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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 7999159" data-attributes="member: 205">To clarify, I mean there's no consensus requirement that a revised option be of the same power level as the PHB option it's attempting to revise.  (I'd argue that there's much more of a consensus that material not be introduced that's better than already top-tier options like paladins or sorlocks.) It's OK for a revised ranger to be flat out better than the PHB ranger, because there's a fair amount of agreement that the PHB ranger is problematic.  Personally, I find druid to be on the lower end of the full casters, balance-wise. (Where casters stand balance-wise compared to non-casters is something I don't think there's strong agreement on, so I'll ignore that aspect for this discussion.)  The only problematic parts of Druid, as I see it, are Tier 1 Moon druids, and the extremely problematic 20th level capstone.  There are possibly some shenanigans around Conjure X spells, but those are fairly easy to remedy by simply applying the Crawford interpretation of allowable summons.  But again, just my opinion.I don't really think it's particularly necessary to discuss hypothetical tradeoffs of features, I've already provided a link to the finished product which can be evaluated holistically.  Then specific balance concerns can be raised rather than hypothetical ones.</blockquote>