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You know, come to think of it, we do seem to win every encounter, always, regardless of the odds. Wait a minute... Well, sure. But the DM is also playing. He's the ultimate metagamer of course, and can do anything. His goal to to bring the fun, and see to it that it gets shared all the way...

I'm a player, not a DM, and I like to optimize my character builds. So, whenever I see a thread like this, I think, hmm, yes, tell me about all those builds that the DM's fear. But I always come away disappointed. Let's take that GWM barbarian as an example, since it is such a straight forward...

Ah, interesting. You grabbed your second feat at Cleric 8, putting off Wisdom 20 to Cleric 12. I've been toying with the notion of doing that with Mobile. And the archery fighting style bolsters the accuracy of 16 Dex well into respectable territory. You're getting full use out of your Dex...

We don't play printed campaigns, as a rule. And, in 5e, we do play out the full 20 levels, which we also did in 4th edition. 3rd edition broke down totally by 16th, 14th if you tried at all, 12th if you tried harder. :blush: Epic level play was a superheros game. I really don't mind missing...

Monk level 2 is a big payoff, though. It pumps up the cleric's action economy, which can really use pumping up. I find that very attractive. Action Surge does that too, but only once per rest. How many times does one hear the cleric say, somewhat plaintively, "Does anyone need healing? No? I...

I hadn't thought of that at all. Actually, I've never played a monk. We did run an Oriental Adventures campaign once, back in 3e, but I went with a Vanara Wu Jen on that occasion. That campaign was a bit of a departure for us. We otherwise have almost always played in a homebrew world that...

I'm working on a Death Cleric build. The campaign won't start for several months, but I like building characters. We're at about the midway point of our current campaign. I'm playing a sword & board Battle Master and I'm having a blast with it. This is our second 5e campaign. I'm working my way...