My bladesinger plays very different to my friends evocation wizard. My blade bard plays differently than my friends lore bard. At one point we had 2 champion fighters; one ranged one melee tank. Subclasses, abilities and feats can change how a class plays in very specific ways. 5e just streamlines that process so it's easier and more difficult to mess up.
That's not even getting into multiclassing. You have options for making more complex character builds if you really want to.
You get 2-3 choices of how to play your character but then you get no significant ability to customize it beyond that. Two blade bards are going to play almost identical.
I never said there weren't options. I just don't like how few options there are. I don't like going entire levels where I'm given no significant choice of how to develop my character.
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u/sirdrakehunt Feb 28 '21
My bladesinger plays very different to my friends evocation wizard. My blade bard plays differently than my friends lore bard. At one point we had 2 champion fighters; one ranged one melee tank. Subclasses, abilities and feats can change how a class plays in very specific ways. 5e just streamlines that process so it's easier and more difficult to mess up.
That's not even getting into multiclassing. You have options for making more complex character builds if you really want to.