I just made a gnome wizard character and I'm wondering what subclass I should give it. I'm currently thinking of going with Abjuration to make up for wizard's low HP and AC, but I'm also tempted to go with either Divination or Order of Scribes. Which one should I pick?
Well unless you intend to be playing this purely for power think about the story implications of your choice. An Abjuration Wizard has a focus on protecting things, people and themselves, but also are phenomenal Counterspell/Dispel Magic users. So you maybe you choose this if your gnome is a protective parent or maybe lost someone in their past. Leading them to pick this specialization. a Divination Wizard focuses on foreseeing the future and seeing unseen things, so your Gnome may be a fortune teller or a paranoid person who wants to be aware of everything around them. And lastly an Order of Scribes Wizard is the most book focused of wizards, so maybe he was a librarian or has an obsession with gather as much information as possible and writing it down, or maybe he is an avid writer whose stories are so vivid they come to life as magic.
Nobody can tell you the best way for you to have fun. D&D is not about what is the best species and the most powerful class, and the most awesome feat. It's about playing a game and having fun with your friends. Play what seems the most interesting to use.
Well unless you intend to be playing this purely for power think about the story implications of your choice. An Abjuration Wizard has a focus on protecting things, people and themselves, but also are phenomenal Counterspell/Dispel Magic users. So you maybe you choose this if your gnome is a protective parent or maybe lost someone in their past. Leading them to pick this specialization. a Divination Wizard focuses on foreseeing the future and seeing unseen things, so your Gnome may be a fortune teller or a paranoid person who wants to be aware of everything around them. And lastly an Order of Scribes Wizard is the most book focused of wizards, so maybe he was a librarian or has an obsession with gather as much information as possible and writing it down, or maybe he is an avid writer whose stories are so vivid they come to life as magic.
My character is a sage, so Order of Scribes would probably be best.
what happened to the Transmuter, Necromancer, Conjurer, etc... subclasses? In some other book?
Are you asking why they're not in the 2024 Player's Handbook? They wanted to keep the number of subclasses in the PHB consistent from class to class, which meant cutting down the number of subclasses included in the PHB for some classes (notably Wizard and Cleric). However, they are probably going to update at least some of the others in a later book at some point.
The versions of those other subclasses from the 2014 Player's Handbook are of course still available to use.
I just made a gnome wizard character and I'm wondering what subclass I should give it. I'm currently thinking of going with Abjuration to make up for wizard's low HP and AC, but I'm also tempted to go with either Divination or Order of Scribes. Which one should I pick?
Well unless you intend to be playing this purely for power think about the story implications of your choice.
An Abjuration Wizard has a focus on protecting things, people and themselves, but also are phenomenal Counterspell/Dispel Magic users. So you maybe you choose this if your gnome is a protective parent or maybe lost someone in their past. Leading them to pick this specialization.
a Divination Wizard focuses on foreseeing the future and seeing unseen things, so your Gnome may be a fortune teller or a paranoid person who wants to be aware of everything around them.
And lastly an Order of Scribes Wizard is the most book focused of wizards, so maybe he was a librarian or has an obsession with gather as much information as possible and writing it down, or maybe he is an avid writer whose stories are so vivid they come to life as magic.
Nobody can tell you the best way for you to have fun. D&D is not about what is the best species and the most powerful class, and the most awesome feat. It's about playing a game and having fun with your friends. Play what seems the most interesting to use.
My character is a sage, so Order of Scribes would probably be best.
what happened to the Transmuter, Necromancer, Conjurer, etc... subclasses? In some other book?
Are you asking why they're not in the 2024 Player's Handbook? They wanted to keep the number of subclasses in the PHB consistent from class to class, which meant cutting down the number of subclasses included in the PHB for some classes (notably Wizard and Cleric). However, they are probably going to update at least some of the others in a later book at some point.
The versions of those other subclasses from the 2014 Player's Handbook are of course still available to use.
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I would says try out Illusionist since gnomes are know for their illusions but also has some cool features or a diviner for those sweet portent rolls.
Look at all of the subclasses, and decide which one sounds like you'd have the most FUN with it.