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    Level Up (A5E) Magnificent Mansion: No Haven or Supply

    For me, havens are places that are fixed and populated with other inhabitants that you, and/or your party, rely on for safety. I am very glad that TH and MM are not havens in A5e because these spells really trivialized the resources required for exploration and, more importantly for me, removed...
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    Level Up (A5E) Best Martial AC, no multiclass, no magic.

    I check and Orc's have Relentless Resilience which provides +1 AC and a similar feature to undead fortitude.
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    Level Up (A5E) Best Martial AC, no multiclass, no magic.

    I would add that the bastard sword and dueling dagger provide an additional 1-4 AC increase for a single attack - no reactions needed. So with the above setups you could include this into your calculations provided that character is using a shield and a parrying weapon.
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    Level Up (A5E) The Berserker Rage HP Cap Makes No Sense

    Berserkers are really over tuned and possibly overpowered. Heavy armor, evasion, elemental resistances, increased armor from mobile cover, precast raging to stack rage hit points, 17-20 crit range potential, and crazy damage. Crazy damage: Tempest can add lightening and thunder die to there...
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    Level Up (A5E) Quick Question about Lean Into It

    For the Lean Into It "light version" we have the Knockdown (Basic Maneuver) which costs no exertion, replaces one of your attacks and deals basic melee damage.
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    Level Up (A5E) Does Shoulder Check combat maneuver stop the attack?

    Thanks. I am not sure where I got my understanding from but its imaginary at this stage. To your point, I am struggling to find any "interrupts" in A5e or O5e. Only thing I can think of is Warning Strike CM which uses wording like "When a creature..." but resolves before the creature's move...
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    Level Up (A5E) Does Shoulder Check combat maneuver stop the attack?

    I think this is correct. Had a look and found Combat Maneuver reactions are by and large worded with the strict words "after" or similar wording that infers the reaction happens afterwards. After: Cleaving swing First blood Twist the blade Shoulder Check Wounded animal Most other had this...
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    Level Up (A5E) Does Shoulder Check combat maneuver stop the attack?

    Could you use Shoulder Check against an enemy that does not attack? Say, before the melee attack.
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    Level Up (A5E) Does Shoulder Check combat maneuver stop the attack?

    How do you handle a situation where a PC still has Stunning Assault active and an enemy attacks them and the PC uses Instinctive Counterattack and stuns the enemy? Does the enemy still get their attack?
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    Level Up (A5E) Does Shoulder Check combat maneuver stop the attack?

    I must admit that I is how I have ruled reactions in general i.e., reactions change what someone is going to do into what someone is about to do - you get to react just before it happens. That being said, I am not the person you go to for RAW.
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    Level Up (A5E) Does Shoulder Check combat maneuver stop the attack?

    Sorry, I have no source other than my experience with the term. I think I may have got it from playing an online game years ago. "Peeling" refers to when a character forces an enemy to disengage another target, often another ally, by using abilities that create distance between the enemy and...
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    Level Up (A5E) Does Shoulder Check combat maneuver stop the attack?

    Great. This is a pretty good "peeling" maneuver for stronger foes attacking your allies then.
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