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    Optimizing Tempest Cleric

    I second Resilient (Con) if you plan to tank. At 5th level you will get Spirit Guardians which is good for tanking, and it's a concentration spell. Great choice for a character. My 10th level tempest cleric went straight to 20 Wis and not having Resilient (Con) or War Caster is starting to...
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    D&D 5E What Rules do you see people mistake or misapply?

    A frequent argument in our local AL community arises because a couple of DM's have decided that rogues can't make 2 sneak attacks in a round, one on their turn and another with their AoO using their reaction. Even though the RAW ability states that it is once per turn, and there is a RAI ruling...
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    D&D 5E Looking to make my first 5e character, feeling pretty overwhelmed and looking for help

    And therein lies the problem with the bladelock. It gets worse at Tier 3 and 4 (which I admittedly have not played yet with these characters) when EB gives 3 beam attacks at 11th level and four at 17th (better even than fighters, who don't get 4 attacks until level 20). At that point even the...
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    D&D 5E Looking to make my first 5e character, feeling pretty overwhelmed and looking for help

    I play a Fiend fighter/bladelock in AL games and a Hexblade eldritch knight/tomelock in a homebrew game where UA material is allowed. If you are set on a bladelock, I think Fiend might be a better choice overall. First, I find I get a lot more hp from the temp hp given by Dark One's Blessing...
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    D&D 5E Crawford on Stealth

    But it wasn't moving silently. It was a large, heavy creature engaged in melee in a stone tunnel. It wasn't moving or acting in a way that allows creatures to be hidden, and wasn't under a silence spell. My point was that an invisible creature standing in front of you hitting you with melee...
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    D&D 5E Crawford on Stealth

    But the rogue with perception expertise and the observant feat could easily have a 26 passive perception at 10th level and notice everything. With a 16 Wis their passive perception would top out at 30, regularly noticing things that are "nearly impossible" to notice according to the DC scale.
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    D&D 5E Crawford on Stealth

    Your perception checks can never be worse than your passive perception. I am surprised that his comments on perception checks didn't light up the forum yet. At around 22:00 he starts talking about how passive perception is always working in the background to notice things. He goes on to say...
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    Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana: Feats for Races

    Off the cuff, after first read through these look like some of the best: Dwarf Resilience - Self healing while in combat is pretty rare. Nice for dwarf casters who Dodge a lot while maintaining concentration spells. A fighter could use Action Surge to attack, dodge and heal, and then use a...
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    D&D 5E D&D Class Design Criticism

    The 5e cleric does exactly this, which is why I think it is one of the best classes to play. My cleric just reached level 10 today and I have every class feature I'll ever get, except for my level 17 Stormborn. Cleric is probably the exception that proves your point, since most other classes...
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    Trying to keep my tempest cleric 9 alive

    Thanks. This was very helpful.
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    Trying to keep my tempest cleric 9 alive

    The two barbarians, the rogue, and the moon druid are better at taking/evading spell damage. We were missing our evoker wizard one session and that is when I was getting targeted the most. We had our evoker back tonight and Counterspell definitely helped a lot. This was also my first session...
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    Trying to keep my tempest cleric 9 alive

    As my tempest cleric advances in level and we face tougher enemies, I am failing Dex/Con saves so often that I can barely keep myself healed, let alone the party. Did I build my character poorly, am I playing him wrong, or is failing your saves at higher levels just a feature of 5e D&D? This is...
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