D&D 5E (2024) What should the 15th Class be?

[Minigiant]

Really, I think D&D is missing a Mental Martial.

A warrior who attacks with their Int, Wis, or Cha.

We see that Pact Blade Warlocks and Shillelagh Rangers are not OP. And we who remain are okay with nonmagical healing

So just Do it

• Some kind of buffing and healing feature
• Can attack with Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma
• Subclasses
  • Battle Captain (Intelligence based)
  • Combat Veteran (Wisdom based)
  • Knight Commander (Charisma based)
  • Something Something (1/3 caster)
• Harsh multiclassing requirement (maybe needing 13 in 2 or Int, Wis, or Cha)

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I imagine the warlord class like a martial adept with the maneuvers of the white raven school (Tome of Battle: Book of the nine Swords).

I imagine the shaman like a mixture of summoner(Pathfinder) and totemist (Magic of Incarnum).

How should be the knight/cavalier, only a paladin without divine spells?

How would be the subclasses of the gish/duskblade (martial-arcane)?

You can't say there are too many classes because it is like saying we have enough subclasses, feats, spells, magic items, PC species. Always there is space for new things.

The cocern by WotC is where to publish new crunch for the no-core classes.

Any idea? the avenger or slayer, a stealth+divine class hybrid focused into terminate unholy enemies, something like the vampire-hunters.

 

[Gorck]

Back in the OneD&D days, when they were still categorizing the classes as Experts, Mages, Priests, and Warriors, they mentioned Artificers would be in the Experts group. I predicted they’d eventually release a Psion for the Mages group, a Shaman for the Priests group, and a Warlord for the Warriors group. So I chose Shaman because we couldn’t pick more than one option and I prefer it slightly more than Warlord.

 

[Kurotowa]

I have to admit I'm generally underwhelmed by the suggestions people have. Pretty much every request is either a highly specialized variant of something in an existing class, or a hybrid of two existing classes.

Given how rarely we see new full classes, I would much rather see something completely new and off the wall, even if it doesnt fit some standard archetype. How about an anti-magic user, a lawyer, a magic baker, or intelligence-based shade of blue? I dunno. Something we haven't seen before, rather that just tweaking what we have.

Very much this. Can you easily name at least four distinct subclasses that will go with this new base class? If no, then it's something that should itself be a subclass somewhere, not a base class.

That's why I voted Other. None of the other options are broad enough to support the number of subclasses a true 5e base class needs to.