would in no way by OP compared to casters.&nbsp;Like so many of these sorts of comparisons, it's clear that it would apply to extant classes that, in genre, might much more often model the villain, like the Wizard, Warlock, Sorcerer, Thief &amp; Assassin, and even Cleric (Evil High Priest, Cult leader) than the hero.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7886155, member: 996"] Without a new class like a warlord or sub-class/PrC like bandit-king or whatever, the biggest challenge to creating a Robin Hood in 5e is that you'd want three or four backgrounds - Outlander, Noble/Knight, (disillusioned?)Crusader, Criminal, and, of course, Folk Hero - and more skills than you could possibly have with a BM (about the only sub-class that has a shot of being that exceptional with archery). Like many martial heroes found in sources of inspiration, it's not really doable in D&D, because of the extremely restrictive treatment martial classes get, even though even the most generous implementation would in no way by OP compared to casters. Like so many of these sorts of comparisons, it's clear that it would apply to extant classes that, in genre, might much more often model the villain, like the Wizard, Warlock, Sorcerer, Thief & Assassin, and even Cleric (Evil High Priest, Cult leader) than the hero. [/QUOTE]

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