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If it's a tangent, it's your tangent; the example you gave was initially confusing and didn't support what you said it did, then the further example contradicted what you were apparently trying to say. Also, I have deliberately and consciously avoided making personal attacks. I have discussed...

You don't get to have it both ways. If you're going to count +2 to ranged attacks only as +2 to every attack you'll ever make because your preferred style is ranged, then it's only reasonable to treat +1 to AC when dual wielding as +1 AC all the time when your preferred style is dual wielding...

As James pointed out, Dual Wielder gives +1 AC in addition to other benefits so it's inarguably more powerful than just a +1 AC. Toughness gives the same HP benefit as +2 to con, which I think is at least on par with +1 AC. The -5 to hit, +10 to damage feats (even without their other benefits)...

You say that, but in your example of displeasure how did you know who the Ankheg was going to target? If you didn't have an in-character reason to be sure the Ankheg was going to target you, you had no reason to expect it to move 30' to attack you and then waste its attack if you cast sanctuary...

If the Ankheg started off 30 feet away from you, how did you know that you were its target to begin with? Since your objection is that the GM switched to a different target, not that he just picked the wizard to begin with, you had to have knowledge of who he was targeting. I don't see how your...

I don't think you're actually fine with how the spell works, because you're expecting it to do something it simply doesn't. Getting the enemy to waste an attack action is explicitly NOT one of the benefits of sanctuary, as the PHB says "On a failed save, the creature must choose a new target or...

Speak with dead is useful for getting information from deceased witnesses, but is worthless for getting information from members of the organization as "the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy". The organization can't...

This is a question that's easily solved with no wiggle room if you just read the MM descriptions. "A zombie retains no vestiges of its former self, its mind devoid of thought and imagination." "An animated skeleton retains no connection to its past, although ressurrecting a skeketon restores it...

Why is it frustrating if sanctuary works exactly like the spell description says? If an opponent tries to attack you, they have to make a save, and if they fail the spell forces them to pick a different target or waste their attack. I don't understand why you'd be frustrated if you cast a spell...

There's a ton of middle ground between 'treat a free action speech like an AOE taunt in an MMO' and 'completely ignore the guy in front of you'. Players should be doing more than just hoping monsters are really sensitive about insults to channel enemy attacks - using choke points, distance, and...

The rules for owning and making money off of a ship look really ill-thought to me. You get a complication if you roll a 1 on any of the 5d20 you roll for determining how much profit the ship makes in a month, and the best result is that you make no money that month, while you can also lose as...

I've seen dodge quite a bit in Adventurer's League play. In Tier 1 (level 1-4) modules you often have several L1s running with L3s and L4. If an level 1 character isn't tanky, their best play is often to sit back and plink with a cantrip or ranged weapon, and if an enemy comes up to them start...

Yeah, it looks similar to me - you get a complication if you roll a 1 on any of the 5d20 you roll for determining how much profit the ship makes in a month, and the best result is that you make no money that month, while you can also lose as much per month as you usually make for 1D6 months...

Actually, if they just list the class then it's pretty useless because just tagging a spell 'Cleric' or 'Warlock' isn't sufficient, as there are a number of spells that aren't on the regular Cleric or Warlock list but that they can cast based on Domain or Patron. You either have spells that you...

Actually, you'd be 'punishing' the PCs for making the tactical decision to cluster tightly in a hallway when there's an acidic cube bearing down on them instead of leaving room to escape when gets close. They can still 'stick together' in the general sense of working together without forming a...

That's not true. The rule is that you can't end your move in another creature's space, it doesn't say turn IIRC. According to Jeremy Clarkson, the intent of the rule is that you can't choose to end any part of your move in another creature's space...

RAW and how I'd rule is that the party is crowding each other's lines of escape, and that since the fighter has no valid 5' move he's engulfed. I'd warn the players that's a risk of packing themselves too tightly before the cube got to them so that they weren't surprised, but part of dealing...

I built a character that might have the kind of play style you're looking for but is a warlock instead of an arcane caster. He doesn't have things like stealth and thief's tools, instead he's able to impersonate people on a whim to get where he wants to be and avoid trouble. While his direct...

I don't get buying 13 STR if you're only using it for chainmail. 13 STR won't let you wear the better heavier armor (unless you spend an ASI on it), and once you get your first ASI and to bump up dex you get the same AC from studded leather and your +4 dex, then get better AC from studded...