> 5E > Be cleric > DM decides that using five or six encounters per day is for suckers > Instead, decides to throw one encounter per day. > So, we're fighting this gigantic horde of werewolves. There are fifty of them, they come in packs and every four rounds or so reinforcements arrived. > The werewolves have help from a druid, who's casting spells at us from afar. > Luckily, we all either have silver weapons, or don't need them > We are seriously hurt and on the verge of dying, when the werewolves finally run out > Okay, just have to take down the druid, he must be out of spells by now... > Just kidding, he summons a hydra from the river and escapes. > I have only one spellslot left > Try to search my spells for something that might help > Holy shit > Holy shit, am I reading this correctly > Cast bestow curse > Hydra must make a saving throw every round, if it fails it, it can't act on this round > It's a really low level spell to boot. > Hydra is effortlessly slaughtered, when it can't even defend itself.
I was told that casters are no longer master race in 5e, was I lied to?
Jayden Thompson
>I was told that casters are no longer master race in 5e, was I lied to?
Yep.
Nathan Garcia
Yes, casters in 5e are still master race. Wizard and bard are probably the strongest but cleric is still up there.
The strongest non-full-caster is probably the paladin.
In fact, casters are at their strongest throwing one encounter at you per day, because it means your can blow your entire load in that fight.
Meanwhile, warlocks, fighters, monks etc are left hanging, because they expect to have several short rests a day.
Daniel Lopez
Done in two. Bard is simply the strongest class, IMO. They get Jack of All Trades, Magical Secrets, Inspiration, Song of Rest, and Expertise, plus some of the best spells in the game, proficiency in some useful weapons, three skills of choice, a d8 hitdie, and two of the better saves available (Dex and Cha), all on top of being a full caster that types off of CHA in a game where Half-Elf got a giant buff (the best race if Variant Human is barred).
Brandon Brooks
Bards only lack in the sense that they aren't as great at specializing as wizards (or, if it's about DPR, sorclocks).
Otherwise, yeah, basically best class.
Nathaniel Barnes
As it should be.
Charles Green
>Bards of the Coast When your singing career doesn't work out, game design works to fill the void.
Luis Kelly
> Cast bestow curse > Hydra must make a saving throw every round, if it fails it, it can't act on this round
Uh, am I remembering this spell wrong? Because I'm pretty sure it doesn't work that way.
Robert Price
idk, I've played caster classes where the encounter count started to really get high up so running out of spells was a serious threat.
The moment you enter a dungeon or are constantly assailed by enemies the spell thing is really going to start to hurt.
