You are wrong again . Republic means that you don ' t have a monarch ruling your country , you have a representative . America is democratic because that representative is chosen democratically , people go and vote . <| sep |> I ' m not sure that ' s fair since it was too , too obvious . I ' m actually disappointed in the show for making him Alchemy . Question is , who is Savitar ? <| sep |> Oversized for speed tanking <| sep |> They ' ll still find a way to botch it . Introducing more variables doesn ' t usually reduce user error . <| sep |> read nothing , grind for the best loot only . i tend to try to solo everything . <| sep |> With toughness like that , who needs firepower ? You can just headbutt the NPCs to death ! BONK ! BONK ! BONK ! <| sep |> Party balance isn ' t an issue if the characters are creative and you understand how to shift stats around . As far as the party goes , the Cleric can do front line defense and support , as can the Ranger . The Rogue and Ranger can do great damage and utilitystealth work . Be aware that if the Cleric goes Trickster Domain you will have a ' stealth ' party that can creatively dodge entire encounters . are some other Cleric domains that can change how that player interacts with the world . is a far better imo version of the Ranger . And if your Rogue wants to do something more ' combat ' oriented there is the Swashbuckler from the Swordcoast Adventurer ' s Guide also here . There are enough variant ways to play each of the characters that they shouldn ' t have any problems as far as party composition goes . On the DMPC thing , if you need to do that I suggest making it a very simple character like a Champion Fighter . Do not let your opinion come through the DMPC , that means no hints or anything . Matt Coulville one of the channels I suggested has a video about how he handles DMPCs .