D&D Subclass Contest XX Voting Thread

[MoleMage]

Contest 20 is done, with 10 complete entries this time!

Simple rules. Vote for your top three picks in order. You can't vote for yourself. A number 1 vote is worth 3 points, a number 2 vote is worth 2, and a number 3 vote is worth one.

Entry	Creator	1st	2nd	3rd
Bard: College of Musicians	BerzerkerUnit	1	0	0
Monk: Way of the Stone Foot	Damon_Tor	3	0	0
Artificer: Fleshwarper	Lvl45DM!	0	1	2
Rogue: The Atoner	sengmeng	1	1	1
Cleric: Fortune Domain	CountDVB	0	0	2
Wizard: Anti-Mage	RickAsWritten	0	2	0
Wizard: Jade Phoenix Magic	Ilerien	0	2	1
Druid: Circle of the Beast Spirit	thisdude9001	0	0	0
Fighter: Stormscar	MoleMage	2	1	0
Rogue: Loan Shark	Twelvetrees	1	1	2

Classes unrepresented in Context XVII: Barbarian, Paladin, Ranger, Sorcerer, Warlock

We don't have a theme vote this time around; I Read this in a Book, Once was tied for winning last time around, so that will be our new contest theme and we'll start with a fresh batch of themes in the following contest.

This voting thread will stay open until the end of the day on Feb 14th. The following day I will post with the tallied results and declare a winner, then post the next contest thread. Good luck everyone!

[CountDVB]

I suspected this contest was gonna be a real bottleneck. Still some really nice stuff from everyone!

1st Place- Bard: College of Musicians

2nd Place- Wizard: Jade Phoenix Magic

3rd Place- Rogue: Loan Shark

[Twelvetrees]

Votes

1st: Monk: Way of the Stone Foot
2nd: Wizard: Anti-Mage
3rd: Wizard: Jade Phoenix Magic

[RickAsWritten]

1. Damon_Tor's Monk: Way of the Stone Foot

2. Twelvetrees' Rogue: Loan Shark

3. Lvl45DM!'s Artificer: Fleshwarper

[Damon_Tor]

1. Sengmeng's Atoner Rogue
As well as being very playable, this won on theme adherence, I think. A simple but flavorful karma system that could be applied to other classes easily and fit their own unique moral compass. A cleric subclass might use the system to represent being torn between two opposing deities or a deity with a contradictory nature. A druid might use it to represent the balance of life and death in nature. And of course it fits great on a paladin.

2. MoleMage's Stormscar Fighter
Extremely high "would you play it" rating from me, and the stance subsystem was implemented better and explored more thoroughly than it was in my own entry.

3. Twelvetrees' Loan Shark Rogue
Also ranking very high on the playability scale, I had little more trouble imagining how the subsystem would translate to other character concepts than some of the others. I have balance quibbles which I'm sure could be ironed out given time.

[sleepyhead]

1 stormacar
2 anti-mage
3 fleashwarper

[BerzerkerUnit]

1. Loan Shark Rogue: the concept on this just tickles
2. Fleshwarper Artificer: Looking forward to a finished article
3. Fortune Domain Cleric: I like a lot of the partnered stuff I've seen on D&D beyond and I think this is a good fit.

See you next time when we take a look, it's in a book.

[Ilerien]

Was kinda tricky to choose this time.

1. Fighter: Stormscar
2. Rogue: the Atoner
3. Cleric: Fortune Domain

[MoleMage]

1. Way of the Stone Foot
2. Jade Phoenix Mage
3. Atoner Rogue

[MoleMage]

Alright votes are tallied up, and the point differences were narrow this time, with only one point here or there making the difference!

Our third place winner, with 7 points earned, we have Twelvetrees's Loan Shark Rogue! Share intangible abilities, then call the loan due at the right time!

In second place, with 8 points earned, we have MoleMage's Stormscar Fighter. Slashing winds and crashing thunder are your weapons, but be careful because they can hurt you too if misused!

In first place, with 9 points earned (all of them top pick points), we have Damon_Tor's Way of the Stone Foot. Suplex a dragon! Become very heavy, but remember that anchoring yourself to the ground can work against you.

The next contest was set in digital stone already, and I put the thread up earlier. Check out Contest XXI: I Read this in a Book Once II!