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Yeah I found an official ruling shortly after I posted that. It seems like every time I think I've stumbled on to a fun, small dip into another class it gets squashed. Do monks ever mix with other classes or do the majority of them play single-classed? Gloomstalker Ranger shows a tiny bit of...

^ Or would the Dragon Hide feat negate a monk's wisdom bonus to AC, counting as armor of a sort?

I'm leaning towards a Dragonborn monk/ Way of the Ascendant Dragon. I still haven't given up totally on the small dip into a caster just yet. Would it be completely silly to take 1 level of Sorcerer/Draconic Bloodline? Right off the start I'd get a +3 AC boost from the scales (which works...

Question: The entry for Eldritch Blast cantrip says you get an additional beam at levels 5, 11, and 17. Is that your total character level, or the level of the class that gave you access to the spell? Say I had a Bard 14/ Warlock 3 = does EB shoot 1 beam or 4? It feels to me like it should...

@FrogReaver I'm fairly confident that this campaign will go the long haul. We'll have a couple of brand new players (a wife and a fiancee), but the core of the group has played together in campaigns that have lasted as long as 6 years IRL time. Once we commit, we stay with it. Also the DM...

@FrogReaver Oh wow I kinda LOVE the concept of a gloomy, angsty Goth bard who has sold his soul to a Great Old One in order to further his artistic career...

Thanks guys. Those were some good breakdowns, even if they weren't quite what I was hoping to hear. I guess I didn't have a good grasp on the bonus action and it's limitations. I had envisioned a monk that could make up for some inherent weakness by getting a boatload of attacks per round...

#3 THE BARDCHER (a.k.a John Stockton - after the NBA all-time assists leader) This character won't do much damage on his own, his goal is to allow the other members of the team to shine. When he's not buffing/debuffing, he chips in some supplemental damage with a bow. Class(es): L1 Fighter -...

#2 THE SOHEI (Warrior-Monk) Class: Monk with a Cleric dip Subclass: Open Hand Abilities: Dexterity and Wisdom Feats: ??? I've always LOVED monks in every edition and even non-D&D specific games. Looking over the 5e Monk, well... it feels a bit underwhelming. What are some ways to shore...

#1 NONE SHALL PASS Class: Fighter Subclass: Champion or Battlemaster (I don't know which would fit better) Ability Scores: Prioritize Strength and Constitution Feats: Polearm Master, Sentinel Pretty easy theme here, just a stout guy that holds the front line and protects back row squishies...

Hey all, zero experience with 5e but looking to get into a game this coming Autumn or whenever the DM is going to be ready. If you don't need the full origin story, skip down to posts 2-x. I played and DMd at least a decade of 2e. I also DMd a 3e campaign that went for six years. At that...

Arcane Trickster 27 - this dude is just gonna sit here while the paladins duke it out in their internal holy war. They slaughter each other and he picks up the loot when the dust settles. Eldritch Knight 29 Gloom Stalker 19 Horizon Walker 16 Hunter 19 Oath of the Ancients 24 Oath of the Crown...

Arcane Trickster 21 Beast Master 19 - because it's also the name of one of the best movies to come out of the 1980s Eldritch Knight 24 Gloom Stalker 22 Horizon Walker 17 Hunter 19 Oath of the Ancients 22 Oath of Conquest 18 Oath of the Crown 16 Oath of Devotion 20 Oath of Redemption 20 Oath of...