Alternate Fighter Class v3.4.0 - Update!

Hey All! 

Following up on the mountain of feedback I got for the Alternate Fighter update I posted last week, I thought these changes deserved their own standalone update. Not sure when I’ll get around to doing another major Alternate Fighter update after this one (it’d been over a year since the last update!) so I want to make sure I get this right.

This update is rolling back some of my overzealous changes from the past update, and fixing/standardizing a few things that I’d overlooked. 

As always, let me know what you think of the update in the comments! I know a lot of you have played this class, so check out the Exploits/Features/Subclasses you used and let me know what you think of the changes!

~laserllama

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Alternate Fighter v3.4.0

Second Wind / Extra Attack (Dodge) / Action Surge:
While fun options, I think, the changes I made to these features were a bit over the top. While they may have been good ideas for “lasers & llamas”, I think they were too strong for 5e.

Eye for Talent:
To prevent constant spam of this ability (slowing down the game), once you fail your Search check against a creature, you can’t use this on that creature again until you finish a long rest.

Martial Superiority:
While I still think the Fighter needed a boost at 11th level to take them into the “late game”, the previous version was a bit too strong. This version accomplishes the same thing in a more balanced way.

Fighting Styles:
I made a number of tweaks to the Fighting Styles and new “Expert” Fighting Styles to keep them fun flavorful improvements to the Fighter without pushing the class over the top.

Knight Errant:
This subclass got trimmed back a bit - I love defensive/supportive archetypes and I think I over-buffed this subclass a bit.

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Change Log - Alternate Fighter v3.4.0

• Second Wind // Reverted to previous Alt Fighter version. Was too strong at low levels and too weak at higher levels.

• Martial Exploits // Exploits Known // You learn a final 11th Exploit at 19th level.

• Eye for Talent // If you fail the check you can’t use it again on that creature.

• Extra Attack // Removed Dodge as an option.

• Action Surge // Removed extra uses with Exhaustion.

• Martial Superiority // Now one free 1st/2nd degree Exploit per round.

• Balanced Fighting // Renamed (Dueling). (I’ve wanted to do this for a while now).

• Classical Swordplay // Rewritten to be more concise and less confusing.

• Defensive Fighting // No longer works with only a shield.

• Defensive Expert // Reworked around your reaction.

• Dual Wielding // Can now get this with 13 Strength.

• Great Weapon Expert // Removed bonus attack on a crit. You can use this as many times as you can keep killing creatures.

• Polearm Fighting // Disallowed shields.

• Protection Expert // Now you have a reaction to buff DEX saves.

• Knight Errant // Trained Knight // Cut free Mounted Warrior Fighting Style.

• Knight Errant // Noble Guardian // Reworded for clarity.

• Master at Arms // Combat Theorist // Bonus reduced to Exploit Die.

• Master at Arms // Legendary Superiority // Updated with base class changes

• Exploits // Standardized “damage of your weapon attack” language for Volley, Whirlwind Strike, and Thunderous Shot.

• Exploits // Mythic Athleticism // Added back concentration requirement.

• Runecarver // Rune Carver // Replaced calligrapher’s supplies with mason’s tools.