Pugilists are best with throwing out a fair deal of attacks in a round, making them a reliable source of damage. As such, the Pugilist fits in a similar slot with less of an impact upon flavor.

However, this can lead down a very odd path flavor wise, as eastern monks in a world with dwarves and elves can feel a bit strange. When wanting to play a character who punches people’s lights out on the regular, people generally pick monks.

Gladiators present a rare sports star archetype that isn't often seen amongst fighters.

They focus on less used fighting styles that use nets and whips. What would place the class higher on this list would be a bit of constitution based AC bonus in place of the heavy armor proficiency, since historically Gladiators went bare chested to show how bloody they were. It presents an interesting strength and charisma oriented character type that isn't generally represented in D&D.

Gladiators may sound like another fighter variant, but really this particular homebrew class emphasizes the more bard-like aspects of the historic gladiators. Legionnaires are also good at keeping allies alive by turning their second wind into a group effect.Īnother day at the Colosseum.As the name might suggest, Legionnaires are particularly good at taking hits and staying alive.The Legionnaire is just that subclass, specializing in the use of a shield and protecting their teammates. It’s quite surprising that given the role of fighters within a party that there aren’t more tankish subclasses.

Dnd 5e homebrew classes guide