Villain Month Fighter Archetype – Iron Knight

Hello, everyone! We’ve reached the final of the four Villain Month archetypes, the Iron Knight! Thank you all for participating and guessing which villains each archetype was based on. As before, if you can identify the villain this archetype is based upon, be sure to reply here or on Twitter (@gamesTBM) with your guess to…

Fighter Archetype – The Destined

Hello, everyone! Continuing the theme of time travel-related subclasses, this week’s fighter Archetype is a warrior who has seen some grave future and aims to change it through their actions in the present. Though parallels could be drawn between several stories featuring time travel (such as a recent high-budget adventure in a cinematic universe), my…

Fighter Archetype: The Conqueror

Hello, everyone! Today’s playtest draft is the Conqueror, a fighter Archetype who uses bends their defeated foes to their will. Fighter Archetype Conqueror It takes a trained eye to distinguish between any given warrior and a true conqueror. Conquest has many forms, from the brutal warlord who relies on physical coercion, to the silver-tongued demagogue,…

Street Brawler Archetype

Hello, everyone! Because this month’s class archetype heavily features unarmed attacks, I think it may be necessary to mention one of 5e’s clunkier rules definitions. According to errata in 2015, unarmed strikes qualify as “Melee weapon attacks” but do not qualify in situations which call for “Melee weapons” such as the Rogue’s Sneak Attack. When…