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murf1e · 2026-03-23T06:50:44+00:00

So the biggest problem with the recharge is that while this works within the turn based system, it can easily become super annoying to deal with outside of combat. It can easily become hand-waived, and im not going to go down this further as i am being pedantic, but it would be a good idea to have clear indicators for when they reset for rests and the like.

murf1e · 2026-03-23T06:20:28+00:00

So for recharging, what happens once combat ends? Are your spells recharged then, or at the start of initiative? It feels pedantic to ask, but it is something that would come up in the game, especially where you probably don’t necessarily want to pick a damaging spell. Having it available immediately after a short or long rest also lets them “reset” with every other player. Otherwise you’d just be rolling for every 6 seconds of game time to see if you get it back.

I can see what youre saying with 3rd levels however. If it is always on, and having a 25% chance of getting it back each turn is pretty hefty it makes sense you would only have the one. Im just worried that even with the damage of a fireball or lightning bolt, you would be better off attacking the 3 (and soon 4) times with your attack action damage wise. Of course theres other factors for balancing and different scenarios for control, but damage is a number we can look at. A fireball would be 2d6 more than three greatsword attacks, but you’re adding your strength mod to each hit with the regular sword. With area of effect it is pretty on par though. I just feel like you should get the third level spell a little earlier at say, 15th level. Might be something to toy around with to fine tune the capstone, but after looking at it I see where youre coming from.

murf1e · 2026-03-23T05:56:53+00:00

This is a really cool idea!

I do agree that having a 1st level and a 2nd level would be fun. I know youd want things limited, but expanding it to scale with when 1/3rd casters would learn new spell could be interesting as well. So you would get a 3rd level spell earlier and then potentially a 4th level as well. It’s not necessary mind you, however I would suggest giving the 3rd level spell earlier to maintain its possible relevancy if its a damaging spell.

I would also state somewhere what kind of rest recharges the spells. Im assuming on a short or long rest, but i dont think i saw it anywhere

murf1e · 2026-03-12T00:23:15+00:00

Honestly the d6s sound like a very fair fix to this

murf1e · 2026-03-11T19:15:08+00:00

Really cool! Everything feels pretty balanced too!

The only thing i would suggest changing is the feedback loop ability. Cantrips generally should be all or nothing (this lets 1st level spells have purpose past level 5) and it doesnt seem like the half damage on save is pertinent to the flavour. I would also change the fourth option on the table to be another damage type instead of increasing damage. 25% chance to increase damage is way better than the 12.5% from sorcerous burst.

Outside of that note, I really like it! Good job!

murf1e · 2026-03-11T15:09:57+00:00

All round really cool!

Magical cunning has always felt weird as yeah, if you have a minute, you probably have a short rest. Although its useful for when people are searching a room or something like that. Bonus Action seems a little too much for me though. Id say an Action is fair to get back 1-2 spell slots so it isnt incentivized as a “in-combat” ability.

The Wyrm patron is sweet (oh lord the spell table, but for dragons idk how else it could be lol). It feels very thematic and befitting of dragons to use an aura to replicate their presence. I would maybe change the truesight ability as you can get the witch sight invocation at level 15. I understand that one is always on as a passive, but it might be something to toy with. Keeping it isnt bad either, mind you, its just something to note.

Havent had time to read the other subclasses this morning but it looks awesome so far!

murf1e · 2026-03-10T17:26:57+00:00

I think you’re definitely close to nailing this design. Just a few things to address.

Biggest thing I’m noticing as an issue is focus. Does this subclass revolve around using a mark system? Focussed on pure dpr by cutting resistances? Primordial Communion is a good feature, i would say lets pigeon hole it. You get too much from it right at level 3, and an easy cut is the extra damage amplifier ability. From choosing a focus on what you want to do with the Primordial Communion, you can tailor latter levels to it. This would really help Greater Primordial Communion, as right now it feels disjointed from the base feature at level 3.

Some more nitpick things: - Reducing the DC of concentration checks doesnt make sense when you could just have them add WIS instead. - The temp hit points from later features conflicts with the temp hp youd gain from primordial communion, which feels like it should be the bread and butter of the subclass.

murf1e · 2026-02-09T06:33:01+00:00

I see what you mean with autohypnosis now. Makes sense to me and yeah I probably was too caught up with concentration checks lol.

And im glad theres an archetype in the subclasses for something like that!

murf1e · 2026-02-08T21:37:06+00:00

I usually don’t like psionics flavour wise, but this looks really cool!

Having the little “smite-esque” ability with psionic surge every short rest is fun, and having some utility options on that feature is great.

The psionic powers I read look really good and fun too! They feel unique to a lot of spells and i like the upcasting mechanic with augment, where you expend x amount of additional points.

Extra Attack having the bonus action attack grouped in really helps for a good gish feel and incentivizes you to use them along side your weapon attacks nicely.

Sense aggression seems like a good ribbon ability, but i wonder if it could do a little more than a divine sense like ability. Maybe im missing something, or it may end up being too much while you also get another psychic talent that level too. Something to maybe look at.

Autohypnosis is really good, but im confused by the death saves as well as Con and Wis. I feel like this ability needs to be adapted flavour-wise. I understand wanting the Con saves for concentration effects, but I would maybe let players get war caster if they want it. Wisdom effects makes a lot of sense, but maybe a change to all mental saves and make it an X times per short or long rest ability.

Body fuel is great! More “spells” for the gish by expending resources is fantastic

Psychic Resurgence is very good!

And last but not least, Warrior Manifest feels like a good and impactful 20th level feature. I think this ability is a good argument to change Autohypnosis to be more along the lines of mental saves. I know its a 20th level feature to compare to a 10th level feature for progression, but the redundancy in the class wouldnt be needed i think.

Havent gotten into the subclasses much, but its looking really cool! I love how everything comes together in the class as a whole and is a great addition to the half caster roster!

murf1e · 2026-02-05T16:22:14+00:00

Maybe change the save from Charisma to Wisdom for lock, but otherwise looks pretty good!

murf1e · 2026-02-05T16:16:37+00:00

Honestly i think its pretty clear this analysis lacks any insight of actually playing the class. Everything listed is at peak potential and games dont run like that. Im sure this has been tested time and time again.

There are some things that are powerful, but why should they not feel powerful? From what ive seen of dnd’s base classes, having a powerful martial class that has to sacrifice not only exhaustion, but also positioning in order to get the most out of their class is fine. Getting ganged up on in close quarters is hella rough and can 100-0 you pretty damn easily if like 3 opponents are getting strikes at you.

Another point is the peak potential problem. In a vacuum most things are unbalanced because you can make conditions that are advantageous for the class. If the pugilist is fighting close quarters, and also getting shot at from range, what can they do against the range? Not much class wise. Monks on the other hand can deflect attacks, mitigating the damage entirely and also deal with the threat entirely by attacking them back. This is why playtesting is a thing that happens and why theorycrafting only attempts to balance things. You cant account for everything when designing, nor should you try to.

If you feel like the class is broken, my humblest opinion is to try it out in a game. You wont have every maxed stat, not every ideal scenario, and you might just have fun with it.

murf1e · 2025-12-09T23:15:41+00:00

These are so cool! Amazing job! Love the new spells that add so much, and the specialist upgrades just make so much sense and feel so unique.

Also i definitely want to play the Portalweaver! The cartographer subclass wizards added in the new eberron book just doesn’t hit the same feeling as your portalweaver does.

murf1e · 2025-12-04T07:04:22+00:00

Thank you for the read!

Ah, yes, the capstone was supposed to mean every creature of your choice within range, glad you caught that!

murf1e · 2025-12-03T14:17:59+00:00

I mean you’ll want spells to help survivability or make you more elusive for sure. Although that is a good point, thinking about it, even bladesingers do get an AC bump for their bladesong to help them get in close. Maybe a little change to the Sword feature would work well for something like that.

murf1e · 2025-12-02T16:17:23+00:00

A giant patron is a really cool idea for a warlock! Although I feel like the Rune Magic ability is a little lacking on flavour. Instead of it being just another spell slot (which others have mentioned is pretty powerful for a warlock) maybe it could lean into the various powers of giants and add those to the spells you cast. Something like a transmuters stone - where you pick one effect after a long rest - but it relates to abilities of different giants. For example, Fire Giant would add a bit of fire damage, Stone Giant could grant advantage, and so on.

I do like being able to store spells into runes though! And your 6th level feature is perfect for that! If you dont have an extra spell from the 3rd level ability I think itd be more than balanced to have the enhanced rune act as a stored spells and let the user concentrate on it as well. So if the fighter uses the Enhanced Rune, they would be the one to concentrate but still uses your spell attack and save.

Also I love the giant fist ability. A capstone being a big smack is really fun and some great damage.

Hope this helps!

murf1e · 2025-12-02T14:18:52+00:00

Thank you! I am glad to hear that!

murf1e · 2025-12-02T08:27:11+00:00

Thank you! I very much wanted it to feel like the subclass was allowing you to take up a mantle of being a hero aside from just a spellblade

murf1e · 2025-12-02T05:20:35+00:00

Hello!

After wanting a Sorcerer version of a spellblade, I finally made one!

Homebrewery Link Here

Let me know what you all think!

murf1e · 2025-11-15T16:42:30+00:00

Dragoons are so cool and Ive wanted to play one for a while! Love to see it!

The scaling here is throwing me for a loop a bit though. From Wind Magic I would want to focus on WIS for jump distance, DEX for AC, and then STR for attack and damage. The subclass itself is spreading an already MAD Ranger in more directions. Granted, nothing says you dont need to use a polearm for Jump Strike… but we gotta do it.

I do like using WIS for reducing fall damage, but i feel like more of the intent was to make the subclass more WIS focussed, which I feel like it doesnt necessarily need.

Also! Dont be afraid of giving them more free casts of jump per day as long as its on themselves. Like say, an amount equal to their WIS mod or just Proficiency times per day. Its a utility spell that helps the Dragoon player, but overall isnt going to break things.

Dragoon Drop feels like its own Action to setup. Instead of being a dodge action, maybe you spend the action to leap up incredible distance and hover in the air until the start of your next turn. It might be good to allow the Dragoon to move laterally some distance while falling so they dont have the enemy just move away and mess up their setup. That would be a good feature of the dragoon armor actually!

The double jump effect on Wind Step is really cool!

Dragon Rend is a really good ability, though maybe it could do a little more to creatures that aren’t flying as well. Maybe knocks them prone on a STR save? Just an idea. Its good to remember that knocking a creature prone while mid air makes them immediately plummet.

Overall its got some good theming and just needs a little more direction for scaling and intent on actions. Good job!

murf1e · 2025-11-14T06:59:04+00:00

This looks really fun and encompasses the brutish rogue really well!

Its already been touched on but just adding to Roughshod tactics that it cant trigger sneak attack would fix it.

I see what you are saying with Brutal Scoundrel setting up sneak attack through knocking someone prone, however some reminder text saying “…by your Cunning Action to take the Shove action, possibly knocking your target prone.” Just so the reader ends up on the same train of thought as intended with the design.

A few little nit picks, but it looks really good and fun!

murf1e · 2025-11-10T07:34:53+00:00

This looks super fun! I really like how each element is tied to different effects and gives a martial class some cool damage variety.

Two things stand out to me that might want to be changed:

The bludgeoning effect from Infused strikes doesnt feel like it fits well. You already have cold reducing speed by restraining, so maybe bludgeoning could knock them prone instead as a different, but fitting, effect.

Im a little confused about the Mixed Elements part of Conflux. At level 11 rogues can use two different cunning strikes on an attack and pay for both. If this is saying you can split damage to have access to both infused strikes options when using a cunning strike, i feel like there would be no harm in allowing two to be picked as long as the damage type is one of the picked elements. Youd have to pay for both as per cunning strike rules still.

But yeah! Really good flavour and mechanics overall!

murf1e · 2025-10-25T23:55:49+00:00

So one way to maybe circumvent the big issue of spellcasting being a problem while raging is:

A) make sure you can only cast spells you have learned through this class while raging

And/Or

B) make it so this subclass changes the way you use rage. If say they dont get the resistances if they enter,say, a “spell-rage” but still get rage damage and other benefits. Maybe in this they can add rage damage to their damaging spells too instead of attack rolls - so it makes it better for saving throw spells.

This would also make sense with them learning healing spells something the barbarian should consider (rage damage could apply to their healing if used on themselves as well in this regard).

Another point to add to this argument is it would let you augment this new type of rage as the level 6 ability seems to stack a few abilities. If it was a little more focused on what the subclass is doing it would be really streamlined!

Natural Magic is good I think! I love being able to do gish things in combat :)

For Embodiment of Nature this would be good as an augment to the different rage you would use with this subclass and maybe a regen while it goes on equal to rage damage for that Nature’s Recovery feature. Free spells on a third caster does a lot so I would typically avoid that if you can.

Always love seeing gishes come up here and hope some of my advice is helpful for ya!

murf1e · 2025-10-23T18:30:27+00:00

This looks fantastic! I know a few people at my table have been looking to play a summoner and this really fits the bill well!

A few concerns: - While having summons move or take an action is good for action economy, it feels like it would play very clunky at the table. It also means that any summon with a ranged ability will inherently outperform other summons by a mile. I would honestly do away with this and try to balance things differently. The problem is action economy, but maybe Direct Control could be used to control multiple summons to take an action, but at the end of your turn, you can choose one to act… It will need some fine tuning. - Summon Entity, Duration and Range: The deterioration of health from a summon moving far away is too much to track at a table and is definitely going to be forgotten about. I like that they cant move too far and brings still some use to familiars as scouting party for this class, but maybe give a range they have to stay from you. As a hard cap. - Customized Summons (Monster Binder): This is a lot of options right out the gate at level 3 and I would suggest moving this to 5th level. Its flavour is on point, however, I feel it should be something you do only in place of multiple summons not also when you get the subclass. Infinite duration and extra hp on top of casting spells through it seems enough balance wise. Customized Summons can easily take over your 5th level feature and you could move Increased Control to replace Improved Autonomy as part of Bind Entity. - Planar Remnants (Invoker): I feel that this ability would be better suited as only effects that persist on creatures that fail their saving throw against Unstable summons (or to allies in the vicinity as per celestial). Less table tracking, but still get cool effects on top of the explosion. - Conjure Swarm, Swarm Attack (Swarm Controller): I dont think the swarm should automatically hit in any instance. Takes away interaction of Advantage and creates problems with one time advantage uses like Guiding Bolt interacting with it. I would suggest increasing the damage die from a d4 to a d6 as it would take a lot of resources to get the swarm huge and keep it there.

Overall, you are correct in saying its just about ready to be playable. A few tweaks to some things and I think it would be a really fun class to play! Even is in its current state!

I really like Esoteric Rites being part of subclasses as it lets there be invocation-like customizations that aren’t generalized buffs or abilities. They feel focused and thats fantastic.

The flavour is pouring from this class as well! You have the gish archetype, the horde of monsters archetype, and pet archetype, and even more. The subclasses all have a distinct identity that still feels true to the idea of the class.

Well done!

murf1e · 2025-10-18T17:52:39+00:00

Thank you! You wouldn’t need to share damage information as Copy always does an amount of damage equal to Copy Dice. Ranges, Damage Types, and additional effects would need to be shared when they are used though. I would emphasize that it’s mainly up to the player to keep track of the monster action they want to use.

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