Recent content by Zardnaar

What ones pro cat?

I just use them as elite "fighter". Thug, Veteran Warrior, Gladiator, Champion.

Consider taking magic initiate: druid, shillagh as a cantrip and key everything off charisma?

Erm Wight and Mage of the top of my head. 45 to 80 hp iirc. This hp bloat and weak saves especially wisdom and intelligence is why we use spells like hold person a lot. Command or tashas etc if not. And Fireball kinda sucks.

Gladiators always been tuned high in terms of damage. Use wisdom saves or better yet intelligence saves they get wrecked. 5E is default easy mode so they cranked up danage to compensate. 5.5 bloated the HP on a lot of monsters.

SR every 2 fights is about right. 2 covers 6 encounters the last one being a LR.

One thing that might doom it. Once the suger rush wears off the amount of piwercreep makes DMs job harder. If people don't want to run it you're in trouble. Players I suspect like the power creep. 5E appeal originally was comparatively simple.

Both xan very true. Big initial spike followed by rapid collapse.

No one knows. I'm not expecting 5.5 to do as well because it's a revision. Generally revisions are better than the original but they don't sell as well (1E vs 2E. 3.0 vs 3.5).

BG3 let's you bank 4. There's a mod removing that limit. My record is 148.

So my basic idea seems to be no a spellcaster can't consistently outdamage a nartial.

Raphael has a portal network in his house.

No surprise. High damage can't reliably save or suck them. Similar to high level 2E one.

I've been on the sorcerers are great bandwagon for 5.5. Lots of good metamagic.

Matches my expectations spike then decline. Typical release. 5E was an exception.