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Do you have an attack-caliber Strength of Dexterity? The Green-flame Blade attack is made using your weapon, and that weapon attack won't be using your Charisma. I would only take GFB if you have at least 14 in Strength or Dex.

Oh Gosh, my 4e is SOOO rusty, let's see Of course you want Wisdom to be your highest stat, followed by Con and then Int For backgrounds, you either want Trained from birth for a Specific Prophecy, or Officer who came out of retirement For theme, I'd pick Ghost of the Past. For At-wills...

You could also go Paladin with the Oath of Vengeance, since they get Haste as an oath spell at level 9, as well as Extra Attack. However, I don't really see the benefit of getting Extra Attack on a build that plans to use haste to attack + spell, since the action that haste gives you cant be...

I think that if you actually plan to dual wield, the Dual wielder feat is mandatory, if only for the fact that it allows you to draw both your weapons one the same turn without needing to use your action. Without it, unless you're always walking around with your sword drawn, you won't be able to...

But what if that isn't an option? (Due to campaign circumstances, we can't have stories that last longer than one session and our abilities refresh at the end of every session)

In my opinion, Shield is one of the strongest spells in all of fifth edition. For a level 1 spell slot and your reaction, it grants you +5 AC for a whole round, and since you cast it after you know you've been hit, it's not wasted unless the roll beats your AC by 5 or more. In the campaign I...

Haste also allows you to take an extra action on your turn, which can be use to take a second dash action (which stacks with the first), that's how you reach 540 feet.

Unless there's been Errata somewhere, the maximum falling damage you can take at once is 20d6 for a 200 foot fall, that's why I had to drop them and pick them back up again. I'd say your ruling is pretty fair, I imagine it would be a pretty high animal handling DC to fly straight up at 98 Km/h...

I'm not the one moving though. The game says your speed is halved, but it doesnt say anything about a mount you ride. In the PHB, the warhorse, who has the same strength as a pegasus, is given a carrying capacity of 540 pounds, that *should* be enough for one other creature

Does anyone know of there are any rules regarding grappling while mounted? RAW, your movement speed is halved while grappling someone, but I don't know if that applies to your mount or not. I ask this because I'm playing a Paladin of Vengeance who has both Haste and a Pegasus mount (obtained...

For Paladin of conquest specifically, I think Sword and Board is better than polearm, for the reason that you have access to Spiritual Weapon, a level 2 spell that gives you a free bonus action attack every turn for 10 minutes. While Variant Human is a strong option, I think Half-elf and...

There's a big difference I think between the maximum number of people who know the game and the maximum number of new people. If you're constantly having to remind everyone what to add to their initiative (the same thing as every other time you rolled it) and what their spells do (why do new...

A campaign in which the DM wants one of the characters to quit the game but doesn't want to tell him to leave, and so tries to make the game unfun for him by deliberately targeting his character and asking the rest of the party not to help him behind his back. ...or is this not what you meant?

I feel like the power of eldritch blast is overvalued a bit if you don't have Agonizing Blast: At level 1, throwing a Javelin for 1d6+3 damage is better, at level 5 you get Extra Attack (two javelins is stronger than two blasts), at level 11 you get improved Divine Smite (which works on ranged...

A Divination wizard has something no other class has access to: A way to force a failed save. Legendary Resistance lessens this power somewhat at super high levels, but aside from that, there are plenty of "save or do nothing" Spells (Polymorph, Banishment) that a Divination wizard can use...

My biggest piece of advice is to stop thinking like a player. The player mentality is counterproductive to being a DM A player puts great emotional investment in the character they play. If that character is hurt or killed, the player usually feels as if they failed. You as a DM cannot feel the...

RAW, a mount has to be willing, and it also has to be trained to accept a rider. As a DM I probably wouldn't allow you to mount your enemies. If you want to do something similar, I'd recommend looking into grappling.

Alright, I definitely should have mentioned the potential for taking additional feats, I'll add that in.

While I'd like to do a scale, I think grading the build's relative power on a scale is only useful if you know the situation you're playing in. How much better a scaling ranged cantrip is than an aura of fear immunity depends a lot on your campaign. I'd also have to give a separate grade to each...

I've been in a party of 14. We were a party of 10, which was already pretty slow, and then one of the players decided to invite 4 of his friends without telling the DM beforehand. It ended up being the last session of that game.