[...] when DnD 5e hit, my group used to joke about the 5e Warlock being the Mahou Shoujo class.
That's not the only magical girl class in D&D; you can make a good case that Sailor Moon is a bard. See also this post here (the real punchline's in the tags, IMO).
That's not the only magical girl class in D&D; you can make a good case that Sailor Moon is a bard. See also this post here (the real punchline's in the tags, IMO).
Alanis, killed by an orc magical girl
#ironically pathfinder's official magical girl subclass is actually pretty bad at being a magical girl because it's trying too hard
Speaking of, when DnD 5e hit, my group used to joke about the 5e Warlock being the Mahou Shoujo class.
In 5e you can make a pretty good case for an Protector Aasimar Devotion Paladin being one too, because between: - Radiant Soul - Sacred Weapon - Shield of Faith and probably a couple of others I'm missing, you can turn your character into the most powerful combatant on the battlefield (complete with flying and glowing) at the expense of taking a minimum of 2 full rounds to just activate all of your features (i.e. a 12-second magical girl transformation)
In 5e you can make a pretty good case for an Protector Aasimar Devotion Paladin being one too, because between: - Radiant Soul - Sacred Weapon - Shield of Faith and probably a couple of others I'm missing, you can turn your character into the most powerful combatant on the battlefield (complete with flying and glowing) at the expense of taking a minimum of 2 full rounds to just activate all of your features (i.e. a 12-second magical girl transformation)
Pathfinder beat out 5e by setting up a rather complex character class to be a magical girl in it's first edition.