Recent content by MooreVol

I play a Battlesmith 10/Rune Knight 3 in a OotA campaign (went Arty 3, Fighter 3, Arty the rest of the way, fwiw) AND another character plays a straight Battlesmith artificer.... both characters fight on the frontline with hammers. We basically made the same character (he's a warforged, mine is...

re: Catapult, I thought this was a great spell for my sorcerer because of its versatility and their limited number of spells. One more thing in its favor though, is that because it is a line spell it's not really a "save or nothing" spell. If the first enemy in line makes their save, then it...

At the very least Mage Armor.... the rest might depend on your circumstances, but often my group has encounters before we get to a dungeon... or cast it after your first encounter. The first isn't usually that deadly and if it's more than a 5 room dungeon Arcane Eye should still be pretty...

So.... about Summon Lesser Demons... my wizard got some great use out of this spell when it was UA and before Xanathar's kinda nerfed it. While I get all the reasons you give a low rating, I feel like it was a very good battlefield control spell. Back then you could pick what demons you...

My fighter in my Rise of Tiamat game took a level of bard a while back and it's definitely retarded his track in terms of fighting optimization... BUT it's been fun. He has a CHA of only 14, I think, but he's not using his bard spells on offense (except for the occasional Vicious Mockery). He's...

So how dependent is this build upon your DM? I mean, seems like if the DM doesn't put you in a lot of situations where you're able to surprise the enemy then you could lose that surprise round crit damage.... how effective will this character be in combat with the nova damage? I think you'll...

Maybe it makes them slightly less useful, but Flaming Sphere "ignites flammable objects not being worn or carried" so as long as it's not in an area where nothing can catch on fire... Should still work in most outdoor environments, inside buildings with any wooden parts, caverns with moss or...

I am far from an authority on anything D&D, being a relative newcomer (I played some 2e in high school before getting back into 5e), but seems like as long as you get Rogue 3/Something with extra attack 5 then you'll be alright. Rogue 3/Fighter 2/Warlock 2 would be pretty nice. You could go...

Any chance for an update on the material in Xanathar's? I was wondering how you think Rogue 7/Ranger:Gloomstalker 11/Fighter 2 (with one more level somewhere for a ASI or Fighter archetype - Brute would be solid if you use UA) would compare with Fighter 11/Rogue 8 or another of your builds...

Hi! Long time reader (of this thread), first time poster (I think). So I've just (relatively) recently gotten back into RPG's after (poorly) "playing" 2e and some others in high school. I've really enjoyed your guide. Very helpful and my wizard, who is mostly based on your guide, has been a lot...

I like husks . . . except I'm ok if they never show up in a game I'm playing. Anyways, any future posts that come with a link to your blog should come with a warning. I went there to read about skeleton dragons and ended up spending much more time reading about Enora and Fidala, the Darkness...

Hi! I'm MooreVol. I played a little D&D (and Rifts, Deadlands, Star Wars, & White Wolf) in high school, though I suspect we played badly. I've got pretty solid nerd cred thanks to comic books (Spiderman, X-Men, Justice League, the big hitters from Marvel/DC), Science Fiction (Dune, Larry Niven...