Recent content by Kurotowa

It usually is. Honestly, IMO most multiclass ideas are gimmicks that overly focus on optimizing a single stat while ignoring the lost opportunity cost to everything else. It's very rarely a net gain, especially if you're a full caster. I think the only one in 5.5e where I unambiguously nodded...

The problem is that the Ravenloft book isn't in the Fall. It's in mid-June, barely more than two months from now. And that means it's way too late to be circulating brand new content for it. Those books have to be in late editing and typesetting, if not already at the printer's. Maybe they could...

Again, I'll note that the Behemoth's Rampager ability has a "first time per turn" clause. You can trample a bunch of targets, especially if you knock them down with a Shock Wave first, but you can't tap dance back and forth over the same one. Still, I broadly agree, if not for exactly the same...

Again we're in "technically possible but not a good idea" territory, because Titan Druid doesn't get Extra Attack. It gets a Multiattack that only applies to Rend. So unless whatever benefit of taking a standard Attack Action is greater than making a second attack, it's a no go. As for chucking...

I looked at Barbarian, and found most of the features are no better. Even if you use point buy to start with Con 16, until you raise it you're only getting AC 13 + Wis mod. In other words, the same as the much cheaper Mage Armor option. It only climbs ahead at higher level, and I distrust...

Sure, in caster form. In Titan form? Both your Str and Dex get set equal to Wis, so using Dex instead of Str isn't a gain. I suppose you'd also get the Bonus Attack Unarmed Strike from Martial Arts, even in Titan Form. And with your Dex set higher it's not useless. But I'm still not sure it's...

Regarding Titan Druid AC, people are pointing out there's a work around. Since the Titan form gets its Dex set equal to Wis, if you have an alternative AC calculation available it's often going to be better. The all in route is to dip a level of Monk for Unarmored Defense. That gets you AC 20...

I'm seeing some corners of the Internet debate the Titan Druid's relatively weak AC. And after thinking about it and looking over the stat blocks... I think that's a case of the flavor and the mechanics being at odds. Flavor wise, the Titan Forms are giant monsters that you expect to be big and...

I don't know. That feels both limiting in how you can flavor your form, and minmaxable if you've got the ability to assemble the power suite you want. I kind of like how it is now. Pick from the three forms, flavor it however you want within the mechanics, done. Of the options in this UA, as...

No Druid combat shapeshifting subclass is going to scale properly while WotC remembers the lesson of 3e. If you take a full spellcaster and give them the ability to easily shapeshift into a combat form that can go toe to toe with a full martial, you have what's far and away the strongest class...

I'm going to stake a strong position for my survey feedback. The Hell Knight's Infernal Die shouldn't be tied to a limited supply. It's really not that strong, the Infernal Wound can be removed as easily as having a minion spend an Action, and nearly every subclass feature ties back into it. So...

It's a well established niche. When I read the Hell Knight Fighter I immediately through "Oh so you can be Ghost Rider." (Yes, I know Ghost Rider has been through multiple retcons, but I'm thinking of the original setup.) Demons though, or at least D&D demons, are pitched as agents of...

Really, there's two flavors of CE. On "alignment is a personality chart" there's the clinical psychopath who lacks empathy for others or respect for the law. Which like I described, they can assemble a moral code from first principles on a purely self-interested utilitarian framework. And then...

Totally self-centered, but aware that actions have consequences and other people have object permanence. They don't believe in the moral authority of law but will follow it when they think they'll be punished otherwise. They don't care about other people except as extensions of themselves, but...

I wouldn't even put it down to the fanbase fracturing due to this or that event. I haven't seen much evidence of that outside of very specific online communities. My theory is that 2020 boom was another side effect of the pandemic lockdown. You know, that massive society upending event that no...