Recent content by ECMO3

I am not a fan of backgrounds, but I really don't think that has anything to do with multiclassing. Pretty much I always use the custom background, and so do most players I DM for. So it is essentially pick a backstory, which can be anything your imagination (or your AI) can dream up, then...

Blind Fighting by far. It totally changes your PC. I will say, usually when I DM and in one of the games I play there is a houserule that every PC regardless of class gets Two Weapon Fighting at 1st level (I stole the idea from the other DM). For some reason it is impossible to get players...

2E there was all kind of racial restrictions and you had to level both classes at the same time. Just far more difficult to do what you want. For example a Paladin/Druid was impossible, and a Fighter/Mage had to be an elf or half elf. 3X was better but there was still favored class rules...

Personally I think AD&D 1E was better than 2nd edition. I do think 5E is the best of all the editions and if I had to rank them it would be: 1. 5E 2. AD&D 1E 3. AD&D 2E 4. BX 5. 3E 6-98: Any other RPG or D&D clone 99. 4E I think 5E has the feel of 1E in a lot of ways but with better, easier...

Because it lets you build more diverse characters. I look at classes as a set of mechanics you use to get the kind of PC you want to play. Being able to mix and match them from different tropes makes that easier and IME more fun.

My post was more about "play your role". I don't think class and party composition defines role, I think the player defines that regardless of class he or she chooses. I would find that very hard to do without multiclassing. I've played lots of Fighters and some Clerics but I have never played...

I am not hung up on Grapple, I can actually see the argument for that. As a point of fact none of the familiars in 5.5E have attacks with DCs and this is a fundamental and specific shift in the rules that applies across most (all?) of the monsters when they went to 5.5E. There is no rule that...

This was a reply to you. You stated "familiars have specific DCs attached to their attacks." That statement is false. Further this thread is about familiars on a Warlock with Investment of the Chain Master which can both attack AND take the attack action per the specific rules of that...

In terms of specificity, while it is debatable, I tend to agree with the others that the net is more specific in this instance. Familiars typically do not have DCs associated with their attacks in 5.5. DCs in terms of statblocks are usually reserved for creature-specific actions that are not...

Not very useful for two reasons. First, and most important, these are calculated values which come with a host of assumptions that will rarely be valid in play (for example how does the Rogue Bonus action hide factor into this as it both boosts his DPR and his effective hit points). A better...

I would agree, usually something else is better. This is one reason why it is situational. Another big issue is the extremely limited range. I am playing an Eldritch Knight 11/Eldritch Elemental Eye Warlock 8 who has it. That character also has a 23 Charisma, plate+2, shield spell...

Who defines your role? Most of the time I play, the role I envision playing is best expressed as a multiclassed PC. Multiclassing is my favorite part of 5E. It is better than any previous multiclassing D&D edition IMO, I would juyst like to eliminate the ability score minimums so it was more...

I would disagree with this. It can be very useful, it is just highly situational. I have seen it used very effectively in play, just not often.

More like 3 decades.

Not all of my games are a lot of magic items. Most of them are commercial products and it is whatever the author put in them. I am usually playing a multiclassed Fey Wanderer when I play a Ranger and I am usually making extensive use of Frightened. I have played other Rangers though, back in...