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Wouldn't surprise me. Sustain has value. Spikes are useful if they end a fight quickly. 5.5e has generally tried to take a nuanced...

Indeed. Generally however I've found that the way spellcasters consistently out-damage martials is through the use of persistent...

The thing about fireball, and spells in general, is that unlike martials, which generally have to be built to do a specific thing well...

I am finding the new game is very sensitive to adventuring day length. If you're having one combat per day, a lot of items seem...

I suspect a lot of people here are not playing 5.5 or are busy they crafting white room scenarios. Looking at the DMG vs what I've...

The real issue I've always had with the 5E skill system is that they originally made an interesting choice by moving a whole bunch of...

I’ve expanded some skills to reduce the broadly over represented Dexterity and Wisdom. Investigation, for example, is manually...

Effectively, yes. "Modifiers to damage are applied in the following order: adjustments such as bonuses, penalties, or multipliers are...

I remember that! Turns out the DM wasn't applying the rules correctly IIRC. I assure you it is eminently possible for characters to...

I don't think the gnolls are representing the Znir pact, they look more like Daask members to me...

To be exact they look like the Boromar Clan a halfling crime syndicate. Daask a crime group from Droaam who act on instructions from...

Some people only seem to come here to trash the game so I think it depends on whether you thought the previous versions were any good at...

Perkins talked about the necromancer being ready back during the first round of 2024 play test what about two years ago. While it has...

They’d use it a lot more if it gave the target an HP back and did some damage to enemies around the target

The big design change is that they feel abilities should not be niche. That is, you should be able to access your class feature without...