Recent content by Pinwheel

Hey all, getting ready to roll up a new character and kind of wanted to go for a Wizard who utilizes strength. The obvious barrier is lack of Extra Attack. I was considering taking Bladeinsger to get access to EA at level 6. Otherwise, start as Fighter 1 for proficiency. Likely heavy armor, and...

Hey all, The new mystic UA that they released certainly has a lot to chew on. One of the Psychic Foci has something that, to my knowledge, nothing in the game could do at this point. The Giant Growth discipline allows you to increase your reach by 5 feet as a psychic focus. That means no...

I kind of wanted to touch base about Hypnotic Pattern -- It gets rave reviews as an excellent CC option, and it is a good one, but it seems very swingy to me. If everyone in the encounter fails it's ridiculously strong, and you can basically just pick your targets and strike like mad. If one or...

Hi folks, just wanted some advice on a quick build. Normal Human, pointbuy array of 15/15/15/8/8/8, with human traits that puts me at 16/16/16/9/9/9, use the ABI from fighter for an 18. Str: 18 Dex: 16 Con: 16 Int: 9 Wis: 9 Cha: 9 Fighter, Battle Master 5 for extra attacks, dueling and...

Son, thinking like this is the reason man has landed on the moon. I can see nothing in the rules that would prevent this from working so long as you take the attack action. Bravo.

The Ranch is incredibly fun but quite difficult for a new DM to handle that amount of crunch. I'm sure there's different ways to run it, but we did it as a an actual battlemap and it was intense. I think we ended up killing some 40 or 50 orcs, and lost the majority of the fighting commoners...

I would honestly just talk to the player and tell him you feel it was a mistake from a balance perspective to let him dump his stats and maximize others. There's a good chance that if you just talk to him he'll come around and rebuild his stats to be a bit more balanced.

I've been playing a level 7 necromancer who considers himself a personal enemy of Kelemvor. He recently had the opportunity to search a great Dragon's hoard for treasures and came upon a blade bearing the sigil of said god. Not wanting to miss an opportunity to research more about his foe, and...

Hi folks, There's something a bit (to me at least) ambiguous in the rules for undead, and I was curious how most of the community felt. It seems to be something that is ultimately quite table and DM dependent. So, Animated Dead has the following to say: "On each of your turns you can use a...

:ccs My group and I don't really think that mechanics and fluff need to be so intertwined. It'd be fine for a disadvantaged savant to become a skilled wizard with enough research on his own. Likewise, it'd be fine for a wizard, not pleased with his ability to stay afloat in combat, to decide to...

So I was reading Tavern brawler and noticed the wording of the feat says the bonus action keys off of hitting with either an unarmed attack or an improvised weapon. Just hitting. Not taking the attack action. The new melee cantrips, booming blade and Greenflame blade both would cause hits...

Hi there guys! I've been playing in a campaign for some time now and finally reached my initial character goal of hitting Wizard 6 for the Necromancer arcane tradition features. Been having a lot of fun with skeletons so far, and am happy with where I'm at. I would really appreciate some input...