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+Joseph Stull in my opinion and experience this would be the "Standard" general party, with a Tank, Healer, and DPS/Utility, respectively as listed. It is the standard because it is easy to play, fairly well balanced, and fairly versatile. Add a Wizard, or a Druid, as a fourth "standard" and it would add the power and additional versatility the line up lacks. Also, just because it is a pet peeve of mine, with no offense intended, it is Rogue, not Rouge, which is a pink color of make up, not a Player Class. Just sayin.

+Joseph Stull First I assume that you are talking about edition 3.5 or pathfinder because that is what the video is aboutFurthermore I assume you talk about pen and pencil role play gameSecond warrior is actually a NPC class that is an inferior version of fighter and should never ever be plaid asde of classes like rogue and cleric. Lets all pretent you said figher...If you are playing pen and penci there is absolutely nothing wrong with playing characters with only restricted power.However it might be a problem if the power gap between the different characters become so large that some of them stops beeing relevant.A fighter is weak in comparsion to other classes at higher level.If you play lets say up to level 6 that does not matter so much. Your group should work out pretty well.But at level 7the cleric will get divine power and the fighter will really struggle to keep beeing relevant. And it will get worse and worse with every passing level.

True, there is that. But you give the fighter one more level, and let him be chaotic evil, you can go Lion barbarian 1/fighter 6 and have spring attack and pounce, turning that paladin into so much mush.

+Keairan3 Meanwhile, the Paladin will be using Lay on Hands, Smite Evil and more to oblitirate the fighter. Remember that there's a feat that makes you automatically use Lay on Hands whenever you reach 0 HP.

+JagEterCoola Valorous weapon for the fighter while working or having shock trooper + power attack. My money is on the fighter.

In other words, you're breaking the Fighter in a different system.I specifically mentioned the Pathfinder Fighter, not the 3.5 Fighter. The class itself is similar between games, but the power of its competing classes as well as the options available to it differs greatly between 3.5 and PF.Take your non-sequitur and go, please.

+tmWasted I can absolutely break a fighter, one capable of out-damaging anything less than an epic damage spell without a whole lot of trouble. Granted, this is only in 3.5, but still quite possible to do.

Yeah my ranger kicks butt all I do is set crap on fire with a magic bow :P

+Jarlaxle Daerthe A fighter's killing potential? Fighters are the weakest martial class in Pathfinder. Sorcerors are just spontaneous wizards with some new bloodline toys.Just like in 3.5, using Deionychus as your Wild Shape form makes you a melee powerhouse. 4 attacks on a full attack; and the attack sequence for this form was actually BUFFED in PF. Not only are your foreclaws 1d6 instead of 1d3, you now have 2 talon attacks (1d8), instead of 2 foreclaw attacks. Oh, what's that? Wild Shape gives you +2 Strength for this form? Well..I started with 18 STR, so now I'm 20 STR in PF, instead of 19 in 3.5. OK, I lose that 19CON from 3.5, so there's the tradeoff.TL;DR - a Pathfinder Druid hits HARDER at lower levels than the 3.5 Druid.Druids still have most of the key low-level control spells, too. Alter Winds, Faerie Fire, Obscuring Mist, Entangle, Hydraulic Push, Fog Cloud, Gust of Wind, Soften Earth and Stone...I'm pretty certain you can control pretty much any low level encounter with those. It is not the prime of the full casters, but it FAR from fails dismally consdiering how many spells it actually shares.

+Jay Neel Yes, my expectations are based off when Druids didn't totally suck... as it stands now they aren't even worth considering.Compare their killing potential to a fighter or sorcerer and they fail dismally...Compare their battlefield control to a wizard or cleric and they fail dismally...Compare the current form of wild shape to when it was actually a viable option and they fail dismally...If no opinions are right or wrong, then why bother arguing your opinion at all? clearly you are trying to make a point/prove your opinion that druids aren't useless is a more valid opinion than mine which is they are completely useless.

+Jarlaxle Daerthe No I am judging them over the course of a lifespan of the class, I will address your points in order.Low Level Spells being Useless: You must exclusively campaign indoors or play with idiot druids who don't know how their spells work. They're (to use a 4th ed Term) Controllers at this point and their companion adds a flanking buddy and battlefield shaping. Entangle is enough to end combats at level 1 with a party who can use ranged weapons.Wild Shape: See earlier statement on you having expectations on Wild Shape based on Pre-Polymorph revision of 3.5, you're living in the past with those expectations and is unrealistic.Each of the subsequent class abilities are relevant in any campaign where the Druid class is relevant.Pro tip btw: Calling an Opinion wrong is ignorant as it implies any opinion is right or wrong which by definition an opinion cannot be. Enjoy your day ^^

+Jay Neel What I mean is their low level spells are absolutely useless.Having wild shape give a bonus to physical stats as opposed to changing them to whatever the animal is you shift into is incredibly underwhelming.I feel you are judging the worth of a class based off it's 20th level abilities.. druids are low to med levels are absolutely useless.You are ofcourse entitled to your opinions, even tho you are wrong :P

+Jarlaxle Daerthe By painfully slow you mean exactly as fast as every other prepared 0-9 Progression spellcaster, thus faster than any spontaneous caster ever?//www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/druid//www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/wizard//www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/clericEvery odd level a new spell level just like the Wizard and Cleric.Wild Shape; it's Wild Shape as it was in 3.5 Post Polymorphing Errata's (which technically included Wild Shape as that would belong to the Polymorph subschool) except you get your Elemental and Plant shapes earlier but they scale in roughly same progression as your animal shapes (6 and 8 respectively instead of 12 and 16 for 3.5). All Paizo did is change how their versions of polymorphing works and gave you a streamlined answer instead of the initial nightmare that was Wild Shape and Polymorph that led to countless Cust. Service questions at WoTC.Spell Lists: Their spell list is just as good as it was in 3.5 considering spell pools.Nature Bond: Split into 2 choices, Animal Companion or DomainAnimal Companion:  2-16 HD Buddy who scales as you do, a wider plethora of choices than 3.5 had (and better yet you don't have an effective druid level penalty for them) who can technically become Sapient and speak (notice how you get the same +1 to a stat every 4 HD and how most animal companions are int 2? You're 1 point away from your Horse becoming Mr. Ed.)Domain: For the Druid who doesn't want book keeping or simply doesn't want an animal companion. You get to be a quasi cleric with your choice of a druid-y Domain. Class features: Didn't know immunity to poisons, ability to diplomacy check things that you cant normally diplomacy check (Animals and Magical Beasts), Ignoring Nonmagical Terrain Features, Not Leaving Tracks,  Immunity to Age (actually a thing with Age spells in Pathfinder) and a free Hat of Disguise, Greater (A Thousand Faces class Feature) were useless.TL;DRThe Class is solid, your arguments are either wrong (Spell Progression as the only things "slower" are Spontaneous or Non Full Progression 0-9 spellcasters with nothing 'Faster' as of yet.) or based on your experiences with a previous Pre-Errata'd System (Wild Shape).The only assumptions this list obviously makes are: Core Rules and No Archetypes. 

+AoWgoldsteel Two reasons one it's a throw back to 3.5. Two it's a rough gauge, but I feel you'll get into trouble if you just use that without consulting the XP budgets.-Nerdarchist Dave

+bonesjackson2 -- that is a brilliant and informative resource!! thanks for throwing down that link.here's an example encounter i just built, based on a party with only two 1st level PCs.in this example they are fighting some goblins.according to the MM goblins are worth 50 XP, and are considered 1/4 CR (challenge rating).according to the calculator you linked, if 2 PCs fight only one goblin, the encounter is "easy." this is because:for a party of two 1st-level PCs encounters are budgeted like this:Easy: 50 XPMedium: 100 XPHard: 150 XPDeadly: 200 XPif the 2 PCs fight 1 goblin, the results are these:Characters: 2 (small party)Monsters: 1 (single)XP to award: 50 XPDifficulty multiplier: 1.5Adjusted Difficulty Rating: 75 XPEncounter Challenge Rating: 1/4HOWEVER -- if 2 PCs fight 2 goblins, the encounter moves to "deadly."Characters: 2 (small party)Monsters: 2 (pair)XP to award: 100 XPDifficulty multiplier: 2Adjusted Difficulty Rating: 200 XPEncounter Challenge Rating: 1even though the math is simple, i wasn't expecting that quick leap from Easy to Deadly.something to think about. thanks again! =)

The question is are you guys having? If so it's all good, if not everyone might have to have conversation about expectations of the game.- Nerdarchist Dave

+Roger Farley also, i try to be true to the MM and the dice, so don't fudge the dice rolls or stat blocks, unless draw up a new level of the creature... "Dread Zombie".... lol

+Jake Simmons I agree player tactics can certainly change the difficulty of an encounter. - Nerdarchist Ted

+Thomas Bensen Yeah it does take some time to get used to the new system. I myself had some issues in the early stages of 5e, - Nerdarchist Ted

As the DM you can do that. There is one thing we didn't cover enough and that is the CR number isn't really relevant. It's the actual budget that matters. Example the genie is cr 11, but it's an appropriate challenge for a party of 4-5 players of 7th-8th level characters.So when you break down the encounter that way the sum of it's parts start to fall away, because the actual cr number doesn't really mean anything it's all about the budget.As the DM though you can adjust the XP however works best for your game.-Nerdarchist Dave

True. Whenever you can terrify your players with a weak monsters it seems like a win as the DM.-Nerdarchist Dave

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the barbarian's durability, rages, and dailies set it apart. our barbarian never fell unconscious, soaked up damage for other players, and did more damage than the ranger. I like the avenger's style, but the barbarian wiped out the minions almost immediately if there were any, then used dailies on the big guys to make it short. when those guys go prone, because barbs knock things prone so much, the whole party then swarms in and starts hitting that guy with everything they got. our ranger pissed off the barbarian once, and it was a very short fight, with the barbarian regaining control of the party. if your avenger did better, then it's damn good, probably unstoppable. I'd like to see the build.

You had me at half elf Ranger, in using one of them myself, and for a level 2 his stats are great. His perception is +7, stealth +6 (might I add I'm playing Pathfinder), and animal wise too, handle animal +8 (best stat by far), and ride +7. There's more fairly big numbers and stats to say but it's too much. He's been such a fun character to play as, only bad part is that he's terrible with melee, well at least my luck is. He has a +3-4(idk, forgot) but has a +5-6 for ranged so obviously I try to use as much ranged weaponry as possible. Plus I get better luck with them. Back to actually commenting, I'm really stoked to what he could do, especially after reading your comment because hole-E shit I want that character!

I agree. After looking at a Goliath weeks before playing, I had him doing at will slow +15-20dmg a turn, with second at will being a temp hit point gainer for tanking situations. Boosted by his ridiculous health and resistances and his ability to do extra damage on slows all at level 1. He's now a level 7 who has never needed to use a daily or healing surge in an encounter.

Cool thanx Andrew

+Art Wood I'll ask my community here but I'm going to guess no, though it, as always, remains up to your DM.

Right, but the shape-shifted AC is simply a "flat" AC, so I was just curious if whether it would benefit from the Unarmored Defense AC as well.

Strictly speaking it does not."Some spells and class features give you a different way to calculate your AC.  If you have multiple features that give you different ways to calculate your AC, you choose which one to use."  Though you could debate it with your DM.

Would have been awesome though...

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+יונתן שטרןIt won't be for a week.

did you upload it yet?

I am a subscriber of your channel it has good content

+יונתן שטרןIf you're subscribed you should see a when each new episode of Ask a DM comes out, usually on Sundays.

ok. tell me when it comes out please.

+יונתן שטרןI'll probably bring it up next Ask a DM.

and if you make a video about my question call me Yonstern

please make on that a video.and i love your is it legit.can you make a seiries of help for the dm. i whant to dm a game but how do i find a group?

+יונתן שטרןPerhaps, though I probably won't be able to make all the conversions and such.

can you do a video about it and explain?

You can certainly use their plots, adventure hooks, puzzles and loot ideas, but you'll need to change the system mechanics to fit that edition.

I much preferred the 1st or 2nd Edition Monster Summoning spells. Lots of fun.

This is a VERY under-rated wizard specialization, and probably my favorite.

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