Originally Posted by Saito Hikari
I am really intrigued to see what they do with Bard. The homebrew subclasses from Solasta have all been varied and interesting so far.

I have a sneaking suspicion that College of Lore isn't making it in, because the Cutting Words pop-up for every possible enemy attack regardless of whichever party member is being targeted that rolls the range for it to trigger is likely to be excessive even by Solasta's standards. It'd be a similar situation to the Wizard subclasses, where the Solasta devs went fully homebrew instead of adapting any of the official wizard subclasses.


I would be surprised if they decided to cut one of the best received PHB subclasses just because their core mechanic causes a few pop-ups. I AM however eagerly looking forward to their custom subclasses - escpecially if we see some melee-focused subclasses for both Bard and Warlock. Those have been fan favorites in the TT version for many MANY players.

As for the Wizard subclass changes - well it would have been awkward if they named one subclass School of Evocation, implying that the other spell schools will be available as subclasses, and then having to say to fans who ask about them "Sorry but WotC is greedy and didn't give them out for free.".

Better to make a whole new subclass to start with, not only in name but also in abilities.

Solasta D&Does what BG3 D&Doesn't.