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As an astronomer might say, sure, same order of magnitude. Or as a professional athlete might opine, wuh? Though I'd really prefer magic users to be really rare, as in you have never met one and you probably don't know anyone who has met one. Not Gandalf rare, not 5 total. But very few, very...

Wizards should be about as common as astronomers. There are roughly 1 million astronomers in a world population of 7 billion, so about one in a million. That's about right. In a different vein, which was discussed earlier in the thread, I have to say that I find the two or three level dip into...

Ready consumes an action and your reaction. Normally, you only have one action, but if you are hasted, you have a second action, the limited action afforded by Haste. You can perform the Haste action first and use your regular action to Ready.

The answer to that question cannot be quantified. You can generate a probability table to quantify the hit frequency at 16, 18 and 20, but you can't quantify the thing(s) you got for deferring one or more ability score bumps. That will vary by feat selection, playing style, party composition and...

Thanks for the reply. I'll pick up eldritch blast with the spell sniper feat, so that won't be a reason to multi-class into warlock. Bard looks more attractive to me, because I am interested in the party buffs. And I don't want a patron. But your point about the top end of the sorcerer spell...

I agree with that. Sometimes the mechanics lead you to an interesting character concept. I have a character lined up for our next campaign that has gone through just such a genesis. I started with "let's do a cleric next -- get that social obligation paid down for a few years." That led to a...

Jeremy Crawford agrees with you.

Fynbar Jenessa Human (variant) Sorcerer Level 11 AC 16 HP 69 Str: 8, Dex: 16, Con: 14, Int: 8, Wis: 10, Cha: 18 Background: Noble Alignment: Chaotic Good Skills: Perception / History, Persuasion / Arcana, Deception Languages: Common, Elvish, Celestial, Draconic 1st Alert 4th +2 Charisma...

I agree. I think limiting non-lethal to one-on-one melee makes sense. As for calling it after the fact, I just accept that as a game mechanic.

True that. I've been working on a build for a Death Cleric who is into inappropriate touching. To that end, I made a list of possible touch spells. For melee attack spells, I only came up with Inflict Wounds and Vampiric Touch, the latter being a domain spell. There are lots of range touch buff...

Had the intent been to limit non-lethal damage to melee weapon attacks, excluding melee spell attacks, then the rule would have specified melee weapon attacks, which it does not do. The terms "melee weapon attack" and "melee spell attack" are used throughout the PHB, as is the umbrella term...

Given your summary, the "Lalalala" argument seems to lack a certain cogency. Fireballs don't target creatures or things, they merely fill areas. Creatures and things in those areas are affected by the effect, unless those creatures or things have some property or ability that causes them to...

Casting a spell is not an attack. Casting a spell may involve one or more attacks, involving one or more attack rolls. But spells such as Fireball do not involve attacks. Pages 192 and 193 of the Combat chapter in the Player's Handbook detail the actions that can be taken in combat under the...

Rule #1: Shoot the hostage.

I'm going to claw my way to Fighter 3 with my rather unhinged LG Death Cleric. Functionally, that gets me Fleet of Foot, Second Wind and Action Surge and a +1 to AC. Thematically, it gets me Commander's Strike and Maneuvering Attack. But fun-wise, it gives me a some tactical tools, some fiddley...

The same thing has happened to us. Our 3.5 to 4 transition featured a lot of that. I imagine going from 3.5 to 5 could get comical. Actually, I watched that on a youtube 'actual play' series, where the DM was the only one with any semblance of rules knowledge, his was two editions out of date...

I guess you've house-ruled that, as there is no Delay in 5e, much to my chagrin. We tend to play the rules straight up in my group. Our tactical machinations are constrained by the whims of the Initiative dice.

I feel as though I want to mount an impassioned defense of the Shield Master feat, which is a bit awkward, as you haven't really been unkind to it. I guess I think that it deserves a bit more appreciation than you have shown it. So here is my paean to the Shield Master feat. I'm currently 10...

Then I don't have a counter example. The fundamentalist approach to PHB text interpretation rules!

I agree. The 5e rules say moving between attacks is allowed. That is the general rule. The general rule on taking bonus actions is, "You choose when to take a bonus action during your turn, unless the bonus action’s timing is specified." The timing of the GWM bonus action is not specified in the...