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If this is in the wrong area I apologize, I'm new to the forum. Druids are crazy good in 5e. My brother actually included them in his blog as one of "bosses your party has to fight". I'm playing a druid grapple monster in my current campaign, picking up enemies using the swarm of 8 giant owls...

The college of lore allows you to use bardic inspiration on an enemy to subtract from their rolls. I didn't mention it because it has less direct influence on combat, but you're right, it is quite good. Bards actually do the most damage as far as I can tell, topping out at 40d6 and 20d8...

It comes from use of hex, bestow curse, hold person/monster, and a level 9 scorching ray. It really is quite silly. I can map out the concentration juggling you have to go through if you want. I do like systems that give more flexibility to the GM, I've seen games that treat the GM as an...

True, but I like mental exercise of comparing each class against the others. That does sound like a fun character to play, dice shenanigans are a cool mechanic and stacking them like that looks like a fun concept.

This assumes you are pushing each class to the best of your ability =P.

I did spend some time looking at DPR, and I think Bard takes the cake with 40d6 and 20d8 using a total of a level 9 spell slot, level 1 spell slot, level 2 slot, and level 5 spell slot, but that's not the only measure I want to use, I'm mostly interested if other people have different...

It's true, you can't beat the GM, and that wasn't my point here. I like looking at how you can push the mechanics to their fullest in order to get the most of your character. I'm not trying to make myself unstoppable by the GM, because there is no point and the GM can always beat any character...

I certainly agree that the GM's style of play can influence the power of various classes. My friends and I have spent a while debating how many encounters to have per short/long rest to help maintain party balance. However, one of the things that I was thinking about with the builds I listed...

I do play classes in typical adventures, I've played in 4 or 5 different games so far and I am not always going for the optimal builds for my characters, but in this post I'm very much interested in theorycraft. DnD has one of the more detailed combat systems I've played in and I like see how...

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I've spent a lot of time toying with the various 5e classes. For a while, I was convinced druids were the most powerful class in the game. They get way more HP than any other class that refreshes on short rests. They have consistent power spikes in their shape change and spell list (giant ape at...