Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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I think the Hell Knight is rad as hell (pun intended), but missing the utility you get from a lot of other fighter subclasses. I'm absolutely down for the fiction of a bounty hunter for the hells (and not just cause I've already made a character with that backstory), but really all the subclass gives you is extra damage and some flexibility with fire vs regular damage.
That said, in 5.5, flexibility with damage type is better then 5e because they don't do "resistant/immune to nonmagic weapons", and the free devils sight is pretty good.
But when I compare it with it's closest spiritual relative in the fighter subclass family, the Rune Knight, the latter offers more for your buck than just fire damage and more of it.
I definitely want to see this subclass move forwards, but that's just what I'd like to see addressed.
Rune Knight isn't official 2024 content either, so we should really only compare it with the subclasses released in 2024.
It's better than Champion or Banneret. As you say, the damage switching is nice, although fire being resisted can be an issue.
I'd like to see it get some time at the table.
Being better than the Banneret is the lowest of bars. It's the only thing in the official books I'd consider banning, just to prevent some newer player from taking it by mistake.
At level 7 it can overcome resistance, which gives some nice versatility
Do you have a link to actually find it?
As with all Unearthed Arcana supplements, it can be found here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/ua
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Thank you but I have no idea where to look for any suplements. I can't find any title for UA or sources.
Not really sure what you mean — if you click on the link I posted, you'll be on the Unearthed Arcana page. You can also get to it via Rules -> Unearthed Arcana in the menu at the top of the site.
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I’m shocked nobody has brought up the Illrigger. Grant it, they aren WotC official, but they totally work in DnDBeyond. I can’t remember the price offhand, but they offer custom spells and five subclasses, each good with no clearcut best of.
i’d honestly look into it and then see if your table is ok with it.