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It's the single most powerful spell my bard has. And it's the spell I cast the most, bar none. Think of it this way, I cast it as soon as combat starts, and someone starts taking damage. 2d6 heal! 30 ft range! And then, as a bonus action, I get to crap out 2d6 every single round. That means...

It really just depends on what your role is in the group. My bard was the group healer, so I had both. You need the output of Cure Wounds, but you also need to have a decent ranged heal, in case of emergencies. But if you had to pick between one or the other, Healing Word gets my nod as long...

Magic Secrets OK, so I wanted to make a post about my experiences with Magic Secrets. I wanted too, because I think some may underestimate how important your choices are here. And I credit mine for making me the MVP of the group. I couldn't possibly have been happier. 6th level Secrets: 1...

We're 7th level in our 5e campaign, and we've been playing it since beta. We have two rogues, a barbarian, a wizard and a bard (me) in the group. Rogue #1 is melee-based, and usually gets off at least one sneak attack every combat. It's solid damage, but it hasn't overshadowed the campaign at...

Though a quick argument for the spell: I've been playing a bard a good bit in 5e, and I've basically proven that a lore bard with the healer feat can ultimately be more effective at healing than a healing focused cleric.... And a more effective spellcaster to boot. After all that, as a DM, I'd...

I think you guys are overthinking it. You just simply have to have it hardcapped, like they did in the beta test and the Spare the Dying cantrip. It had a couple different iterations IIRC, but it was always hardcapped to a max of 1 or 2 HPs. It was just basically only to pull a character from...

You could maybe tell your DM to stop being such a tool... I mean it's one of the core features of the class. It's hard to do as a DM with virtual tabletops, but there's absolutely no reason he can't make the roll and tell you the resulting unmodified roll before declaring a hit/miss, or...

I'd say make it whichever era you like the best. I'm personally more of a fan of the earlier forgotten realms in my games - And that's what I tend to run with. If there's source material to the contrary (HotDQ et al.) then I just adjust it as needed.

It really just depends on what you want to do with the character. But from an optimization perspective, I've personally found Paladins to be a lot better than War domain priests.

On a better note, and more on topic, I'd like to make mention of the MVP of 2nd level. Invisibility. Now, let me preface this with the fact that my DM is very conservative with what we can do with Stealth. Basically unless we are behind something or in an extremely dark room with enemies that...

I don't mean to get all rules lawyer on you guys, but let's break this spell down really quick: The charmed target must use it's action before moving on each of its turns to make a melee attack against a creature other than itself that you mentally choose. OK, so you charmed a BBEG, and then...

Drow elf raiding party armed with sleep poison is always something characters hate.

I unleached a legendary tyrannosaurus rex on a party that was near the jungles of chult once. Basically a jurrasic park adventure, where they felt and heard it coming a mile away. Sometimes simply trying to survive certain death is what characters need, haha.

Incorrect. P. 177 says "You can't hide from a creature that can see you," This statement is continuous. It is not dependent on actions, status or time. If you're out in the open, with no cover, there is adequate lighting, and the monster is not distracted in any way, you. will. be. seen. End...

Ha, I've had that problem before as well. I ran a campaign where I was pretty skimpy on the number of points in the point-buy. All that meant was the dump stats were even lower... But I gotta say, there were some seriously funny roleplay scenarios created by the Dwarf fighter with 6s in...

LOL, I stopped allowing the rolling of ability scores the first time I played in a game with someone who obviously rerolled their scores about 100 times, and their ranger had a intelligence higher than my Wizard. Talk about total BS. :p So yeah. I'll never run a game that isn't point buy, and I...

PHB, Pg. 177, Left Column under Hiding states: "In combat, most creatures stay alert for signs of danger all around, so if you come out of hiding and approach a creature, it usually sees you. However, under certain circumstances, the Dungeon Master might allow you to stay hidden as you approach...

I stand corrected, I had to go back and re-read the rules. Sorry, haven't memorized all of 5e yet, lol. :cool: Anyways, so yes RAW, he should definitely get sneak attack dmg. But I'm wondering what the point of re-hiding would be then? Is he trying to get advantage on subsequent attacks as...

My personal take on it: I'd let them do it once, but once a monster is smacked with the first sneak attack, I'd personally rule that they don't get anymore sneak attack damage until they change locations, say at least 10 feet or so. Hiding behind the fighter is perfectly reasonable. I wouldn't...

Great news about HotDQ & RoT. We'll be looking forward to it, thanks.