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Yes. Jackalope's damage output won't be that high as they don't get multi-attack, so Nature's Wrath +d6 damage only triggers once for them. However, for mobility and Concentration checks, Jackalope is very good.

Scanning through A5E Beasts and Plants up to CR 6, almost none of them have saving throw proficiencies in A5E. (I'm ignoring unique creatures therein.) This is consistent with D&D 2014. I assume this is designer intent. Notably, D&D 2024 does have quite a few with saving throw proficiency. For...

I agree with all your points. I was just stating the Booming Blade and Green-Flame Blade are on a par power-wise with True Strike in D&D 2024, hence not a significant concern to allow them in a 5E D&D or D&D 2024 game.

They're at about the same power level as the D&D 2024 True Strike spell. They are very helpful to make gish and melee spell casters achieve moderate damage if they don't have Extra Attack. If you have Extra Attack, you can generally achieve more damage without such a spell. There are certain...

By the 2014 and 2024 D&D rules as written, if you have the War Caster feat, and the spell has no material components, then no need to have a focus in hand when you do so, as you can perform the somatic components when you have your hands full with weapons and/or shield. You are correct that if...

Interestingly, here's the 5E PHB p.195 wording, "You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach." And here's the D&D 2024 PHB p.26 wording (same as on p.371), "You can make an opportunity attack when a creature that you can see leaves your...

Yes, that's a valid usage. Quite clever really. That said, one could argue that allies don't provoke opportunity attacks when leaving your reach. :)

Quoting from the War Caster feat on page 209 of the 2024 PHB, "When a creature provokes an Opportunity Attack from you by leaving your reach, you can take a Reaction to cast a spell at the creature rather than making an Opportunity Attack. The spell must have a casting time of one action and...

To the best of my knowledge, all classes have spell casting focuses that only require one hand, including Bard instruments. There are of course instruments that require two hands to use, and maybe they should have some other additional benefit to compensate for that. Along the lines that...

I think spell casting focii are in the game as they are iconic in fantasy, such as the Wizard waving his wand, or the Cleric brandishing her holy symbol. A spell caster can still use a shield while having a hand free or holding their focus, so the main thing they're losing by having to have a...

You can, if the spell has both S,M components, as you can sign the somatic components with material component or spell casting focus in hand. Hence, if you can use a weapon as a spell casting focus (e.g., Bladesinger, Warlock Pact of the Blade, with a Ruby of the War Mage, or using a...

This is not correct by the rules as written. You can use your material focus in hand (e.g., holy symbol emblazoned on your shield) to cast spells with S,M components. The only restriction is that you cannot cast spells with only a somatic S component without hands free. Again, it is one of the...

War Caster does not permit someone using a weapon-and-shield or two-weapon fighting to use a material focus without sheathing or dropping a weapon. War Caster only allows you to cast spells with somatic components that do not have material components, while your hands are full. This is a major...

Barbarian multi-classed with Hexblade Pact of the Blade Warlock for Geralt. But a BloodHunter Order of the Mutant is the obvious choice.

That doesn't override the D&D 2024 wording on Action Surge not being usable for a Magic Action, though I see it being argued otherwise.