Like the Ranger, which mashes together a half dozen different playstyles but balances it by being mediocre at most of them.
Or the Druid, which mashes together a half dozen different playstyles and doesn’t bother to balance them whatsoever (to quote Order of the Stick: “I have class features more powerful than your entire class”).
I love how unexpectedly complex some classes are.
Like the Ranger, which mashes together a half dozen different playstyles but balances it by being mediocre at most of them.
Or the Druid, which mashes together a half dozen different playstyles and doesn’t bother to balance them whatsoever (to quote Order of the Stick: “I have class features more powerful than your entire class”).
Who wants two health bars?
Not anymore! 5.5e gives them temp HP when they wild shape, not an entire beast worth of health bar.
Boooooooo
And (before the 2024 edition) once you reach lvl20 that second healthbar can replenished once per round forever and ever…
Holy shit. Why did they nerf it?