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Kurotowa reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More with
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Snarf's Complete Two Weapon Fighting and Grappling Guide.Monks are better at grappling. However, it's hard to actually be good at it. My hard won experience with trying to play a Monk with the...
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Kurotowa reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More with Like.
No, not really: as somebody who started with 3.x as a teenager, I have zero nostalgia for WotC approach back then.
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Kurotowa replied to the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More.Curving Shot is one of those ones that's really hard to model in a simple damage calculation because it has so many caveats. Yes, it can...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More.Hmm. A valid argument. I'm not sure I entirely agree; stronger effects with a lower DC is kind of a wash, until you're high enough level...
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Kurotowa reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More with Like.
The only one I've looked at so far is tattooed warrior (monk). It is not well designed. The level 3 choices are pretty underwhelming (a...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More.Yeah, the glaring lack of any Barbarian or Druid subclasses really stands out. Some variety of "Primal Subclasses" type UA is highly likely.
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Kurotowa reacted to Hexmage-EN's post in the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More with Like.
The Tattooed Warrior Monk effectively has one good set of tats: Crane, Crescent Moon, Volcano, and Displacer Beast. Every other option...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More.If you break it down, Accursed Shield has two elements. One is a conditional AC boost from being in melee range. This I am 100% in...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More.Banishing Shot is tricky because the target is also immune to attacks while banished. So the value fluctuates wildly depending on the...
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Kurotowa reacted to mearls's post in the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More with Like.
I think we've hit the limit of what you can do with the subclass approach. Subclasses are simply too narrow to provide enough design...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More.This Arcane Archer is similar to Battle Master, but with a huge downside. The BM's number of Superiority Dice scales with level and the...
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Kurotowa reacted to Stalker0's post in the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More with Like.
looking over the arcane archer, my quick and dirty: 1) Banishing Shot: Super good, always useful. 2) Beguiling Shot: Banishing is...
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Kurotowa reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is There A New Sheriff in Town? with Like.
No, there is no "fight" between D&D and Daggerheart. And no, Daggerheart will not "surpass" D&D. There is no legitimate shot in any...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General Best D&D product of any edition (non-core book).There have been books that were balanced. There have been books that were imbalanced. There have been supplements with a class I really...