Tier One Martials: A discussion

[LTwerewolf]

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They mean that the thing that makes those things powerful isn't the martial side, but the casting side. The martial side is just more on top of what was already powerful. RKV on a paladin chassis isn't nearly as powerful and doesn't approach tier 1. The same goes for the slayer and abjurant champion. They're not nearly as powerful on a psychic warrior or hexblade respectively.

This is just wrong. A core Druid is a T1, and can't do almost half of that stuff, at least prior to Shapechange. You don't have to be able to do everything every T1 can do to be T1. Merely to be approximately equal to the core Druid list in versatility.

The only two things on that list I don't see a moderate level druid having an answer to is the skill challenges (for SOME skills) and the planar travel.