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With the new companions in Tasha's, the Beast Master can use a bonus action to command the beast to take an action, typically Attack, but Dash, Disengage, Dodge, or Hide are also possibilities. At 7th level, the ranger gets "Exceptional Training" which grants the ability to use a bonus action...

Ever post this, Fenris?

This would be the worst possible option for me and my group. One player can't make it, so the campaign is on hold and we're gonna run something else? No thanks, (and I might even say that as a player in the game). That's the same as just cancelling the session to me, with the added...

Thanks to everyone for the thoughts and interesting discussion. Definitely lots of food for thought.

That's actually why they get the half. They're still with the party in the adventure. If he dies, he dies. Only ever happened to a ranger's beast companion, so far, but always a very real threat.

For more than 30 years I've been awarding half XP for players who miss the gaming session. What are considerations for changing this approach and awarding the same XP to everyone, absent or present? ETA: Playing 5E, don't care at all about characters all being the same level. Part of me...

First mistake, you only get Sneak Attack once per turn. That eliminates 42d6 from your Action Surged Nova Strike above. So 751 become 499. Second "mistake" is you're using max damage instead of average die rolls. All the other builds compute based on average die rolls, so in order to make a...

There are a lot of ideas here, including at least five posts that reference either Gloom Stalker or the UA Deepstalker (45, 56, 58, 61, 77).

Thanks, I did miss that. And that would be both funny and annoying!

Not seeing 80d6. I get 10d6 for the short sword and sneak attack, doubled due to surprise, then doubled again due to the Path to the Grave, but that "only" gets me to 40d6. Am I missing something else?

Is that from UA? I feel like that is from UA.

I've recently discovered something that might fit your build as well. You've got Ranger 3, so you're half-way there. Go to Ranger 4, grab the feat, then add Paladin 2. Ranger 4 and Paladin 2 combine to give you 6 spell slots with which to smite for a relatively small investment. Of course...

Ok, why use a Silver Standard? (Feel free to point me to an existing discussion.)

Why silver piece pricing?

Cool. I may do likewise in my own Greyhawk game!

Ok, like a "West Marches" game, but with fewer players and less driven by the players / more driven by the DM. Pretty similar, overall. Thanks!

What is this, please?

Monk 11 + Assassin 3 + Ranger 3 = 17 levels, so not sure if I missed something that kept you at level 13. Two levels of Bard could eventually net you +3 more on initiative, FWIW, better than the Gloomstalker unless your wisdom is 16. (Not to discount the other assassin-gloomstalker synergies.)

I have not met any of them at all except for the guy looking to set up the event.

Absolutely.