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New Bladesinger Wizard is almost entirely buffs
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Feb 20, 2025
Nothing like getting the name of your favorite class wrong. New Bladesinger is almost entirely buffs, but I still think the subclass is fundamentally flawed. What do you think? #dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg #unearthedarcana
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the new forgotten realm subclasses on
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Earth Arcana document includes the
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revised version of the blade singer
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Ranger now this is the third time we've
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seen the blade singer in the 5e era and
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it makes sense that something this
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popular would be reprinted this early in
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the 2024 rules uh there hasn't been a
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ton of changes to the subass it's mostly
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small quality of life improvements uh
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more weapon
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proficiencies things like that uh you
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can now use intelligence for attack and
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weapon damage when you're using Blade
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song so there's a little more
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flexibility there and you have fewer of
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those multiple ability dependency issues
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that the 2014 version had conceptually
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it's still the same subass it still has
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the same issues with being a D6 class
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trying to fight in melee but blad song
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also no longer restricts you to a melee
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weapon so you could absolutely build a
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blade singer who never touches a bladed
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weapon and hangs out in the back with a
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pistol and shoots at people with true
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strike and that would be a perfectly
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fine build that said none of that fixes
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the fundamental problem with the blade
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singer which is that the biggest thing a
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blade singer can do at any given point
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is just to cast a regular wizard spell
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using your subclass
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features
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honestly blad song works as an excellent
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defensive buff for the wizard adding to
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your AC improving concentration and all
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of that is fantastic but that is a
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purely defensive benefit and all of the
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blad singer's offensive options are
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strictly worse than just casting spells
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uh look at anything that the blade
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singer can do look at how exciting that
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damage might be and realize you could
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probably beat that with scorching rays
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at higher levels if you do want to dive
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into melee polymorph is there you can
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still turn yourself into a Tyrannosaurus
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Rex and a T-Rex is going to be much more
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impactful in melee than a blade singer
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is unless you again unless you start
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just casting spells instead of using
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those subclass
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features uh now I know I have taken a
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lot of grief online but this is a hill I
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will absolutely die on
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