Recent content by UngeheuerLich

I really think the pseudo dragon ability can be classified as an attack. An unarmed strike that initiates a grapple also has no attack roll. It is not about not telling players, it is about having a serious talk and tell them that you think that ability fell victim to the 2024 conversion...

I can tell you that I was flamed in WOW because I did not skill the +1% damage power. Because 1% matters... (it only matters if you can hit a certain threshold with it. Chances for that are low) In diablo3 I was likewise flamed by friends of a friend because I did not skill the meta spells...

The text was too long for me to read. You get a thumbs up for the title alone. DPR is only an indicator for damage dealers. Even then average DPR alone is quite useless. Front loading, reliability, mobility, damage spikes, side effects, being able to stand ground, flexibility and so on are...

Yes. Flexible. But sometimes waiting a short rest is annoying. Yes. Or the old ritual caster feat. I had a human rogue with that feat. Felt very strong even though our DM was really giving us a hard time finding rituals or gold to copy anything in those books. While everyone can cast rituals...

Being able to cast rituals from a book is a very good wizard ability. It sounds boring on paper, but our warlock is struggling to have the needed rituals prepared/in their book of shadows.

Oh. Sorry. It is the unarmed combat style that does automatic damage on grapple. My bad.

It has vex. Also nice. And can be used with shield and defensive duellist. If you have the grappler feat, it does. Yeah. But we have different ways of doing grapples. Many spellcasters are not. Yeah. Whatever. Play as you like.

You can use a rapier with strength. In 2024 they are not. Grapple is not a joke. Why are we speaking about 2014 anyway? Play as you like. Overkill is not bad. Damage dealong is not bad. But a surprising amount of creatures are immune to charm and sleep btw.

Level 1. Strength based character or monk. A monk is especially good at that, sonce they can dodge as an action and then use unarmed strike to initate a grapple. But a heavy armor user is not bad either. A fighter can easily have 16 AC and a long sword in one hand and nithing in the other. And...

You can spend a feat on defensive duellist and use a rapier (which is active) Or use a shield which is a bit more passive. Or you can use rapier and shield so you are really hard to be hit. You can spend another feat on sentinel. But if you are a strength based guy, you can just use unarmed...

Which is just not universally true. There are always situations where one person sacrificing damage for defense or control is a net positive for the action economy. Granting disadvantage to an enemy is quite often more reliable than giving advantage. If they attack you with +7 against AC 19...

You can grab and push on opportunity attacks, take sentinel as a feat. You can put yourself before a squishier target. Protection fighting style also works. Blademaster has some options. There are barbarian subclasses that are sticky.

I think the error of many offensivw focussed people is manyfold: Assumption 1: The nova round kills every dangerous foe before they can act. This is not necessarily true. Having some good defensive options ready helps ensuring you get your turn. Assumption 2: Everyone builds the same. If...

That argumentation does not track. I'd even say that you can make a case that if your offense is not strong enough to reduce someone to 0hp, having a strong defense is better. If it prevents you from going down. Ah ok. Focus vs divide. Yes, I agree. If it os possible, focussong one down is...

Yes. Since spell scrolls are very cheap, it is a big advantage.