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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6462249" data-attributes="member: 5834">Since this is addressing a subject I brought up, I'll tell you my opinion within a party environment.Consistent Damage: 1. Great Weapon Users (Barbarian, Battlemaster Fighter) : Great Weapon Mastery is far easier to use than I expected. With buffs like bless and/or faerie fire, AC of mob creatures lower than expected, and the ability to spike hit rolls with special abilities like Feinting Attack, Vow of Enmity/Devotion paladin Divine Channel thing, and Precision Strike.2. Archers: Archery Fighting style gives a +2 to hit. Bless gives an average of +2. Combined with Sharpshooter, there is basically no penalty for using it. Sharpshooter also eliminates cover bonuses to AC. This makes Sharpshooter very easy to use in conjunction with ranged attacks. 3. Rogue: He generally does more single target damage than casters or single weapon users that focus more on defense. Third is not bad.Don't know anything about the monk. I haven't seen them in action.Spike Damage:1. Paladin: Being able to choose to use Divine Smite after a critical hit can spike damage substantially. Combining Divine Smite with a smiting spell is immense damage. Being able to active an ability once every short rest that gives you either Advantage on attacks or Charisma bonus on attacks makes using Great Weapon Master easier than any other class. A paladin can spike his damage quite effectively. This he gets along with all his other nifty healing and defensive abilities.I don't begrudge the paladin. I love paladins. I love that paladins are powerful defeating powerful enemies. I think it is appropriate.2. Rogue Assassin: The rogue Assassin can do insane damage with an opening attack usually a single time per combat. The reason I put them second to the paladin is because the paladin can do their thing during combat without having to hide or set it up. A creature that can see the rogue automatically such as having blindsight pretty much negates this ability. It's powerful. It does hammer.3. Fighter: Action Surge is powerful. It becomes more powerful the more attacks you get. Combining this with bless and other helpful bonus like a magic weapon with bonus dice damage such as radiant or flame makes this every powerful. The thing about multiple attacks is that they make static or dice bonuses per attack even more powerful. The reason I place the action surging fighter behind the Rogue Assassin is because the Rogue Assassin can use his ability anytime he can hide whereas the fighter gets one per short rest. So the Rogue Assassin will get that opening damage spike nearly every combat he fights something that doesn't have Blindsight.AoE Damage:1. Wizard or other arcane caster with AoE Spells: Casters are still the king of AoE. No one else can match them in this category.Sharpshooter and Great Weapon Master provide a greater benefit with more attacks. That's what gives classes that can use them such a major advantage.</blockquote>

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