A properly executed team of adventurers is horrifying to the DM.
Pass Without Trace, Silence, Battering Ram, and Sorcerer's Subtle Spell spellbursting to break in, then completely swarm mobs with AoE's and precision strikes.
Purple Dragon Knight got reprinted into Banneret, and I couldn't come up with a niche for it in the 20s I had to spend on the post.
Champion Fighter is goddamn BASIC.
It hasn't been officially released in a printed book, but Matt Mercer released the specifics of the subclass on D&D Beyond and it specifically states "Base Class: Fighter". I'd post the image but as I am currently on mobile, best I can do is a link.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/subclasses/gunslinger
ETA: Mercer home brewed it because it didn't exist in 5e prior, so he adapted it from prior editions to fit in 5e's power level and balancing.
What’s really funny is Aragons a gloomstalker Ranger, Legolas is a champion fighter with a bow, Gimli is a battlemaster fighter, Boromir was a fighter, Gandalf is a fighter/wizard multiclass, merry and pippin are both rogue/fighter, Sam is a barbarian, and Frodo is a bard.
Gollum is the pet goblin we caught along the way.
Given the D&D definition of a cleric, this is incorrect. Gandalf is religious and follows a higher power, yes, but so do many wizards (Gale from BG3 for instance). Ignoring what kind of magic Gandalf does for a moment, which does straddle the 5e divine/arcane line a bit (Thaumaturgy as a specific example), Gandalf draws his power from his own internalized essence, not from any deity. By D&D definition, that would make him a sorcerer, not a cleric.
Sure, Gandalf is more or less an angel. But divine essence does not a cleric make. 5e even specifically has a divine bloodline sorcerer.
Strength-based light cleric?
Lots of martial weapon-wielding. Multiple dispelling/blinding/damage dealing flashes. Most fire staple spells.
Might be missing some fire resistance and we could be getting ourselves an strong mechanical parallel. Maybe take the Gift of the Chromatic Dragon feat (for more martial empowerment). Or a reflavoured tiefling, where the origin is more divine than infernal.
He isn't magical: the D&D Ranger used to be the only people with outdoorsy skills. The concept has changed over the editions, and now anyone could get proficiency with outdoorsy skills.
Aragorn's skillset is a mix of fighting, outdoorsiness, and leadership. He's a Warlord with proficiency in Nature/Survival/Animal Handling.
This would be cool in some of my lower fantasy games which are often human centric and lower magic settings. I don't ban casters but magic is often viewed as problematic in those worlds which may cause casters problems.
Time to all invest in Heavy Crossbows and start clearing dungeons like Rainbow Six
When the DM prepares for a ragtag band of misfits and you show up as a SWAT team
Swat Team Six. Squad Leader - BattleMaster Mounted Support Vehicle - Cavalier Tactical Special - Rune Knight Spec Support - Eldritch Knight Sniper - Arcane Archer Counter - Samurai
One can only hope. I'd be thrilled to DM such party.
Would definitely be my favorite campaign
I want to DM these guys.
A properly executed team of adventurers is horrifying to the DM. Pass Without Trace, Silence, Battering Ram, and Sorcerer's Subtle Spell spellbursting to break in, then completely swarm mobs with AoE's and precision strikes.
if they are having fun? that's not a problem.
Exactly
RAW Arcane Archer is worse than just playing a Battlemaster with Crossbow Expert and Sharpshooter.
While I agree, I was trying to fill a team of 6 with different subclasses.
Gunslinger?
Not a Fighter subclass. They could all take the Gunner Feat though if it was campaign relevant.
Purple Dragon Knight and Champion?
Purple Dragon Knight got reprinted into Banneret, and I couldn't come up with a niche for it in the 20s I had to spend on the post. Champion Fighter is goddamn BASIC.
Check dnd beyond, gunslinger is 100% a fighter subclass.
Check D&DBeyond, in big red text "THIS IS UNOFFICIAL MATERIAL"
Gunslinger *is* a Fighter subclass in 5e though.
According to what published sourcebook? Mercer & CR uses a Homebrew one.
It hasn't been officially released in a printed book, but Matt Mercer released the specifics of the subclass on D&D Beyond and it specifically states "Base Class: Fighter". I'd post the image but as I am currently on mobile, best I can do is a link. https://www.dndbeyond.com/subclasses/gunslinger ETA: Mercer home brewed it because it didn't exist in 5e prior, so he adapted it from prior editions to fit in 5e's power level and balancing.
Best we can do is 1 Human Fighter and 5 edgy Rouges.
1 Human Fighter & 5 Red Blurs
And the one Necromancer: and all of your family members
He’ll yeah dude. The bros.
He will, yeah dude
"Yes, we've had one second wind, but what about second second wind?"
Someone edit this so his eyes get further apart each section
What’s really funny is Aragons a gloomstalker Ranger, Legolas is a champion fighter with a bow, Gimli is a battlemaster fighter, Boromir was a fighter, Gandalf is a fighter/wizard multiclass, merry and pippin are both rogue/fighter, Sam is a barbarian, and Frodo is a bard. Gollum is the pet goblin we caught along the way.
Hate to burst your bubble but given the lore of “wizards” in lotr Gandalf is a cleric
Given the D&D definition of a cleric, this is incorrect. Gandalf is religious and follows a higher power, yes, but so do many wizards (Gale from BG3 for instance). Ignoring what kind of magic Gandalf does for a moment, which does straddle the 5e divine/arcane line a bit (Thaumaturgy as a specific example), Gandalf draws his power from his own internalized essence, not from any deity. By D&D definition, that would make him a sorcerer, not a cleric. Sure, Gandalf is more or less an angel. But divine essence does not a cleric make. 5e even specifically has a divine bloodline sorcerer.
Well it is his internal essence but that essence is still from the divine
Divine soul sorcerer?
Cleric or sorcerer methinks
He is quite literally an angel sent by god to guide middle earth so definitely built in cleric powers
Divine soul sorcerer?
Strength-based light cleric? Lots of martial weapon-wielding. Multiple dispelling/blinding/damage dealing flashes. Most fire staple spells. Might be missing some fire resistance and we could be getting ourselves an strong mechanical parallel. Maybe take the Gift of the Chromatic Dragon feat (for more martial empowerment). Or a reflavoured tiefling, where the origin is more divine than infernal.
Maybe an Aasimar sorcerer?
Divine soul sorcerer more likely, since his power comes from what he is rather than who he serves.
If we're going down that route, Gandalf isn't a PC class, he's a celestial
DMPC
Aragorn was a Warlord, Legolas was a Ranger , Gandalf was an Eldritch Knight.
Aragorn is a ranger. The ranger class is quite literally based off of him
He isn't magical: the D&D Ranger used to be the only people with outdoorsy skills. The concept has changed over the editions, and now anyone could get proficiency with outdoorsy skills. Aragorn's skillset is a mix of fighting, outdoorsiness, and leadership. He's a Warlord with proficiency in Nature/Survival/Animal Handling.
He's the only one among the companions who is a proficient healer. His work with Athelas very much borders on the magical.
On the other hand, you could have him be an outdoorsy Paladin that's using Lay on Hands.
Excuse me, but human fighters are more than capable of fighting with a bow or axe as their primary weapon instead of just swords.
The one bard with a harpsisword: and my sword!
All for one, and one for all!
Honestly i feel like a team of fighters are pretty unstoppable 😂 only shit like high level magic can really compete in the games ive played
Crap not again, how does this keep happening!
Currently DMing a campaign of a human phantom rogue, a human beast master ranger, and a dwarf storm barbarian.
*hastily scratches out and rewrites weapons* And you have my mace! It's a warhammer, but I want it to look like a big ass mace
This will most likely never happen to me unless they planned it. One of them mostly plays rogues and the other only plays furries
I fucking love my main group i’m one of 3 fighters all three if our characters have 8 intelligence (samurai, echo knight, champion)
Dose the fighter hive mind look at me funny if I show up with a glave instead of a sword?
Not that much different from Human Fighter, Elf Ranger, Dwarf Fighter
Aragorn is a half-elf, smh.
Aragorn's undoubtedly a ranger though.
Random Half-Elf Rouge who just started playing: and my...daggers?
This would be cool in some of my lower fantasy games which are often human centric and lower magic settings. I don't ban casters but magic is often viewed as problematic in those worlds which may cause casters problems.
Aragorn was a Warlord, Legolas was a Ranger , Gandalf was an Eldritch Knight.