Recent content by Ashrym

Sorry it took me a while to get back to this. Got busy. In the absence of a wizard in the party who is replaced by a sorcerer then the sorcerer has incentive to also take rituals in order to use the ritual aspect the class gained. I, for example, take rituals on sorcerers or bards too. The...

Here is a basic difference from the 2024 PHB... They both have the rest of the 2nd level spells outside of the screenshot. Some of those spells are rather significant. All the major spellcasters have advantages and disadvantages compared to each other. Wizards can...

That 5th level wizard will have 17 spells in his spell book. 6 at 1st level 8 from 2 per level advancement 3 from subclass savant ability That's the minimum. The wizard preps 9 of those and doesn't need to prep any rituals from that selection. The sorcerer likely has 15 spells preps. 9...

The free spells the wizard starts with and adds as they level up in the spell book is more than sorcerers know, even with the bonus spells prepped most of the sorcerer subclasses gain. This is true even in a campaign where the wizard never finds scrolls or spell books, or has the opportunity to...

Wizards don't need to craft scrolls cheaper or faster to have an advantage here. It's the needing to have the spell prepared prepared requirement that gives that advantage because wizards have a bigger spell list and the ability to swap out prepared spells far more easily than a sorcerer. I...

Bard, ranger, paladin, warlock

Level 5: Guided Precision Once per turn, whenever you cast a spell from your Cartographer Spells list or hit a creature affected by your Faerie Fire with an attack roll, you can add your Intelligence modifier to one damage roll of the spell or attack. In addition, taking damage can’t cause you...

Not if they're spamming a different spell from the subclass list. There's an opportunity cost in the selection. Not having a good choice in the subclass spell list isn't the same thing as not having a good choice. Maybe, but being a weaker option is also not the same thing as being a weak...

I think it's a mistake to focus on subclass spell lists for Spell Storing Item. Spamming Haste instead of Fireball or Lightning Bolt isn't necessarily a bad thing. Artillerists can use a martial ranged weapon as both the arcane firearm and spell focus to apply d8 bonus damage so it seems like...

That's how I read it.

Dead is the best condition. The party has to get the opponents there in the first place and preventing healing helps with that. Find Familiar can turn that into a range of 100 ft, or Fey Patron facilitates Misty Step teleportation away. It's not like Warlocks can't use touch spells.

The EB arguments presume damage is the optimal way to go. This is something with which I disagree. I'm a fan of Chill Touch, for example, because it's still a large damage die and prevention of healing can be useful. IME the bonus effects and control spells are more beneficial than a bit more...

Casting a spell without a slot is a thing in 2024, and it's still casting a spell. Mystic Arcanum is definitely access to high level spells and I think it's silly to ignore them with a claim that spells only go up to 5th level for warlocks. Pact Magic goes up to 5th level spells and that's not...

Level 2 -- 1 session Level 3 -- 1 session Level 4 -- 1 to 2 sessions Level 5 -- 1 to 3 sessions The first tier of play goes fast establishing the character. The second tier is where I believe play essentially begins with that established character and where DM's should be establishing how...

That depends on how many short rests the fighter takes and requires not using those spell slots for anything other than healing. You're paladin model took 16 CON and 16 CHA at the expense of STR (or DEX)? 2 short rests is 3 uses of Second Wind. 3 short rests is 4 uses of Second Wind. 1 short...