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James Gasik
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they are not casting spells though, they take the Magic action with an item and replace the Magic action with the Ready action
Sep 23, 2025
James Gasik
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Why? Why can't it just be a special way to take an action?
Sep 23, 2025
James Gasik
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Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack roll if you have Advantage on the roll and the...
Sep 23, 2025
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Something something Katra. Vulcans can manipulate their souls (or something similar). They're not just Space Elves, they're essential...
Sep 23, 2025
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Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class.
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Not to mention the fact that you can't make the Ranger an essential class, to where someone "has to" be the Ranger. So even if they got...
Sep 23, 2025
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yeah, 3.0 ranger was essentially 1 level class. you took it at 1st level as you got double skills from fighter and 3 feats. and that is...
Sep 23, 2025
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any design around having favored enemy/terrain is a bad design, unless that feature gives all around bonuses and little better bonuses...
Sep 23, 2025
James Gasik
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Ok, I think I understand your point of view. However, that brings us again to Rogues, who are explicitly allowed to Ready an attack in...
Sep 23, 2025
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I don't have a problem with the trigger in abstracto. If someone says "I ready my attack, as soon as this guy move, I react", it's...
Sep 23, 2025
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What do casual fans get wrong about Star Wars?
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Maybe that's what happened. But I find it hard to believe that they didn't have major problems with this rule of theirs before in the...
Sep 23, 2025
James Gasik
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The trigger you have a problem with? I mean, that seems legitimate to me. If I'm defending my allies, it seems like "If the enemy...
Sep 23, 2025
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Rangers as Infusion users. I got another believer.
Sep 23, 2025
James Gasik
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So, to summarize once more, it's just horrible wording. Even without taking the rules of readying a spell specifically into account...
Sep 23, 2025
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Clearly that’s the case, yes. Except in the specific case of using Ready to cast a spell, in which case there are other instructions in...
Sep 23, 2025
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Lol fair, but I stand by it. Any ranger that isn’t just a scout will have some features that can reasonably be fueled by spell slots...
Sep 23, 2025
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