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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 7880743" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>Rune Knight, Swarmkeeper and Revived were the only ones I truly hated, unsurprisingly from the same UA articles. </p><p></p><p>The reason is not that they are badly designed mechanically (well the Revived is, as it's a boring rehash of the most common kind of bonuses) but they are thoroughly ill-conceived as Fighter, Ranger and Rogue archetypes. </p><p></p><p>There is absolutely no reason why a Rogue and only a rogue could be a "revived", and nobody else. This is the worst offender of the bunch because it also forces a very narrative event that has nothing to do with level, to occur exactly at a specific level. This concept should just not be an archetype tied to a specific class. Make it ANYTHING else and it'll be already better. </p><p></p><p>Similarly, Rune Knight just doesn't work as a Fighter-only option.</p><p></p><p>The Swarmkeeper is the least worst, but it clearly would fit the Druid a lot better. As a matter of fact I think the best thing they could do to the Ranger is quit this nonsense about being a "pet warrior". It's got nothing to do with the original Ranger concept, and it's only done harm to the class.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 7880743, member: 1465"] Rune Knight, Swarmkeeper and Revived were the only ones I truly hated, unsurprisingly from the same UA articles. The reason is not that they are badly designed mechanically (well the Revived is, as it's a boring rehash of the most common kind of bonuses) but they are thoroughly ill-conceived as Fighter, Ranger and Rogue archetypes. There is absolutely no reason why a Rogue and only a rogue could be a "revived", and nobody else. This is the worst offender of the bunch because it also forces a very narrative event that has nothing to do with level, to occur exactly at a specific level. This concept should just not be an archetype tied to a specific class. Make it ANYTHING else and it'll be already better. Similarly, Rune Knight just doesn't work as a Fighter-only option. The Swarmkeeper is the least worst, but it clearly would fit the Druid a lot better. As a matter of fact I think the best thing they could do to the Ranger is quit this nonsense about being a "pet warrior". It's got nothing to do with the original Ranger concept, and it's only done harm to the class. [/QUOTE]
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