Recent content by ECMO3

Not while sleeping according to that DM I guess.

The 2024 version of sleep is completely different. It is much less effective at low levels but is still effective against high level enemies. It has a save now and it is concentration. I really miss the old one TBH. The old sleep had a niche use at high level too. When an enemy was nearing...

This will never survive a playtest IMO. IME players really hate the whole interrupted casting. It is ok to give players abilities to do this to NPCs but not PCs. To make this acceptable from a risk-reward point of view you would also need spells to be a lot more powerful (like they were when...

I have seen a lot of them ..... but I think all of them were played by me :p

The 2024 Monster Manual clearly identifies a specific "Attack Notation" and a "Saving Throw Effect Notation" which designate different types of actions defined in the beginning of the MM. The attack notation includes the option for other effects. They really cleaned up the difference for...

One thing I have seen when people talk about DPR is they don't consider damage versatility. A lot of enemies have damage resistance of some sort, and some have vulnerability or regeneration if not hti with something. Being able to change or choose a specific damage type can really drive up the...

This is true, but what you really end up with is an answer or solution dominated by assumptions.

The question was not which class is the simple Arcane class, but rather which class should be the simple Arcane casting class. IMO Ranger should be the "simple" Arcane casting class.

I think it is different. The POTT Warlock has access to all 1st level rituals with a short rest because they can conjure a new book with different rituals. That is something the Wizard can't do, although the Wizard has more available immediately on tap. The other thing you can do if you allow...

Ranger.

I have done that at times yes. The Quasit can be Invisible and getting 2 attacks a turn (one using your action, one using your bonus action), potentially making 2 enemies poisoned for follow up with Summon Undead. They are pretty survivable at high level with 25hps plus another 15 or so from...

Investment of the Chain Master is pretty effective and requires POTC. Familiars are better late game if you get the Inspiring Leader Feat. Also though with the new rules where ti only takes an action to summon they are pretty much always on tap. IF they get killed every single fight you still...

I find a lot of wide variety in play styles. I think Sorcerer lends itself better to high damage, especially if multiclassed with Rogue. Twin spell is the cornerstone here as it essentially doubles damage. Even if you are just rocking Truestrike at level 11 that si going to be 2xWeapon+4d6...

There was no math in what I replied to there. I am not the one ignoring simple math re: "doing almost double damage every single round" Yeah the math shows that is nowhere near true! You seem to have completely ignored "chance to hit" when you made that statement.

I think more "campaigns" are less than 5 sessions than more than 5 sessions, I have played a lot of 1-20 campaigns though and those are all more than 5. You are correct in terms of numbers driving toward the mean overall, but what are we trying to achieve? If we accept that balance is...