Mastery alone makes them more powerful than their 2014 incarnations. Mastery is a LOT stronger than a lot of folks realize, when you math out the various effects. Martial classes in general got the most buffs; paladins remain a top tier class. Maybe not THE top class, as many felt previously...
Well, every 2024 class is OP against 2014 classes. Maybe not moon Druids. But everyone else.
However, monk from being a consensus bottom tier class to a consensus top tier class.
For those arguing 2014 monk is fine, most players did not agree, and evidently, neither did WotC, since they...
...are awesome, but geek culture? They're too cool.
Like, above, someone cited Bowie. He would be top of my list of personal icons, cultural icons, and music icons, Mt. Rushmore for all three, but geek Rushmore?
Hmmm...nerds, only, huh?
Tolkien
Gibson
Lucas
Shelley
Edit: I really want to put Miyamoto on there but can't decide who to bump! Might have to be Gibson, but...I can't!
Edit 2: How can Gygax not be up there? This is too hard!
Edit 3: Okay, restricted myself to one per media:
Tolkien
Gygax...
I do think it's a testament to 5e's design balance that multi-classing works as well as it does - mixing and matching with other classes could be fraught with balance issues, but it's not, particularly.
Most of my players do not multiclass, but the ones who do generally do it for conceptual reasons that are tied to their character's story.
As a DM, I don't find multiclassing a problem, but none of my players are remotely power gamers, so it's not an issue in that regard.
One advantage of...
On this topic, I always want to use the scarecrow in a Halloween themed adventure, but the MM version is just so wimpy. I need to get off my arse and homebrew something better.
I really enjoyed this film when I saw it in theatre, but in retrospect I have to admit that it hasn't really stuck with me. I still love the aesthetic and the casting, but can't put it in my top tier of MCU films.
I think the problem is Galactus. He's more of a force of nature than an...