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Regarding balance, keep in mind that spellcaster cantrips are balanced against the fact that spellcasters' actual spells are much more powerful than most martial attacks. Basically, cantrips are slightly weaker than standard martial attacks because casters can, a few times a day, use abilities...

Don't forget that the concentration spell in question may also have a say in how this goes down. For example, if the spell your Cleric is trying to keep up is shield of faith, that would have a say in how likely it is for the spell to stay up, since it helps prevent attacks from hitting in the...

The wording here actually confused me at first, as well, but this isn't quite how it works. You still have to have somebody cast the required spells for item creation... it's just that if the one creating the item isn't the one casting, the DC increases by 5. You can't, for example, completely...

Um... did you have a link to said game?

What it sounds like is that you could play a normal multiclass of Fighter 3/Mage 3 if you wanted to: you'd have the third level abilities of a third level Fighter, and you'd have the spell slots per day and spells prepared of a third level Mage. If, however, you choose to play a Fighter...

Awesome, thanks! The results look to be about what I thought: the Barbarian's only king when he can Rage, and with short rests not being a given after every battle anymore (I didn't like hour short rests at first, but I'm definitely coming around after some thought on the matter), that means...

This is very interesting. One very important thing to keep in mind while looking at the numbers, though, is that the Barbarian loses all of his Rage benefits if he finds himself unable to attack for even one round. So, pitting him against anything that can stun or otherwise disable should be a...

Yeah, the Warrior's crit modifications are a pretty powerful ability set, I think it'd be best to leave crits alone for the most part. Actually, I'd like to see the greataxe with more base damage, and give crits to the swords. Greataxe 1d12, greatsword 1d10 with critical (2d8) or something. I...

The greatsword is now strictly inferior to the greataxe, with the longsword and battleaxe suffering the same problems (to a lesser extent). The greatsword deals 2d6 damage, which means it deals +1d6 damage on a critical hit, due to the new way that crits work (it specifically calls out that you...

I haven't seen any deaths either, though I've seen some close calls. That said, I think that's a good thing... at least for the basic rules. More and more new players are coming into D&D through more storytelling-based systems or groups, and players dying as easily as they could in older...

Orcs are also superstitious, and again, have spent the last long while under the constant fear of being randomly murdered in the night. Not one single attacker that's been killing these orcs has ever been found dead from the ensuing "fight", and nobody knows what is doing this. That's the thing...

Okay, one last try, then I'm done: Tactical decisions are impossible when you are scared witless. Yes, tactically, it would make far more sense to back away and try to make a fighting retreat. But in reality, panic does not work that way. You don't get to pause and take stock of the situation...

Fear is a dangerous thing, and when you're in a panic, you're not thinking about "What is the best possible thing for me to do right now?" you're thinking "Holy crap I have to get me the hell outta here NOW!" This alone makes me think that you have never been truly afraid. When you're truly...

It was arbitrary, in that morale checks are not officially in the rules... but it also made perfect sense given the context. Think of it this way: You're an orc, orcing it up in the city. You know that orcs have been turning up mysteriously dead for a while now. Throats slit, gear taken, all...

Maybe*, but that doesn't change the fact that +1d4 gives too big a bonus... it becomes a spell that nobody will not take and cast as often as possible, it's incredibly useful and edges out almost every other 1st level spell. And rolling that extra die actually wastes more time if it's forgotten...

As opposed to: Tordek: (rolls d20) 14 AC. Mialee: You forgot Bless! Tordek: Oh, right. (adds +1) 15 AC. It's too much of a bonus, I think. With Bounded Accuracy, +1 is more than powerful enough for a 1st level spell.

A few things: 1. This is not a D&D game, this is a D&D-inspired game. An MMO that used real D&D mechanics wouldn't work very well, and even DDO (which stuck closer to 3e mechanics) had to make quite a few concessions to work. 2. On minions getting in the way of attacks against bosses: that...

You don't have to be wielding a greatsword to be holding it: you can easily hold even a greatsword in one hand, you just can't swing it with one hand. You can rest it on your shoulder or rest the tip on the ground with your main hand, use your off-hand to cast a spell, then replace your grip on...

So basically you're saying "Despite the fact that bounded accuracy is a huge design goal of this edition, I think we need to have class-based attack bonuses scale way too high like they always have." When numbers get that big, there are problems with the math, that's the entire reason they...

Just to point this out, Fighters get two attacks at 1[W] or one attack at 2[W]. Multiattack specifically states that you can't use Deadly Strike in combination with it.