Recent content by TwoSix

I’d say it only “needs” 3 plus hybrids, but this topic has been discussed ad nauseum. :)

I mean, it makes sense, right? I think the desire to have a character experience a full narrative arc but not be unlikable or consequence free is pretty common.

Correct. It's a BA to gain a concentration-less free disengage on top of giving a (no-save) speed penalty AND damage to (possibly) a decent number of enemies, especially if you have a high movement and/or use your action to Dash. It's not as good as Misty Step, but it's a pretty solid spell...

Nope, it's utter crap. Even as a 1st level spell, it would be a subpar reaction.

Destructive Thoughts lets you dump a lot of dice into damage at once, though; and it applies to some very solid low-level attack spells like Thunderwave and Shatter. "Number of Spells imbalance" might matter, but often doesn't. One top-tier spell is worth 10 average options, especially for a...

Why would you need War Caster? Attack with Organic Weapon, and then revert back to a free hand as a "no action".

You don't need to use Organic Weapon with True Strike, though. Organic Weapon changes your free hand (thus implying that you have something in your main hand), and you're free to make Attack 1 with Weapon A and Attack 2 with Weapon B without invoking the dual-wield rules. The main benefit of...

I feel like my go-to here would be using Viscera Launcher combined with Telekinetic Fling (so 2d6+Int+2d10) to stay at range, and swapping to Bone Blade + True Strike with the main hand weapon if there's an ally within 5'. That's 1d6+Int+1d6radiant+(at advantage) 1d8+Int. Seems competitive...

I was agreeing with you. No one should walk into a game expecting the GM to have detailed lists of every environmental doodad. If a player wants to be cheeky and "check" to see if I've created those details (like all the books in the bookshelf), I will generally go right into "ask the player...

Daggerheart has a similar sort of system; whenever a PC looses all their HP, they can choose to not "die" and instead receive a scar. Each scar lowers their maximum Hope by 1, and when they go to down to a maximum of zero, the character must retire. Characters only have 6 Hope to start, so...

Players who start asking things like "What are the names of the books on the cluttered shelf?" are going to be asked "Tell me some of the titles of the books you see", no exceptions.

I generally think of "thespian play" as play that prioritizes participant dialogue (both players and GMs), both inter-PC and PC to NPC. There's generally an expectation that relatively little stakes will be established or consequences endured, as the bulk of play isn't mediated by any...

Great suggestions. Metaphor: Refantazio is also a really good modern take on JRPGs.