Crypt of Knowledge
Season 2 Episode 5 – Hack & Slash: Playing A Martial Class
We reviewed the entirety of the spellcasters recently. Now it’s time to discuss their counterparts, the martial classes. Since as far back as I can remember, D&D fans have debated who was better, the martial classes or spellcasters. The argument has diminished somewhat since there’s no clear distinction in 5E, but it’s still relevant. We’ll take a look at each class and give our insight on what stats are best for each build, what roles they fill in the party, and rank them based on how easy each one is to play on this episode of Crypt of Knowledge.
00:00 – Introduction
02:45 – What is a martial class?
03:25 – Martial vs spellcaster argument
13:27 – The fighter
18:29 – The barbarian
24:05 – The rogue
33:47 – The paladin
43:45 – The monk
51:11 – The ranger
1:00:18 – The bard and artificer
1:06:19 – What roles can martial classes fill?
1:11:25 – Coming up on the next episode
Did you miss our episode on spellcasters? Go back and listen to it here!
Want to know more about the fighter? We did an entire breakdown of the fighter class you can listen to here!
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