1 hour ago, scootloops said:she's more melee focused than I think Deirdre is (maybe I'm reading it wrong?)
Pfff, Deirdre is VERY melee focused. lol :P
With 16 Constitution, Extra attack feature, using her intelligence as the attack/melee modifier for her thunder gauntlets, and the fact that the gauntlet have mechanics to help locking enemies on her in melee against her (and also took booming blade cantrip for good measure), she's pretty much a melee tank/defender per the book. If only she had access to d10 HP/Level... 😪